June 04, 2001
Issue



Despatches
 

A growing band of men and women in their 50s and 60s are
breaking social barriers to seek companionship. And why not, asks INDIA TODAY Namita Bhandare in
Age No Bar

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: INDIA-PAKISTAN
What Can They Talk?

With the Kashmir cease-fire floundering amid repeated cross-border firing, the Centre takes a major initiative to resume a dialogue with Pakistan. However, the ghosts of Lahore loom over the horizon, raising doubts about any positive outcome in the new attempt at peace-making.
Full Story...

ECONOMY: FORECAST  
What Lies Ahead  

The first ever INDIA-TODAY-NCAER economy forecast is fairly certain that India is not likely to break away from the new Hindu growth rate of 6 per cent, in which it remained trapped for most of the 1990s.
Full Story...


STATES: HARYANA  
Going By The Laws  

Om Prakash Chautala has launched a flurry of criminal cases against his opponents in what is being seen as political vendetta.
Full Story...

UTTAR PRADESH
Heady Start
The SP steals a march over a dithering BJP in the race to win the next Assembly polls.
Full Story...

BIHAR
Badland Badshah
As India's most wanted politician Mohammed Shahabuddin evades arrest, more details come out on his alleged links with Kashmiri militants and Pakistani agents.
Full Story...


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS

What next? Taliban's jaziya tax for the Hindus in Afghanistan?

 

Part Payment

 

Removing the ceiling on interim maintenance for divorce leaves a loophole.

SPORTS:
SACHIN TENDULKAR
Sachin Incorporated
The WorldTel deal with Sachin is India's highest promotion deal ever.
Full Story...
 

THE NATION: NDA
State Of Mistrust
With the fall of the Koijam government, a Samata-BJP battle has erupted in Manipur.
Full Story...

 

DEFENCE:
INTELLIGENCE REVAMP
The New Order
Will the top-order changes improve threat assessment?
Full Story...

 

WORLD:
BRITISH ELECTIONS
The Asia Majors
Ethnic Asians will influence the results in at least 100 constituencies.
Full Story...

 

ARCHAEOLOGY:
CAMBAY FINDS
City Under The Sea
The unearthed remains probably belong to the Harappan period.
Full Story...
  BUSINESS: AIR-INDIA
Crash Landing
The MD's suspension has highlighted the rot in India's flag carrier, and conflict over its future.
Full Story...
 

 
EDUCATION:
FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
New Brain Rush
The low cost of education in Germany and France attracts many students.
Full Story...
  SOCIETY AND TRENDS:
SMS

Short Medium
The language is telegraphic, but the messages are in real time.
Full Story...
 

 
CARE TODAY:
LEST WE FORGET
Getting On With Life
A soldier attempts to begin life afresh with CARE TODAY's support.
Full Story...
  OFFTRACK: MUMBAI
Delivering
The Goods

Forbes rates the lunch-box carriers of Mumbai at par with Motorola.
Full Story...
 

 
MUSIC:
MUSINGS

Reverberations

Novel Notes
Hot Track
Arrivals
  BOOKS:
LITERARY FESTIVAL
Home Together
Come winter, and Delhi will see the celebration of Imagining India.
Full Story...
 
FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
Successive Failures
If the Karunanidhis are unable to provide governance, there will be more Jayalalithas.
 

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
A Common Heritage
The idea of a US-India free trade agreement gets new and influential support.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar

VOICES
"I'm the only person with whom Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L. K Advani have no differences. Vajpayee has some dealings with Om Prakash Chautala, but Advani hates him."
Ajit Singh, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader, on why Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala can't stop his entry into the NDA.
More...

CAPLOOKS

Delhi
Primal Fears

Parkash Singh Badal compares WTO with the "Monkey Man" menace.

  Lucknow
Boisterous Party
Events in Uttar Pradesh suggest there is little need for an opposition.
   
Chandigarh
How The Press
Was Won
Chautala's honeymoon with the press starts with a Rs 1-lakh insurance cover.
  Chennai
Masters Of
Ceremony
Nothing can deter AIADMK ministers from prostrating before Jaya.


CONFESSIONAL

Dissidence mounts in the Jharkhand BJP as Babulal Marandi completes six months it's first chief minister.

TREMORS
Rating Financial Instruments.


BOOKS
Ladies Coupe: Anita Nair
Nair's new novel is a brilliant evocation of sisterhood on the move.

The Picador Book Of Cricket: Ramachandra Guha
Ram Guha presents the definitive syllabus of cricket literature.

No Black, No White: Nisha Da Cunha
Cool prose, but the heart is elsewhere.

New Releases


EYECATCHERS
Yuvraj Singh & S. S. Das
Khushboo

Tanya Singh

Viveka Babajee

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     METRO TODAY
   
    MetroScape

The Nifty Ways
When Shubhangini Singh saw the unglamorous tori (sponge gourd) at a vegetable stall, she didn't think "great culinary potential", she thought "great design possibility" instead. more...

Looking Glass

Mumbai Tribal Art:
Anadi

Mumbai Photo Exhibition:
Madhu Manek

Kolkata Cultural Festival: Spic Macay

 

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