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Was the Government right in pushing through the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance? What’s your opinion?

 CURRENT ISSUE APRIL 8, 2002
 
COVER STORY: SECULARISM
The Communal Divide
In a grim reminder of the Partition years, India has
again become compartmentalised into Hindu, Muslim, Christian and other categories. And though communal riots are not new to India, what is ominous is their intensity. Some 12 lakh people participated in the Gujarat riots. The fragile consensus of tolerance has broken down, pitting a sullen majority against frightened minorities. The lofty dream of creating a new Indian is shattered. Secularism was an idea that couldn’t
sustain itself.

 

 
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WEB ONLY FEATURES
The price of the popular Darjeeling tea declines steadily
at the auctions. A report by
India Today's Senior Editor
Sumit Mitra on how a handful of tea growers fight the slump
to survive.
Brewing A Strategy
 
 
THE NATION: POTA

STATES: JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Lethal Weapon Money Games

The new anti-terror law is a policeman’s dream because it plugs loopholes in conventional laws.

JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s arrest raises suspicions about the rising reliance of separatists on hawala funds in the Valley.
 

STATES: GUJARAT STATES: TAMIL NADU
The Untouchable Tied in Knots

The chief minister who has failed to quell communal fires looks likely to lead the BJP into the assembly elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party and DMK drift apart in the state but the alliance at the Centre holds—for now.

     
     
LETTERS   EDITORIAL

From The Editor In Chief
To The Editor

  POTO Motive
An inevitable bill because national security can no longer be taken for granted.
     
 OTHER STORIES
 
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MONEY MATTERS
Costlier Custody

BUSINESS: HOME LOANS
Stop Paying Rent...

Depository charges for holding dematerialised shares and bonds may
soon be hiked.
 

Falling interest rate, stagnant property prices and simpler procedures make buying a house more attractive than before.

EMPLOYMENT: PLACEMENT BLUES
Gloom on the Campus

RELIGION: SYRIAN CHRISTIANS
Our Father on Earth

Business and engineering schools across the country reel under the impact of a sluggish economy and the US recession.

   

Who is the head of the Orthodox Syrian Church? A Supreme Court mandated election fails to resolve the dispute.

 

LIVING: MUMBAI RESTAURATEURS
Plateful of Passion

OFFTRACK: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
Time Machines

Professionals specialising in disciplines varying from finance to furniture now take to pots and pans—and profits.

   

The tram may be a nuisance on the
roads of Kolkata but a great way to see
the city.

SCITECH MONITOR
Building With Grass

HEALTH: SURROGACY BILL
Now Rent a Womb
India is home to 125 varieties of bamboo, a grass that has been used in products from aphrodisiacs to light bulb filaments.
   

A radical proposal to legalise proxy motherhood in India sparks a debate on its medical and ethical repercussions.

THE ARTS: PHOTO EXHIBITION
Beyond Seeing

CINEMA: THE LAGAAN EFFECT
The West Beckons

India Today's Bandeep Singh’s first exhibition engages the senses in a silent aesthetic of discipline and economy.

   

The Oscar didn't come. What did is an acknowledgment by Hollywood that quality films are being made in India.

     
 COLUMNS

FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Jurisimpudence

 

KAUTILYA: JAIRAM RAMESH
Time For Article 360

In the flawed Indian judicial system POTO will end up as a tool of injustice.

 

COLA—cost of living allowance—is taking the fizz out of the economy.

 
 
 NEWSNOTES
CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan   QUOTE OF THE WEEK
 

“I just saw Lord of the Rings. It is nothing else but Chandrakanta which we saw on television a few years ago.”

Actor, Vallabh Vyas member of the
Lagaan XI
 CAPLOOKS
Role Model   Two of a Kind

When Union I&B Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Pakistan recently for a SAARC conference, she exuded charm and Urdu.

 

When Sorabjee sought the SC’s opinion on the laying of a foundation stone at Ayodhya, Marxist MPs were up in arms.

Smaller Show   Unlikely Benefactor

Perhaps Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh believes that austerity, like charity, begins at home.

  With MP reeling under a power crisis, Uma Bharati advised the PMO to stall the Indira Sagar power project to stymie Digvijay.
Confessional
Uttaranchal’s new chief minister N.D. Tiwari on his job and plans
DESPATCH  SIGNPOSTS GOLDEN PUMPKIN   SPOTLIGHT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WORLD WATCH MARTIAL ARTS FUN QUIZ SOTTO VOCE MUSIC REVIEW
 
 
 
 REGULARS
BOOKS
The Impressionist: Hari Kunzru   The Chronicler's Daughter: Kishore Thukral
Hari Kunzru’s first novel is an existential adventure that never fails to enchant.  


The Orwellian allegory breaks apart.

 
Authorspeak
 
 
   
METRO TODAY
 
Diary of Events      
       
EYECATCHERS
Vinod Kambli & Namrata Shirodkar, Lara Dutta, N. R. Narayana Murthy
 
 
   
 NRI DIARY
 
Indians abroad are travelling as never before with plenty of sops from tour operators. A guide to the hot deals.

Beyond Borders
 

Culture on a Platter
Clouds of Gloom
Melting Pot
Collective Class
Goldie Sees the Dawn
India Calling