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June 11, 2001
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Despatches
 

The insistence of Sikh radical groups to declare Bhindrawale a martyr kicks up a row, casting a darker shadow over the regio-political machinery in Punjab. An inside look by India Today Special Correspondent Ramesh Vinayak in
Deadlock

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: HEART ATTACKS
Syndrome X

Studies show that Indians are genetically predisposed to physiological symptoms collectively called Syndrome X. This makes them highly susceptible to heart disease. Fortunately, technology can help detect coronary artery disease at an early stage.
Full Story...

THE NATION: INDIA-PAKISTAN  
Peace By Piece  

Having failed to make headway with the cease-fire, the Centre is now trying to talk peace on Kashmir, internally through its negotiator K.C. Pant and externally with Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf. But will anything come out of this?
Full Story...


STATES: TAMIL NADU  
Vengeance Mine  

J. Jayalalitha has the legal hatchet out for M. Karunanidhi, Stalin and the DMK brass.
Full Story...

KARNATAKA
The Tangled Triangle
The Government fights the CBI over a rule that requires the agency to seek its permission before investigating any case in the state.
Full Story...

WEST BENGAL
Non-Working Class Reform
The new Government has launched an initiative to discipline government employees, even at the cost of offending the unions.
Full Story...


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS

Acknowledging Musharraf is less of a terror than his cricketers.

 

Right Of Passage

 

Give the 'president of Khalistan' the Indian passport he deserves.

ECONOMY: MONSOON
Good Monsoon
So What?
The link between the monsoon and the economy weakens.
Full Story...
  INVESTIGATION: OVL Slippery Deal
The ONGC subsidiary's whopping Rs 8,136 crore investment was signed in indecent haste.
Full Story...
 

ENVIRONMENT:
WHALE SHARKS
Hope For The
Gentle Giant
Education and eco-tourism must follow the ban to save this fish.
Full Story...
  CRIME:
COMPUTER EDUCATION
Zapped For Cash
Students find themselves fleeced by a training institute chain in an over Rs 200 crore scam.
Full Story...
 

PROFILE:
ALLAM ANJI REDDY
Doctor Yes
A scientist authors an international success story worth Rs 800 crore.
Full Story...

  LIVING: MISMATCHED MARRIAGES
Perverse Ties
Ageing men make cynical deals with profit-seeking parents in Rajasthan.
Full Story...
 

 
LIFESTYLE:
DESIGNER KHADI
Khadi Revamped
A Scindia scion is set to transform the fabric into a trendy new showstopper.
Full Story...
 

OFFTRACK:
LOLIYA, GUJARAT
Walking Fate's Way
A dacoit transforms himself — and the barren landscape of his village.
Full Story...

 

 
CARE TODAY:
LEST WE FORGET
Unwilling To Yield
CARE TODAY helps disabled soldiers to start their new life.
Full Story...
 

ENTERTAINMENT:CINEMA
Riding The Soap Bubbles
Playing God
Q&A: Tusshar
Box Office

 

 
THE ARTS: MEMORABILIA
Saving Shankar
A dancer's belongings move from Kolkata to Puttaparthi.
Full Story...
  THE ARTS:
MUGHAL ARTIFACTS
Timeless Gems
The Al-Sabah collections reflect the fusion of arts in the Mughal era.
Full Story...
 
FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
Learning To Talk
The dialogue with Pakistan will yield results only if both sides have open minds.
 

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Dawn Of A
New Hope
An economist says Pakistan could be India's Mexico or Canada.


POLITICALLY CORRECT: P. Chidambaram
Black-out Policies
The governments in India are stifling private participation in the power sector.
CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar
VOICES
"I shall not encourage them nor prevent them. I have always said that this is not in my hands. They take their own decisions just as I have always taken mine."
Sonia Gandhi
, Congress president, responding to questions about her children, Priyanka and Rahul, entering politics.
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CAPLOOKS
Delhi
Grand Delusion
Planted stories notwithstanding, Mamata is back to square one.
 

Mumbai
Cyber Scrap
Maharashtra's political battles float into cyberspace.

   
Raipur
Not Quite Cricket
Ajit Jogi wants to be everything in Chhattisgarh.
  Chennai
Speaking Of Trouble
A reluctant Kalimuthu accepts Tamil Nadu's speaker post.


CONFESSIONAL

Bihar Congress chief Shakeel Ahmad feels his party is not getting a fair deal for the support it provides to the Rabri Devi Government.

TREMORS
Electronic Services.


BOOKS
The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature:
Amit Chaudhuri
This baggy anthology justifies its size, but not the exclusion of Arundhati Roy.

Pleasure And The Nation: Rachel Dwyer & Christopher Pinney
Scholarspeak takes the fun out of these essays on popular cinema.

When Darkness Falls And Other Stories:
Ruskin Bond

These dated, derivative ghosts aren't scary.

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Face For The Future
About 113 years after the venerable men designed the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's administrative headquarters for a princely sum of Rs 16.3, lakh the much (ab)used, Gothic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is in the process of its first heritage makeover.
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Delhi Beauty Treatment: American Laser Centre

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