June 18, 2001
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India Today, June 18, 2001


Despatches
  The Andhra chief minister's game plan of appeasing those
in the parched Telangana region with a grand lift irrigation proposal backfires. INDIA TODAY's Asscociate Editor Amarnath K. Menon explains why in
Watered Down

 

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: NEPAL
Love And Death In Kathmandu

Who killed King Birendra and his family? Evidence points to a crown prince gone berserk over a love affair. Not only does the new ruler, King Gyanendra, have to win over the people, he also has to address the unpopularity of his own son. A report.
Full Story...

Throne Of Blood
A canny businessman becomes king of Nepal, but faces uncertainty over his own future, and that of his line of succession.
Full Story...

Walking The Tightrope
It is a pragmatic approach: be supportive and avoid an anti-India flare-up in Nepal.
Full Story...

Photo Gallery: Nepal In Tears
There was sadness even when the antiquated walls of the palace resounded with cheers for a new — the 13th — Shah on the throne.
Full Story...
LIVING: UPHAAR  
Remains Of The Day  

Four years after the Uphaar cinema fire devastated many lives, a look at how the relatives are coping.
Full Story...


ENVIRONMENT: EVEREST CLEAN-UP
 
Clean Break  

To protect the fragile ecosystem of the world's highest mountain, an mountaineers descend with seven tonnes of garbage.
Full Story...


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS

Engagement is fine but the outbreak of peace is a fantasy.

 

Double Trouble

 

Gujarat's two-child norm is bad law and worse politics.

STATES: GUJARAT
The VIP Catalyst
The rehabilitation work in Kutch picks up with the visit of A.B. Vajpayee.
Full Story...

 

BUSINESS: NEW CARS
Premium Drive
A host of new premium cars are ready to hit the Indian roads soon.
Full Story...

 

CYBERSPACE: HACKING
It's WWWar
With enemy hackers on the prowl, the new battleground for India is the Internet.
Full Story...

  HERITAGE: TEMPLE EXCAVATION
God's Preserve
A medieval temple has been unearthed, but GSAD isn't digging in.
Full Story...
 

TOURISM: LADAKH
Culture Beyond Clouds
Political expediency, tourism and culture combine in Ladakh.
Full Story...

 

HEALTH WATCH: VIAGRA
Negative Response
In spite of being cheaper, the Indian Viagra fails to excite the market.
Full Story...

 

 

OFFTRACK: PURI
Rite Fighters
Barbers struggle for dignity in a society that treats them with disdain.
Full Story...

 

MUSIC: MUSINGS
Reverberations


Hot Track

Arrivals

 

 
CARE TODAY: REBUILDING GUJARAT
New Realities
In a symbolic gesture of its plans for Gujarat's rebuilding, CARE TODAY gives a widow much needed financial assistance.
Full Story...
 
FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
A War Not
Fought

Why is India so unconcerned about the issue of corruption?
 

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Discord Over Waters Of Hope
The economic future of India and Nepal depends on water agreements.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar
VOICES
"My dream of seeing what black flags look like has at last met with success."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, in a sarcastic vein after Congress activists waved black flags during his recent visit to Bhuj and other earthquake-affected areas of Gujarat.
More...
CAPLOOKS
Delhi
Pressing Matter
L. K. Advani goes on a trip down memory lane at Chushul.
 

Delhi
Need Of The Hour
A.B. Vajpayee mixes health with politics to keep the Government going.

   
Delhi
Clean Winner
Arjun's plan of heading the Congress in Rajya Sabha ends in a fiasco.
  Bhubaneswar
Man Of Letters
Naveen Patnaik loves to write letters, but the recipient rarely responds.


CONFESSIONAL

With J. Jayalalitha back in power, Walter Dawaram returns to head the STF to catch the bandit Veerappan.

TREMORS
Helplines on Offer.


BOOKS
The Hero's Walk: Anita Rau Badami
Lives of quiet desperation burn brightly in Badami's new novel.

The Eccentric Effect: Krishnan Srinivasan
A former foreign secretary wants to thrill, but misses the plot.

Fiji: A Precarious Coalition: Shubha Singh
How ethnicity and history wrecked a nation.

New Releases

Authorspeak


EYECATCHERS
Shrinivas Joshi, Bhimsen Joshi
Palash Sen, Sushmita Sen

Diana Hayden

Chima Okerie

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     METRO TODAY
   
   

MetroScape

Theatre Of The Abused
Mahesh Dattani's 30 Days in September, a 90-minute play commissioned by Rahi, a Delhi-based support group for adult victims of sexual abuse and incest, opened to packed houses this weekend at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai.
more...

Looking Glass

Bangalore Resort:
Hilton Golden Palms Resort

Bangalore Skating Rink: Megabowl

Delhi Theatre: Theatre workshop

Kolkata Store: Westside

 

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