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CURRENT ISSUE DECEMBER 09, 2002

COVER STORY: AIDS

Despite Rs 1,000 crore being spent on prevention campaigns and management of AIDS anually, India's HIV positive population has going up to four milion. Take for example, G.B. Road, Delhi's notorious red-light district, which health workers call India's AIDS factory. Teeming with commercial sex workers, the area is a giant reservoir for the deadly virus.
Interview Dr Sekhar Chakrabarti Too Little, Too Late


	Two killed, 34 injured in Mumbai bus explosion

	Ketan Parekh held in Cal-cutta Stock Exchange scam

	US envoy Blackwill reaches Kashmir on fact-finding tour

	India to move Malaysia court for Quattrocchi's extradition

	FDI proposals worth Rs 490 crore cleared

	House clears Sebi Bill for more teeth to mkt regulator

	Vaghela attacks Vajpayee, says he is the weakest PM

	Harbhajan, Sehwag fined for dirty shoes in NZ

	Australia names World Cup team, Steve Waugh left out

	Pak: India must make stand on SAARC summit clear


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Having discarded the AIADMK's Dravidian roots, Jayalalithaa is out to overshadow the MGR legacy. India Today's Arun Ram traces the path of her untiring ambition. Iconic Change

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THE NATION: BJP			THE NATION: TEHELKA PROBE

Winter of Dissent			Justice Denied
Despite the generational facelift, the BJP is falling apart and the central leadership cannot hold.			With the resignation of the judge heading the probe into the Tehelka expose, chances of an early verdict on the deals recede.



THE NATION: MILITANCY			INTERVIEW: SOURAV GANGULY

Mufti in a Cleft Stick The PDP's healing touch policy is on the firing line as the Jammu attacks put the Congress on the defensive.			"I've survived and will survive longer"



LETTERS			EDITORIAL
From The Editor In Chief To The Editor			Drought of Action Effective utilisation of available resources can help tackle recurring crises.

OTHER STORIES


STATES: GUJARAT			NEIGHBOURS: BANGLADESH
Slog Overs			Terror's New Home
A poll campaign that, in effect, began on February 27 has just gone on and on. Three bellwether contests to guide you through the last lap.			With the support of radical political parties and renegades, Al-Qaida finds in Bangladesh a haven for sleeper cells. India raises alarm.
DIPLOMACY: PUTIN VISIT			GUEST COLOUMN: SATINDER K. LAMBAH
Building on the Past			Common Cause
Islamist terrorism and energy security will be the priorities during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India.			Russia is changing. On the basis of a broad consensus, the choice is for a "liberal, democratic, federal polity".
BUSINESS: PRIVATISATION			BUSINESS: RAYMOND
Doublespeak			The Complete Man
While Orissa is opposing the sale of Nalco, it is enthusisatically selling its own Public Sector Units.			Gautam Singhania has changed the shape, size and colours of Raymond but his efforts will only now be put to test.
CINEMA: REVIEW			CINEMA: STAR INCOMES
Diasporic Droll			Dreams Limited
Deepa Mehta's new film explores, spoofs and fuses the fundamentals of Hollywood and Hindi movies.			As the Mumbai film industry crunches costs, its enduring brands diversify and look elsewhere for income.
CINEMA: TAJ MAHAL Love's Labour			OFFTRACK: KENDUJHARGHAR, ORISSA Rustic Motivator
Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal is on its way to become India's most expensive film.			An anganwadi worker harnesses people power to change lives.

NEWSNOTES


FIRST TAKE CONFESSIONAL DESPATCH SPOTLIGHT JOURNEY OF MAN WORLDWATCH TABS ON TRIVIA

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Why should we talk to Pakistan? You don't talk to a fellow who held a gun to the temple and moved it six inches away." YASHWANT SINHA, External Affairs Minister

REGULARS

BOOKS: LITERARY FESTIVAL Tour de France			BOOKS Riverside Rhapsody
BOOKS: LITERARY FESTIVAL Tour de France			BOOKS Riverside Rhapsody
India was caricatured as well as celebrated in a grand Indian literary road show that travelled across France for two weeks.			Mason plays rare symphonies amid the chaos of Burma's tribal wars.
BOOKS Honesty Pays
A Women's naive curiosity saves the book.

METRO TODAY


EYECATCHERS
Koirala for PM, Not to Viva!, Right Track , Comedy Fever

NRI DIARY


After Bombay Drems' success, mainstream theatre productions in Britain are scouting for Asian talent.			Entertainment Cinema Diasporic Droll Interview Deepa Mehta Travel In the News