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CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 25, 2003
COVER STORY: THE NATION POLL
Atal's Agony Sonia's Ecstasy
There
is bad news for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA Government.
The Mood of the Nation poll has detected the initial
signs of the an anti-incumbency feeling that has shrunk
the ruling alliance's support in the past six months.
COVER
STORY: THE NATION POLL
Saving
Our MPs
Conventional
wisdon suggests that incumbent governments
benefit from a good monsoon.
Young
MPs aspire to be more than just noisy backbenchers. They come
together and want to make a qualitative difference to politics
and governance.
The
prime minister may have dndorsed quotas for upper caste poor
with Rajasthan polls in mind but it has triggered a debate over
their feasibility.
STATES: BIHAR
ECONOMY: DISTRICTS
Taming the Don
India's
Worst
While
Lallo Prasad Yadav was away in Pakistan, Bihar witnessed a bizarre
game of one-upmanship between its police chief and an RJD strongman.
A
new study on India's most backward districts unveils
a shocking litany of poverty, hunger and deprivation that continues
to drag India down.
BUSINESS: ALLIANCE CAPITAL
HEALTH: SOFT DRINKS
Bull
in the Pen
The
Gulp War
SEBI's
ban on Samir Arora pins down an institutional bull and stirs
a debate.
A study claiming
that soft drinks sold in the country contain harmful pesticides
stuns the cola industry and puts a question mark on food safety
in India.
NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN
DIPLOMACY: IMMIGRANTS
Blow
Hot Blow Cold
Unusual
Suspects
Even as Track II diplomacy seems on
the move, the governments on both sides tread cautiously.
As western
countries adopt new security measures, the global Indian feels
the unbearable lightness of being himself.
THE ARTS: BHUPEN KHAKHAR
RELIGION: TEMPLE CONTROVERSY
Final
Splach
Breach
in Trust
As the art
world laments the death of the renowned artist, the market celbrates
his canvas.
Maharashtra
Government's bid to control the cash-rich Shirdi Trust creates
a flutter.
ARCHAEOLOGY: NANI RAYAN DIG
THE GLOBAL INDIAN: MUJRA
CLUBS
Greek
Tragedy
Dance
of Lust
A
2,000-year-old Indo-Greek settlement, unearthed during the laying
of a pipeline, elicits little interest in offcial circles and
the heritage may be lost forever.
Girls are
imported from the subcontinent to keep alive the mujra nightclubs
in London.
CINEMA: HRITHIK ROSHAN
OFFTRACK
Bouncing
Back
Flash
of Glold
Written
off as a one-film wonder, the actor laughs his way back to success
zone .
Women learn
there's money to be earned from ornamental fish.
"The observation that the employees have no
moral or equitable right to strike was uncalled for
and is beyong comprehansion" SOLI J. SORABJEE, attorney general,
opposing the Supreme Court ruling on right to strike
REGULARS
BOOKS
BOOKS
King
of Kitsch
Picture
Imperfect
Raja
Ravi Varma is resurrected as the father of
popular Indian culture.
A
long short of Shyam Benegal's films misses
out on the fine details of the man.
CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 25, 2003
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