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CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 11, 2003
COVER STORY: CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Storming the Citadels
Two
charismatic women are on a roll in Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan, taking on well-entrenched Congress chief
ministers. On their electoral success depends the BJP's
future.
The
Uttar Pradesh cooperative department gets tough by launching
a hard-hitting campaign against chronic defaulters. How effective
will it be, asks India Today's Subhash Chandra. PAY
UP TIME
With
hi-tech security, the citadel of Indian democracy will soon
become safer for lawmakers, but less accessible to almost everybody
else.
Shrewd
and unsparing now, Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik sheds his velvet glove to reveal an
iron fist that has shaken his rivals.
STATES: MAHARASHTRA
ECONOMY: RECOVERY
Clash of Castes
Flying
High
Despite
having a Dalit chief minister, the state grapples with anti-Dalit
atrocities in remote villages. But politicians refuse to see
beyond vote-bank politics.
A
rich smell of recovery is spreading across several sectors of
the economy, raising hopes of a boom in employment and incomes.
SPORTS: HOCKEY
HEALTH: MYSTERY FEVER
Hit
and Run
Birth
of a Killer
At
19, he was the Tendulkar of the astroturf. Six years on, at
a high noon for Indian hockey, Rajiv Mishra is a footnote in
history because his sport didn't care.
The rare Chandipura
virus is identified as the cause of the brain fever deaths in
South India.
THE GLOBAL INDIAN: BRAIN DRAIN
LIVING: HOMOSEXUALITY
Return
Flight
Open
Closet
With the global economy shrinking,
the expatriate is casting off the American Dream to meet new
professional and technical challenges back home.
As more liberal
attitudes sweep across Bengal, gays and lesbians no longer need
to mask theri sexuality.
THE ARTS: SHADOW PUPPETRY
CINEMA: THE SENS
In
the Shade
Ms
and Mrs Sen
Threatened
by technology, the art form needs encouragement and innovation
to sustain its charm.
Director
Aparna Sen and daughter Konkona won a slew of national awards
for the touching and searing Mr and Mrs Iyer. It shows good
genes travel well.
CINEMA: ROMANCES
OFFTRACK: AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT
Reality
Check
Animal
Balm
Bollywood
is rewriting its romantic script. A new wave of realism replaces
candyfloss melodrama in foreign locales.
In two years,
this unique hospital has treated over 10,000 animals.
"I may be a sleeping politician. But I am not
like the politicians who sleep on national issues though
they may be awake physically." H.D. DEVE GOWDA, former prime minister,
after photos of him sleeping at a function were published
REGULARS
BOOKS
BOOKS
Off-Screen
Thriller
Premarital
Stress
A
photographer's journey through the filmdom
captures the grit more than the glamour.
CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 11, 2003
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