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Taking a cue from the ouster of Steve Waugh, should India's Sourav Ganguly also be judged on the basis of his performance in the forthcoming Test series against Zimbabwe?

 CURRENT ISSUE MARCH 4, 2002
 
COVER STORY: BUDGET 2002
Tackling A Hung Economy
Economics is a highly specialised sphere of activity that produces a cacophony of voices. We remain a baffling country: one billion people, 350 million bank accounts, and only 50,000 people with declared incomes of over Rs 10 lakh per year. It takes an expert to explain it all. The economy's fate is precariously placed between the prospects of a recession and the potential of high growth. Can Budget 2002 provide a breakthrough? To make sense of what is baffling India, an India Today panel of economists met in Delhi for an interactive session. They have some answers.

 

 
 
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WEB EXCLUSIVES
Although the CPI(M) manages to avert a split in the party at the Kannur meet, it realises that much remains to be done. India Today Principal Correspondent
M.G. Radhakrishnan
explains why.
Tenuous Unity
 
 
COVER STORY: BUDGET LOBBYING

THE NATION: ABSENTEE MPS
Seeking Favours Missing in Action

Roping in friendly politicians—corporate India does all this and more for a
favourable budget.

For parliamentarians preoccupied with alternative professions or those behind bars, attending House sessions is an obligation.
 
THE NATION: BSP STATES: ORISSA
Maya Memsaab Striking a Chord

Mayawati used this election to erode the BJP's upper caste support and the SP's Muslim backing. Now she's smiling.

Patnaik's penchant for probes finds ready appeal among masses even as political
opponents fume.
     
     
LETTERS   EDITORIAL

From The Editor In Chief
To The Editor

  Sleaze or Substance?
Indians make a mark in foreign societies, but not everyone is happy.
     
 OTHER STORIES
 
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INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE
The Conclave concludes on a high note. Al Gore, Stanley Fischer and other world leaders listen and our heard. Catch up on the highlights.
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THE NEWSPAPERTODAY

STATES: JHARKHAND
The Jungle Raj

MONEY MATTERS
Beating the Roller Coaster
Chief Minister Marandi is unfazed by charges of infidelity and a court censure
on inefficiency.
   Millions of investors in equity schemes of mutual funds lost crores of rupees in the past two years.

DIPLOMACY: KARZAI VISIT
Friend in Need

RELIGION: SHWETAMBER JAINS
Soul Purpose
Karzai will seek India's support to
manage the internal security situation
in Afghanistan.		     For Jains aspiring to become monks, the passage from a temporal to a spiritual life is marked by pomp and a lot of wealth.
 

HEALTH: PLAGUE
Germ Of a Problem

OFFTRACK: HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH
Molar Booster

The recent outbreak which claimed four lives exposes glaring chinks in India's plague surveillance system.

   

A dentist in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh makes it his duty to save the teeth of rural schoolchildren.

CRIME: COCAINE CASE
Snowballed

 PROFILE: P. K. WARRIER
Man For All Cures

Fresh arrests and new evidence in the high-profile case now point to Mumbai's
jet-setting users.

    

As healer and guru, he has overseen the transition of ayurveda from an exotic to a modern medicinal system.

DIASPORA: ARRANGED MARRIAGES
Tied in Knots

 THE ARTS: LITERARY FESTIVAL
Home and Away

The proposal to curtail arranged marriages among British immigrants evokes fears of a curb on traditional rites.

    

Exiles and natives come together for the international housewarming party of India of the imagination with Naipaul as first citizen.
TELEVISION: SPORTS CHANNELS
 Reverse Sweep

Sony's cricket World Cup coup and Bukhatir's new sports channel pose serious challenges to ESPN-Star.
     
 COLUMNS

FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Plug the Drainage

  

KAUTILYA: JAIRAM RAMESH
Budget, Not Budgive Time

Opposing privatisation of loss-making PSUs will affect India's financial future.

 

The Government's financial year begins on All Fools' Day—should it?

       
POLITICALLY CORRECT: P. CHIDAMBARAM
Political Crass
India's poor economic growth is rooted in the country's degenerate politics.
 
 
 NEWSNOTES
CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan   QUOTE OF THE WEEK
 

"I am proud to call him a friend ... I didn't mention many world leaders in my State of the Union address. But I mentioned President Musharraf."

George Bush, US president

 CAPLOOKS
Grand Moments   Governor in a Soup

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is turning theatrical of late.

 

Governor Bhai Mahavir had better be careful before he makes comments.

Counterpoint   Votes in a Name
Pyarelal Khandelwal has proved he is not one to take things lying down.   The naming ceremony is an integral part of poll campaigns in Tamil Nadu.
DESPATCH  SIGNPOSTS GOLDEN PUMPKIN   SPOTLIGHT CONSUMER FORUM
OBITUARY WORLD WATCH FUN QUIZ  TELLY SCOPE MUSIC REVIEW    
 
 
 
 REGULARS
BOOKS
Glimpses Of Indian Economic Policy: I. Patel   Myself Mona Ahmed: Dayanita Singh
I. G. Patel's snapshots on the politics behind policymaking.  

The pains and pleasures of being Mona,
the eunuch.

 
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Asha Bhosle , Rajnikanth, Celina Jaitey,  Sahil Khan

 
 
   
 NRI DIARY
 

Yesterday's top earners are on the street as recession hits where it hurts the high profile Indian most—his job.

 

In the Eye Of A Storm
 Curez: Kashmir Untouched
Out Of the Shadow
 India Calling