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THE YEAR'S TRENDS: BOLLYWOOD
Historic Break
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THE YEAR'S TRENDS: INDIAN FASHION
Traditionally Futuristic
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The success of Lagaan and Gadar—Ek
Prem Katha shook up an industry stagnating with feel-good
family formulas.
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While the new brat pack turned fashion norms upside down,
the classic masters stuck to the tried and tested in 2001.
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THE YEAR'S TRENDS: SPORTS
Fear of Heights
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THE YEAR'S PEOPLE
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In a year of sporting feats S. Ugra feels India still seeks
the athletes who not only conquer but continue to climb.
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A look at those who made the year memorable, through deeds
or misdeeds and why 2001 belonged to them.
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THE YEAR'S IMAGES
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REPORTER'S DIARY: INDO-PAK SUMMIT
Ruins of Agra |
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A collection of photographs that say more
than a thousand words ever could about an eventful year.
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Prabhu Chawla found his pessimism vindicated as Musharraf
walked away at the Agra Summit.
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REPORTER'S DIARY: ROYAL
MASSACRE
Crowning Gory
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REPORTER'S DIARY: COKE
TALES
One-time High |
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A protective king. An adamant queen. And a prince of death.S.
Mitra piece together a
massacre redolent of medieval times.
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At one in the morning, Sayantan
Chakravarty was there to hear hear Ali sniff and disclose coke
truths about Delhi.
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REPORTER'S DIARY: INDIA
FASHION WEEK
Haute, Hot, Hot |
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REPORTER'S DIARY: SEPTEMBER
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View From Ground Zero |
Perfume. Mica. Cleavage.
Red. Ravi
Shankar entered the world of
beautiful illusion.
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New York was tottering.
In all the chaos, Ashok Malik saw NYC establish itself as a
world city in death as in life.
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REPORTER'S DIARY: AFGHANISTAN
WAR
Locked in Time |
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REPORTER'S DIARY: RAVI
SHANKAR
Water and Air |
In the assignment of
the year, Raj Chengappa celebrated his birthday in the Hindu
Kush with friendly Afghans.
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S. Prasannarajan took a journey through the elemental diversity
of spiritual India, its antique memory and designer neurosis.
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REPORTER'S DIARY: THE
NO MINISTERS
Rank Disorder |
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REPORTER'S DIARY: GUJARAT
EARTHQUAKE
Terra Infirma |
Rating ministers doesn't
help professional status, discovers Rohit Saran. But that's
an hazard he's learnt to contend with.
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Buildings were unsafe,
so was the earth. Uday Mahurkar recalls how Gujarat was grounded
in those swinging seconds.
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REPORTER'S DIARY: BALL
TAMPERING
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THE YEAR IN CARICATURE
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Panic, plead, phone
and then print. After South Africa, Sharda Ugra rests assured
no one will be envious of her tours.
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2001 as seen through
the eyes of
India Today cartoonists Ajit Ninan
and Jayanto.
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THE REST OF THE NEWS |
A tribute to the giants
of politics, literature and the arts whose deaths ended significant
chapters in India's history.
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From GSLV launch to
decoding the human genome to balco disinvestment—news
bytes that cannot be ignored.
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FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Hot Pursuit, Cold Feet
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Attacking militants' camps is not the answer. Need is for
an effective strategy. 
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You tell us what you thought of 2001— the year
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