America's General
Pakistan takes its most crucial decision since the 1971 war — to side with the US against the Taliban. The clerics may protest, but Musharraf has few options.

ECONOMIC IMPACT
Where Are We Going?
Fear and uncertainty stalk the Indian economy as early damages begin to show.

Ready For Battle
Where will the US strike, with what and how? A report on the military options before the global coalition that the Americans are building against terrorism.

Shifting Stance
Indian foreign policy is in a flux following the terrorist strikes in the US, metamorphosing in tandem with the tectonic shift in the geopolitical landscape of the world.

Menace In The Mind
People like bin Laden are not so much politicising religion as religionising politics.

COVERSTORY: IMAGES

Indian Grief

As the World Trade Center went up in flames on September 11, the sorrow was not entirely American. It was truly international. The nearly 6,000 who died or were missing belonged to 62 countries. Among them were over 300 Indians or Americans of Indian origin, the largest group of victims after the Americans and Britons. From the twin towers of the American Dream, those Indians couldn't reach the exit door to life. They live in the memory of the living, who have become part of Mourning America.

(left) Anette Dataram, 25, was an accountant at the Windows of the World restaurant on the top floor of the World Trade Center. (middle) Ten days after Terrible Tuesday, relatives of Manika Narula await her return. Manika, 22, worked on the 101st floor of the North Tower. (right) The Indian-American community holds a candle-light vigil at the Gandhi Memorial in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington on September 18 to mark the Day of Solidarity against terrorism observed by the Government of India.

(left) Nurul H. Miah, 36, and his wife Shakila Yasmin, 26, both worked in the same company-Marsh & McLennan on the 92nd floor of the North Tower. Shakila was a computer assistant while Miah was a director. (middle) A week after the tragedy, John Laxmi, a New Jersey-based Indian journalist seen here in Manhattan, has not given up on the search for his neighbours. (right) Krishna V. Moorthy, 59, worked on the 97th floor of WTC South Tower.

(left) Tuesday was her day off, but when Dr Sneha Ann Philip, 31, got an emergency call, she rushed to the towers. (middle Amarnauth Latchman, 41, worked at the 103rd floor office of a construction firm; S. Hamdani, 23, a New York Police Department cadet, was last seen on the 92nd floor of the North Tower.

Constant suspicion, poverty, ill-health and lack of work dog Afghan asylum seekers in India. INDIA TODAY's Principal Correspondent Anna M.M. Vetticad meets some of them.
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