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 CURRENT ISSUE NOVEMBER 25, 2002
COVER STORY: ESSAY
Gujarat's Icon India's Anxiety





In a vibrant democracy like India, can vitriol get votes? The outcome of a fiercely fought battle in Gujarat next month will determine both the colour and contours of India's future electoral battles. A victory for the BJP will herald the return of saffron aggression and supply the much-needed oxygen to the currently lacklustre NDA Government at the Centre. A defeat may accelerate the downfall of the Vajpayee Government.
 
   
Hearing on Krishna's plea in Ansal Plaza case deferred
Paswan to join hands with Cong in Gujarat to oust BJP
Greenback to remain green, but with more colours in '03
Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix arrives in Iraq
SC dismisses PIL against disinvestment policy
Religious parties' talks with pro-Musharraf PML-Q fail
J&K govt may set up panel to screen political prisoners
Russel Crowe's music tour off over 'massive' stress
BJP-BSP sponsored RLD man wins UP byelection
RS adjourned, discussions on Gujarat in Lok Sabha
 
Three of the one-day matches between India and West Indies were affected by unruly crowds. What should be done to control crowds at sport events to prevent such incidents?
 
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The Triumph of Hate Battle for Gandhi's Nagar
With Modi going the whole hog to set a populist but divisive political agenda, the BJP for now seems headed for a two-thirds majority in the new Assembly.
Forget the reductionism of caste equations and incumbency calculations, Gujarat boils down to a Modi-Vaghela personality clash.
 
NATION: RAJYA SABHA BUSINESS: BILL GATES' VISIT
Lobby Managers Gates - Way to India
With the entry of yet more tycoons and journalists, the Rajya Sanha is as much a confluence of Indian industry as an editors' guild. Take your pick.
 
The Microsoft chief mixed philanthropy and business with practised ease. His $ 500 million commitment will generate both goodwill and market.
 
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  Compassionate Folly
Multi's healing programme should not turn into India's pain...
     
 OTHER STORIES
STATES: PUNJAB     STATES: MADHYA PRADESH
Regaining Faith     Running for Cover
Badal's victory in the SGPC elections raises the stakes in the ongoing battle between the Akali Dal and the Congress chief minister.
 
    The demand for a tribal chief minister and a proposed hike in power tariffs pose a serious challenge to Digvijay Singh's leadership.
STATES: ORISSA     OFFTRACK: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
Rebel Rouser     Sons of the Soiled
Hemmed in by rebellion, Patnaik's survival may hinge on BJP's support.
 
    Two friends clean up a street and help others clean up their act.
 
NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN     GUEST COLUMN: C. DASGUPTA
Striking Hard     Right Turn Ahead
The execution of a Pakistani terrorist may signal a toughening of the US stance towards Islamabad.
 
    Ten years ago, an Indian politician on a visit to China summed up his impressions with the comment that the Communist Party of China reminded him of a Delhi bus driver.
 
ECONOMY: TAXATION     BUSINESS: TANISHQ
Milch Class     Golden Run
Reformers need to look beyond squeezing the middle class and cast the tax net wider around services and agriculture to usher in an equitable system.
 
    Savvy marketing has ensured impressive growth for the jewellery brand even though the overall gold market in India has shrunk.

SPORTS: SUNITA RANI CASE
Run for Justice

VIEWPOINT: SPORTSWATCH
Turning Wicked

The Salwan report, available exclusively to INDIA TODAY, clears the athlete of doping but calls for radical changes in the conduct of coaches, doctors and sports officials

   

If cricket fans want to behave like animals, then it is time to strenghten the cages.

       

RELIGION: JAINISM
Zealous Rally

SOCIETY AND TRENDS: TV ADVERTISING
Out of The Box

Profound sermons, ornate temples, multi-purpose community projects-an aggressive movement to revive Jainism sweeps central India.

   

The new woman in television advertising is a sexist, abusive, insensitive and hormone-driven female chauvinist. What gives?

CINEMA: BOLLYWOOD
Hotshots on The Sets

THE ARTS: THEATRE
Wake-up Call

With producers giving them star billing, a handful of professionals are rewriting the rules of filmmaking for the better.
    A play about a Bengali Rip Van Winkle parodies the state caught in an ideological time warp.

TELEVISION: YOUNG STARS
The Telly Brats

     
They are young, brazen and ambitious and have emerged as the face of evening television.
     
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"Personal ambition has become our greatest weakness. Unless we control it, we will not be able to do what we want to."
L.K. ADVANI, Deputy Prime Minister

 
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