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CURRENT ISSUE OCTOBER 27, 2003
COVER STORY: DIWALI
The
Diwali Wish List
A booming economy, consumers on a spending binge
and the feel-good factor make this Diwali a real
bonanza for everyone. Here's what is hot, from
parties to gifts, fashion to food.
India
loses several crores of rupees every year from the burden of
diseases that have no treatment. India Today's Supriya Bezbaruah
finds out the reasons behind the gross neglect. GREATER
MALAISE
VHP's
plans to push the Ram temple issue on to the centrestage and
capture the Hindutva constituency force the RSS to intervene,
at last. The temple troopers divide the Sangh Parivar and manage
to put the Union Government on the backfoot.
After parting
ways with Mayawati, the BJP is courting her constituency with
an elaborate poll-centric game plan.
STATES: CHATTISGARH | LEADERSHIP
STATES: UTTAR PRADESH
Karma Jogi
Flouting
the Ground Rules
Thriving
in adversities comes natural to the Chhattisgarh chief minister.
The leader with a tribal instinct for survival and the resolve
of a dictator faces his biggest political test in the December
polls.
The prime
minister's constituency manager violates rules and legalities
in pushing development projects, many of which are then left
to languish in apathy and disuse.
NEIGHBOURS: BANGLADESH |
EXTREMISM
ENVIRONMENT: UTTARKASHI | LANDSLIDES
Tricks
or Trade
The
Angry Hills
A trade pact
is evolving, but Dhaka's emergence as a hub of terror raises
the hackles in Delhi
A rain of landslides has almost buried the pilgrim town in
Uttaranchal. As scientists point to new theories to explain
their occurrence, life and economy remain hopelessly crushed
in the rubble.
CRIME: IMMIGRATION RACKET
DEFENCE: AIR FORCE | AIRBORNE
RADAR
Pop
Con
Enter
the Phalcon
The charges of facilitating illegal immigration against Daler
Mehndi show how the Punjabi pop industry has spawned a Rs
500 cr racket.
India signs a deal to acquire three airborne early warning
radar systems which will boost its capacity to patrol its
vast frontiers
TOURISM: LUXURY TRAINS
THE WORLD: US | WAR AGAINST
TERROR
Track
Record
Cornering
The Don
Weaving its
way through Maharashtra and Goa is a Rs 25-crore marvel that
is set to raise the bar on luxury train travel in India
The move by
the US to freeze Dawood's assets across the world is a vindication
for India and a major embarrassment for Pakistan
SPORTS: AFRO-ASIAN GAMES
RELIGION: BEATIFICATION | MOTHER TERESA
What's
in a Game
Mother's
Day
A
Rs 103 crore investment and a lacklustre cast of performers
do not worry the organisers of the new big-budget sports fest
As the Pope
beatifies Mother Teresa at the Vatican and includes her in the
Catholic Church's daily Prayer Book, the Blessed Teresa of Kolkata
will be just one step away from sainthood
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA
Chick
Flicks
Special
Appearance
Strong
women fighting the odds was the big theme at the International
Film Festival of India this year. The films ranged from talentless
vanity pieces to underrated jewels
Displaying
a new-found fondness for mainstream cinema, the Government has
announced a spate of star appointments, from actor Raveena Tandon
to producer Manmohan Shetty
There was much speculation about a cabinet reshuffle
this week and of Arun Shourie being relieved of the
disinvestment portfolio. Now, it appears that changes
have been put on hold.
REGULARS
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
In
a Timeless Wrap
Temple
Tempo
The
sari is serenaded as a living entity that
defines the dreams of the Indian woman
The
polemical historian demolishes the leftist
arguments against the ASI report on Ayodhya
and calls for scientific temper
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
OFFTRACK:
BIHAR | DUMARON
Lost
Worlds
Passionate
Pirouette
An
intimate and amusing portrait of the dispossessed
in urban slums
The
accent on love becomes strongly male in an
obscure town as boy dancers marry other men
CURRENT ISSUE OCTOBER 27, 2003
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