The Luckies
The Labelled, Urban, Chilled, Kicked-with-life Indians are here. The most fortunate ever if only for the choices before it, this generation is glib, global, cocky and informed-and chases success with an awesome spending power.

Wages Of Peace
The Centre's decision to extend its cease-fire with the NSCN(I-M)
to three other north-east states leads to large-scale violence
in Manipur.

Man Of Letters
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's skill with the quill has the PMO busy acknowledging his missives. And on occasion agreeing to his demands.

Civil Lines
Pervez Musharraf's assuming the office of President is being seen as a bid to legitimise his position. A look at what this means in the context of his India visit.

Peace In Pipeline
India wants to put on Iran the onus of ensuring safe transit of gas.

METROSCAPE: LOOKING GLASS

DELHI
Play

It has a tough act to follow. Adapted from the film Sister Act II: Back in the Habit, the play Back to the Convent is about how singer Dolores Van Cartier dons a nun's habit once again, this time not to save her own life but to save St Francis School from closure due to lack of funds and poor student performance. Everyone remembers the screen version with Whoopi Goldberg. Undeterred by the high expectations, director Madhu Sagar is promising audiences a funny musical with a cast of over 70 students. The play is on July 13 and 14 at Kamani Auditorium. For further details, call (011) 649-3846.

Decorative Art

Interiors boutique Da Vinci Collections' D'addomio is a range of Italian wall sculptures that depict scenes of historical and religious significance in a mood of unbridled kitsch. Think medieval era Christian saints or tiger-riding Durgas carved out of gold. The store also offers designer tables, sofas and objets using either or a combination of glass, wood, bronze, ceramic and marble. At K-15, Lajpat Nagar-II, Call (011) 684-8297.

KOLKATA
Restaurant

Choosing a name for a Thai eatery isn't easy and before entrepreneur Rajesh Agarwal settled on Thai Tonight he was strongly inclined towards Bangkok Nights. Either way, gourmets expected more than a meal. Till that happens, however, the menu, which includes dishes found nowhere else in the city will have to suffice. Try the Bean Sheets-Sweet and Sour Chicken, the fingerlicker Por Pia Noung Sai Kai, and the stir-fried prawn, vegetables and Thai herbs combo Pad Guay Tiew Shieng Goong. No drinks yet, but a meal for two, without crabs or jumbo prawns, costs Rs 600. At 29/1A, Ballygunge Circular Road. Call (033) 454-2036.

MetroScape

Delhi Decorative Art: D'addomio

Kolkata Restaurant: Thai Tonight

A Hare Krishna cult member's spiritual quest meets with a rude end. But he isn't the only one on trial. The credibility of the Orissa police is equally at stake, writes INDIA TODAY's Special Correspondent Ruben Banerjee in
Sleaze And Salvation