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May 21, 2001
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India Today, May 21, 2001


Despatches
 

Human misery always makes for a good story. But as INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent
Sheela Raval discovers in poverty-stricken Nandurbar, it's of little use if it doesn't touch hearts and help bring about change in
Consumed By Hunger

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: EDUCATION
Top 10 Colleges Of India

As admission time approaches, students face the dilemma of making a choice from among the 10,000-odd colleges. INDIA TODAY-Gallup's fifth survey ranks the centres of excellence on key factors. The best in Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Medicine and Engineering.
Full Story...

THE NATION: PMO  
Foreign Policy Privatised  

Leaked letters in London imply that Brajesh Mishra, principal secretary to the prime minister, trusted the Hindujas more than the Indian High Commission. The brothers even negotiated with Prime Minister Tony Blair on CTBT.
Full Story...


STATES: BIHAR  
The Heat Is On  

The Raja of Bihar is in trouble again. The CBI has filed yet another chargesheet against him in the multi-crore fodder scam, this time in Jharkhand. A non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him has Laloo in a panic.
Full Story...


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS

The honourable judges should be modest about their own infallibility.

Good But Not Enough

Greater access to foreign investors is good; now make investments hassle free.

DIPLOMACY:
US NUCLEAR STRATEGY
Fuzzy Logic
India and other key nations are quite baffled over the US nuclear doctrine.
Full Story...

 

DEVELOPMENT:
STARVATION DEATHS
Consumed By Hunger
Infants die of malnutrition in Maharashtra despite a surfeit of foodgrains.
Full Story...

 

CRIME: BOLLYWOOD
Snorter Of
A Scandal
Fardeen Khan's arrest may expose tinsel town's links with drugs.
Full Story...

  BUSINESS: BALCO PRIVATISATION
Back In Business
The BALCO's strike isn't finally over, with parties offering differing views.
Full Story...
 

SPORTS: BOXING
Mystery Of The
Missing Boxer

Was it disappointment or desperation that made Gurcharan run away?
Full Story...

 

HEALTH: IMPORTED
PACKED FOODS
Lawless Lot
A study reveals violations by importers and the mess in food regulations.
Full Story...

 

 

MEDIA: ADVERTISING
Reality Check

Advertisers are using ordinary people in ads to infuse realism in their campaigns.
Full Story...

 

THE ARTS: SRI
New Nuances From Nrityagram
The dance ensemble survives the tragedy of its founder's death.
Full Story...

 

 

MUSIC: MUSINGS
Reverberations
Hot Track
Screen N Surf
Arrivals

 

OFFTRACK: INDORE
Bovine Elixir
A businessman believes that cow urine has medicinal properties.
Full Story...

 

 

CARE TODAY: LEST WE FORGET
Sharing The Burden
With the support of CARE TODAY, two disabled soldiers
get houses, one gets a van transport and a fourth a shop
on a busy road.
Full Story...

 

FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
More Of The
Shame

Elections have been reduced to making a choice between the bad and the worse.

 

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Mahathir's
Mantra
Malaysia's politics is messy, but its economic performance has many lessons.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar

VOICES
"There we only think about playing. Here we have to fetch drinking water after practice."
Baichung Bhutia
, Indian football captain, who plays for Bury Football Club in the English Second Division.
More...

CAPLOOKS
Delhi
Suite Surrender
Delhi's Chhattisgarh Bhavan is the extended home for Jogi's family.
 

Chennai
On The Home Stretch
Jayalalitha changes colours to woo voters.

   
Delhi
State Of
Intelligence
IB official finds placement as K.C. Pant's OSD.
 

Chennai
New Leaves
Turning
Seshan becomes an admirer of Jayalalitha.


TREMORS

State of the Borders.


BOOKS
The Unknown Errors Of Our Lives: Chitra Banerjee
Love, homophobia and sexual skittishness in memories
of migration.

The Last Jet-Engine Laugh: Ruchir Joshi
The first novel that is a master performance in memorial service.

Authorspeak: Anju Poddar

New Releases


EYECATCHERS
Daler Mehndi
Sushama Reddy

Devyani

John Abraham


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     METRO TODAY
   
   

MetroScape

Summer Of 2001
Flippant and elusive, he can best be described by what he is not. Meet
Bryn Adams in an uncharacteristically forthcoming mood.
more...

Looking Glass

Delhi Concert:
"United for Gujarat"

Mumbai Ceramics:
Zareen Mistry

Mumbai Club Music:
Melting Pot

 

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