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August 20, 2001
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Despatches
  Clinical tests of a controversial drug at a Kerala cancer institute exposes the vulnerability of the medical field to a larger malaise. An investigation by INDIA TODAY's Special Correspondent M.G. Radhakrishnan in
Trial And Error

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: MOOD OF THE NATION POLL
Missing The Leader

The nation seems to be in the middle of a leadership crisis. An opinion poll conducted by ORG-MARG for INDIA TODAY shows that both Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi's popularity ratings have dropped, leaving the people yearning for a strong leader like Indira Gandhi.
Full Story...

Leaders In Crisis
The INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG opinion poll last January was prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's wake-up call. He chose to put the alarm clock on snooze and thereby accelerated the decline in his Government's popularity.
Full Story...

THE NATION: TELECOM INDUSTRY  
The Paswan Morse Code  

Telecommunications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has a simple code to win over supporters: fill the advisory committees with his own people, entitling them to a phone connection and free calls.
Full Story...


STATES: DELHI  
Fuelling Crisis  

The pace of infrastructural changes lags far behind the conversions to CNG in Delhi: scarcity and CNG-related blasts have led experts to recommend that other clean fuels should be considered by the Supreme Court.
Full Story...


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS

Recurring Doda and the absence of a national security vision.

  Now The Vedic Bogeyman
  Desperate for a cause, the leftist agitationist goes after astrology.

THE NATION: BJP-SENA
A Split Decision
Inspite of the rift, separation won't be a victory for either.
Full Story...

  STATES: BIHAR
Humour In Uniform
Bihar's top policeman is wielding an unlikely weapon to enforce order.
Full Story...
 

STATES: TAMIL NADU
Crushed By Gold
With insurmountable debts, goldsmiths in Coimbatore choose to end their lives.
Full Story...

  BUSINESS: UTI CRISIS
Is Reliance The
Red Herring?
It is now UTI's investment in Reliance industries that is under scrutiny.
Full Story...
 

DEFENCE: CDS CONTROVERSY
Air Battles
Tipnis and Jaswant are on a path of confrontation on strategic issues.
Full Story...
  LAW: ARUNDHATI ROY
Diva Of Contempt
Roy has crossed the path of the judiciary by imputing motives, and has invited action.
Full Story...

CRIME: CREDIT CARDS Discredit Cards
From theft to circulation of fakes, crime involving plastic money takes a bolder turn.
Full Story...
  HEALTH WATCH
Living The
Vegan Way
PETA argues that avoiding dairy products has health benefits.
Full Story...

HERITAGE: MUSEUMS
Criminal Neglect
Apathy and lack of funds suggest our heritage will continue to rot.
Full Story...
 

OFFTRACK: GUWAHATI
The Jungle File
Away from his desk, a bureaucrat documents the
Northeast's wildlife.
Full Story...

 

 
SPORTS: HORSE RACING
Horse Power
The probe is the first step toward ending the brutality in the turf clubs.
Full Story...
 

LIFESTYLE: LAKME INDIA FASHION WEEK
Patchwork Chic
The outre and the conventional sashayed come together.
Full Story...


ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA
Paanch Punctured
Older And Wiser
Role Call
Q&A: Aamir Khan
Box Office

 

FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
Conspiracy Of Silence
Economic reforms will restrict government interference — and the scope for corruption.

 

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Industry Badly
Needs A Viagra

No longer an emerging market, India is fast becoming a submerging market.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar
VOICES
"I am not going to take back what I have already said... How can I delete the PMO's official mobile phone number?"
Sanjay Nirupam, Shiv Sena MP, sticking to his statement that someone in the Prime Minister's Office told the former UTI chief to purchase shares of Cyberspace Infotech.
More...
CAPLOOKS
Delhi
Tea For Trauma
Is Sonia's renewed PR exercise linked to fewer visitors at 10 Janpath?
  Chennai
The Unkindest
Cut Of All
Censor Board denies nod to Jaya's video.
   
Bhopal
The State Of Affairs
A record of sorts, says Sahi about the Congress murderous assaults.
  Thiruvananthapuram
Caught Either Way
A. K. Antony is cornered over a Cabinet meeting leak.


CONFESSIONAL

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the pulling down of the Sawai Bhoj mosque in a temple complex at Asind.

TREMORS
Bets On Who Will Present Budget 2002.


BOOKS
Bollywood: The Indian Cinema
Why Hindi cinema is the biggest Indian entertainment.

District Diary
Jaswant Singh travels to the villages of Rajasthan to discover India

Desert Despair
Fragmentary charm of a Sri Lankan novelist.

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EYECATCHERS
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Veronica

Reema Sen

Mehdi Hasan, Hariharan

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