A Game Of Farce
Milkha Singh's refusal to accept the Arjuna Award has sparked off a heated debate over the country's highest sporting honour. This year's controversial list is being seen as the straw that broke the camel's back. Leading sports people believe the award has been devalued and compromised by political lobbying.

A Leader Reformed
A.K. Antony, a one-time Nehruvian socialist, is winning the support of industry as well as Central funds in his new avatar as the harbinger of reforms in the economically beleaguered state.

Family Bride
Poor sex ratio has forced the Gurjjars of Rajasthan to share their wives.

THE NATION: PM'S COUNCILS

MISSED DIRECTIONS: Unimplemented reports of the councils

REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES
Convener: Nusli Wadia
Member: Ratan Tata
Recommendations: 33, including textile dereservation, abolition of Tea Board, amendment to Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and automatic approval for new sugar mills. Only one implemented.

FOOD & AGRO INDUSTRIES MANAGEMENT
Convener: Nusli Wadia
Members: Ratan Tata, A.C. Muthiah
Recommendations: 58, including setting up a food development bank, an agriculture insurance corporation, a centre for crop forecasting and promotion of cooperative and contract farming. None implemented.

AVOIDING PITFALLS OF GLOBALISATION
Convener: Rahul Bajaj
Member: Sanjeev Goenka
Recommendations: 35, including a Fiscal Responsibility Act, statutory power to Expenditure Commission, autonomy to banks, deregulation of interest rates, a competition law. None implemented.

GETTING DISINVESTMENT GOING
Convener: G.P. Goenka
Members: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Nusli Wadia
Recommendations: Exact mode of disinvestment for 103 PSUs, a 21-step road map for privatisation and recommended possible strategies for the Disinvestment Ministry (DM). Only one implemented.

UNSHACKLING INDIAN INDUSTRY
Convener: Nusli Wadia
Member: Ratan Tata
Recommendations: 29, including a paperwork reduction law, annual assessment of work cleared by officials, setting time limit to government response, easing closure laws. None implemented.

PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRIES
Convener: N.R. Narayana Murthy
Recommendations: 20, including easier purchase and ownership of overseas companies, free pricing of stock options, investment by pension and insurance companies into venture capital funds.
A few implemented.

MetroScape

Looking Glass

Delhi Restaurant:
Singh Sahib

Chennai Exhibitions: Apparao Galleries

Bangalore Space Ride: Thrillarium

Delhi Maps: Dastkari Haat Samiti

Delhi Play: Neil Simon

Delhi Textiles: Out of the Cocoon