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October 22, 2001
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Despatches

Bonefix is generally used to fix soles to shoes. But at the Bhopal Railway Station, it affords young children an escape from their nondescript lives. INDIA TODAY's Special Correspondent
Neeraj Mishra finds out why in
Early High

Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century

COVER STORY: WAR ZONE

Destination Kabul

The Northern Alliance plays a pivotal role in US plans to overthrow the Taliban, but it is Pakistan that holds
the key to the stability of any future regime in Kabul. An EXCLUSIVE despatch by the INDIA TODAY team from the battle zone.
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COVER STORY: STRATEGY
Brass Tacks
A former army officer analyses the strategies of the US and the Northern Alliance in the war against the Taliban.
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COVER STORY: PAKISTAN
General In Command
As the US attack on Afghanistan continues, the divergent pulls of pro-Taliban Islamists and pro-West "pragmatists" heighten tensions in Pakistan, forcing President Pervez Musharraf to sack some of his most powerful deputies.
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COVER STORY: ESSAY
The Osama Chic
The romance of Islam's Che is a deadly mix of the modern and the medieval. And the millennial cult is born.
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COVER STORY: BIO-WARFARE
Tiny Germs Of Fear
An anthrax death leads to fears of biological warfare, which seems surprisingly easy to launch.
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COVER STORY: INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
Gains And Losses
The war in Afghanistan changed all the regional equations. The Taliban and the jehadis were abandoned by Pakistan and India got a chance to regain a foothold in Afghanistan. A report on the diplomatic balance sheet.
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LETTERS

From The Editor In Chief

To The Editor

EDITORIAL

Just In Power

How the Vajpayee Government has lost direction in two years.

LITERATURE: NOBEL PRIZE A Prize For Sir Vidia The new Nobel laureate in literature is a civilisational man who travels in style. Full Story...		BUSINESS: WTC FALLOUT Time To Count Silver Linings The dark clouds over the economy also offer opportunities. Full Story...

BUSINESS: TOURISM Terror Struck Terrorist strikes in the US have hit the Indian hospitality industry hard. Full Story...		SOCIETY AND TRENDS: AFGHAN REFUGEES Living On The Edge Poverty dogs Afghan asylum seekers in India. Full Story...

CONTROVERSY: AFGHANISTAN MEMOIRS On Hostile Tract Tales of Taliban barbarism by a Bengali wife become a bestseller. Full Story...		CINEMA: CENSORSHIP Total Recall The censor board's refusal to clear Paanch, a gritty urban thriller, ignites a debate over artistic freedom. Full Story...

OFFTRACK: DELHI Culture Shock The artistes in these slums have travelled the world over with their art. Full Story...

FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
Unsecular
Faith
It's time Indian Muslims realised the Taliban brand of Islam is not for India.

KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Stop Whining, Start Doing
Petulance and pique will get us nowhere with the US — performance will.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan


QUOTE OF THE WEEK "We learnt enough lessons from you in the 250 years you were in our country. We don't have any more lessons to learn from you." Jaswant Singh, Defence and external affairs minister about the British in an interview to the BBC. More...

CAPLOOKS
Delhi Saved By A War Sonia Gandhi cancels her visit to China following Scindia's death.		Chandigarh Dancing To His Verses Jasbir Singh scripts a lesson based on Vajpayee's poems.

Bhubaneswar Tripped By Script Naveen's ignorance of oriya hurts audiences.		Bhopal Tug Of War Scindia's death triggers a tug of war between the Congress and BJP.

Delhi Electronic Mailed Fist Army chief ensures that the top brass uses the official PC.		Chennai Changing Equations Pre Election Leaders change loyalities as municipal election approaches.
TREMORS Congress Deputy Leader Candidates. CONFESSIONAL The J&K governor and former RAW chief on the state's war against terror. DESPATCH OBITUARY SIGNPOSTS WORLDWATCH SPOTLIGHT SCIENCE NEWS HEALTH NOBLE PRIZES FUNQUIZ Q&A: FARAH KHAN MUSIC REVIEW MUSIC RELEASE

BOOKS Kashmir And Neighbours: Tale, Terror Truce: Turkkaya Atov The story of how bin Ladenism has reached the valley of Kashmir. Kerala: Ravi Shankar and V. Muthuraman & Spices & Souls: E.P. Unny Two self-exiled cartoonists return to their homeland to capture its glory-and grime. Sights And Sounds Of The World: Khushwant Singh Singh and long-distance travel make good company. New Releases Authorspeak

EYECATCHERS Payal Rohatgi Sonali Khare Shaam Kareena Kapoor
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METRO TODAY

MetroScape

Act Of Faith
With her latest theatre performance as a desperate Broadway wannabe called Theda Blau, all tacky clothes and guttural voice, Sharon Prabhakar has come a long way from her year-end croon capers on Doordarshan.
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Looking Glass

Mumbai Restaurant Busaba

Mumbai Museum Guides: Prince of Wales Museum

Mumbai Beauty Care: L'Occitane

Mumbai Clothes Store: Vikram Phadnis

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