Two Winners And A Photo Finish
According to the INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG opinion poll, there will be clear winners in two states, but a tight finish in a third.

The Last Rampage
To offset
J. Jayalalitha's slight edge, a pugnacious M. Karunanidhi gives it his all in what is his final electoral campaign.

The Sixth Sense
A mercurial Mamata Banerjee vs a dependable Buddhadev Bhattacharya. The mismatch leaves the Left Front with a premonition of victory.

Secular Stake
Even as the Church makes a blatant move to play a more political role in the state, the CPI(M) nominates a priest to woo minorities.

One Man Barmy
India's apex social sciences facilitating body is rocked by civil war: the chairman says he is being opposed by both RSS ideologues and leftist academics.

Changing Order
An ageing profile and a frustrated officer corps leads the force to consider VRS and restructuring.

Liquid Asset
The Rs 700-crore industry has attracted many players. Now, purity will decide who stays in business.

Board Of No Control
Tax authorities say the BCCI spends more money on meetings than on matches.

BUSINESS: SOFTWARE SLOWDOWN

GOOD AND BAD: DESPITE AN IMMEDIATE FALLOUT, THE US SLOW DOWN WILL EVENTUALLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR INDIAN FIRMS.

Growth rate of US gross domestic product

Destination of Indian software exports in 1999-2000

Source: Motilal Oswal Securities

... creating a panic in the job market ...

# About 50,000 Indians software professionals working in the US may return.by July 2001. # Several US companies have cancelled or postponed the recruitment of software professionals from India. # In India, software companies have either benched or laid off. Their employees.

... and create opportunities for Indian companies.

# Infotech MNCs in India likely to transfer more work to their operations in the country.

# Indian IT companies will do more work in India than abroad, which will improve profitability.

# Indian companies will be forced to explore new markets.

# IT-enabled services to grow at a higher rate this year.

MetroScape

Bond Free
The Savoy in Mussoorie must be the only hotel, apart from the Raffles in Singapore, to have a thing about writers. So, it was quite kismet when publisher Pramod Kapoor of Roli Books and author Namita Gokhale, who has an imprint with him, hosted the Ruskin Bond Festschrift—a Writers' Retreat in honour of that gentle Indian Roald Dahl, Ruskin Bond.
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Looking Glass

Delhi Cinema:
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Documenta

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