September 18 Issue




COVER
 

Above Pain and Glory
The Olympic Games are not just about victory. They are about the tragedy, the struggle and the humanity of ordinary people...

Sydney Waits...
Top Stars To Watch
The Gift Of Gold

 
STATES
 

Battle For Bengal
As political violence engulfs the state, Jyoti Basu finds Mamata Banerjee's offensive and the threat of Central intervention serious enough to reconsider his decision to bow out as chief minister after 23 years.

 
STATES
 

Lodged In A Mess
This time Jayalalitha is charged with funding the purchase of two hotels in England.

 
Columns
 

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Villages Of Woes

 
 

Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
Pipedreams To Pipelines

 
  Politically Correct
by P Chidambaram
Order In The House

 
 

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Responding To A Gesture

 
 

Flipside
by Dilip Bobb
Ill Timed

 
Other stories
  Cyber Chatter  
  Interview  
  Cinema  
  Crime  
  Nation  
  States  
  Health  
  The Arts  
  Business  
NewsNotes
 

Ill Omens
Before Yashwant Sinha set off for the US for treatment...

 
  Like Shishya, Like Guru
Naveen Patnaik is taking lessons in Oriya
 
 

Victory Bid
S.S. Dhindsa was all set to leave for Sydney...

more...

 
 



 
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VOICES

"Where are the comrades? Where are the police? Retaliate with all your might whenever and wherever you are attacked."
Jyoti Basu, West Bengal chief minister, advocating a blood-for-blood policy to Left Front workers in Calcutta

"Arun Shourie should thank his gods that we are followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar and not Ayatollah Khomeini."
Jogendra Kawade, Republican Party of India leader, referring to the attack on the Union minister for his criticism of Ambedkar

"No don can do anything without help from politicians. When police and civic authorities are part of the system, what can I do?"
G.R. Khairnar, Mumbai's demolition man, who unsuccessfully tried to demolish a statue of Ganapati built by don Chhota Rajan

"I don't know about other countries, but as far as India is concerned, match-fixing is not possible."
Jaywant Lele, secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India, in an interview to a TV channel on Sunday

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     METRO TODAY
  MetroScape  
   


The Kitsch Queen
Anjolie Ela Menon seems happy enough to be caught by the high-riding kitsch wave sweeping the subcontinent.
more...

Looking Glass
Delhi: Film Festival

Mumbai: Restaurant

Munnar: Resort

Pune: Store

 
    Web Exclusives

COLUMN  

The Government should encash at least a part of its stake in LIC and GIC before its too late, suggests INDIA TODAY associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au Contraiyar.


 
DESPATCHES  


With the failure rate rising to a dismal 70 per cent, the Uttar Pradesh High School and Intermediate Board has some accounting to do. INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Subhash Mishra reports on the gross irregularities in
Despatches.

 
EXTRAS

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