Coke Tales
The arrest and interrogation of a peddler in Delhi reveal that at glitzy parties in faraway farmhouses, money and power go on high with the kick of cocaine. It's the haute drug for the stylish people in black. A peep into the world of the cocaine-users.

Invisible Dialogue
Vajpayee has promised a solution by March next year. But who is he talking to? Nobody knows.

Gunning For Arun
Jaswant Singh's special adviser is again at the centre of a controversy. This one though is not of his own making.

New Metro Hotspots
Establishments combining a rash of activities have taken over from the one-dimensional discos in urban India.

NEWSNOTES

Voices

"Marxists have a problem. They think they are the only scholars in India. They do not want to accept the fact that there can be other viewpoints as well."
Murli Manohar Joshi, Union human resource development minister, on protests against the way he is running his ministry

"Talks are going on at various levels. I am confident of finding a solution to the Ayodhya dispute before March 2002."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister

"No other civilised country in the world has a better record than Punjab."
K.P.S. Gill, former director-general of police, Punjab, saying the state had dealt with insurgency with only a few instances of human rights violations

"We gave up the ministership voluntarily. It's the love and affection of the prime minister which brings us back."
Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, after rejoining the NDA

"Extraordinary stories and extraordinary circumstances demand extraordinary measures."
Tarun J. Tejpal, CEO, Tehelka.com

"I supported them when it was hidden cameras. But using prostitutes is not investigative journalism."
Arun Shourie, Union Disinvestment Minister

MetroScape

Looking Glass

Delhi Restaurant:
Kootub Restaurant

Delhi Dance Festival: Abhinaya Sudha

Delhi Restro-bar:
Buzz, Get It Here

Bangalore Exhibitions: Cinnamon