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COVER STORY

Ageless Superstar
Interview : Amitabh Bachchan

OTHER STORIES

Free Fall
Promise Parade
Sycophancy Unplugged
Popular Appeal
Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Litmus Test
Lankan Roulette
Joshi's Lower Education
Oath of Hypocrites
Shell Shock
Old is Plentiful
It's Reason versus Rhyme
Champion's Atrophy
Forward Planning
Healing with her Dance

 

 CURRENT ISSUE FEBRUARY 23, 2004  

COVER STORY: CINEMA

   

Amitabh Bachchan: Ageless Superstar
At 62, he plays the leading man in movies scripted for him and directed by people half his age Meet Amitabh Bachchan in his second innings, the still-so-sexy patron saint of New Bollywood.

   
Interview : Amitabh Bachchan
India, Pak agree on 5-point agenda for talks
At least 200 killed, 350 hurt in Iran train blast
Maoists blast head office of RNA in Kathmandu
Poll tie-up - KBJP gets only LS six seats in TN
Arif Md Khan, Hema Malini to join BJP tomorrow
Reliance to set up 3500 mw project at Dadri in UP
Haryana govt sanctions 600 acres of land to MUL
IA to spread wings, induct four Airbus A-320s
HLL to sell starch and leather businesses
India beat NZ by 69 runs in U-19 World Cup
 


 
EDITORIAL     LETTERS

From The Editor In Chief

    To The Editor
 
 OTHER STORIES
NATION: RUDY CONTROVERSY     E-2004: PRE-POLL PROPOSALS
Free Fall     Promise Parade
On election eve, the row over the civil aviation minister's bills reignites the debate over the misuse of PSUs by politicians.
    Governments at the Centre and states outdo each other with big bang schemes and projects, many of which may not survive the polls. Political parties are desperate to tie up the last vote.
E-2004: POLL MALL     E-2004: POLL MALL
Sycophancy Unplugged     Popular Appeal

There is nothing in common between Vajpayee and Sonia aside from the fact that both are leaders of rival electoral forces which portray them as larger-than-life defenders in the run-up to E-2004.

   

Strange will be familiar. Mahatma's relative will join the BJP, Jaya will forgive, Paswan will remain patient, the Elders may contest Lok Sabha polls and Sena finds its trump card in healthcare.

E-2004 : CONGRESS     STATES: MAHARASHTRA
Wanna Hold Your Hand     The Litmus Test
Though the Congress took the plunge into coalition politics, its hopes of a grand alliance against the NDA may not materialise as even small regional parties are reluctant to join hands with it.
   

The unique scientific probing of the Telgi scam may still not stand up to judicial scrutiny in court.

NEIGHBOURS: SRI LANKA     EDUCATION: IIM FEE
Lankan Roulette     Joshi's Lower Education

The third general election in four years is likely to throw up a hung Parliament, which will worsen the political turmoil in the island nation and affect the peace process adversely.

   

Even as primary education is routinely starved of funds, Murli Manohar Joshi decides to divert resources to subsidise professional education by drastically reducing IIM fees.

INVESTIGATION: MEDICAL COLLEGES     BUSINESS & ECONOMY: SHRIMP EXPORTS
Oath of Hypocrites     Shell Shock
INDIA TODAY exposes how some private unaided medical colleges fake the facilities and flout the Medical Council of India norms, affecting the credibility and quality of education.
    Indian shrimp exports may be at risk as US shrimpers file an anti-dumping plea.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY: USED CARS    

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: SANTINIKETAN CONSTRUCTIONS

Old is Plentiful     It's Reason versus Rhyme
Profusion of models, transparent deals, easier financing and entry of auto giants have helped used car sales more than double in five years.
 
   

Residents of the university town founded by Tagore maintain that modern features are encroaching upon its ambience.

SPORTSWATCH: CRICKET    

SPORTS: HOCKEY

Champion's Atrophy     Forward Planning
India discover that the art of winning is about confronting and controlling both fear and fatigue.
 
   

With the Olympic qualifying tournament in Madrid less than a month away, the Indian hockey team searches for some sting.

OFFTRACK: AHMEDABAD      
Healing with her Dance      
Adversities in her life have turned her vocation into a mission. Having gone through the ordeal of kidney failure, dancer Niketa Ghiya now raises money for poor patients through her shows.
 
     
       
YOUR WEEK
Surfing on the Rails
       
 INDIASCOPE
TREMORS VIS-A-VIS OBJECT OF DESIRE QED
 
THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK

The race for the job of the next Indian ambassador to the US hots up. A surprise frontrunner is K.C. Pant, deputy chairman, Planning Commission, who edges out Kanwar Sibal, ex-foreign secretary.

 
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS     SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
Her Master's Voice     A Revolution Unveiled

The riveting story of how a girl from a devadasi family challenged male dominance in Carnatic music

   

Eight women meet in a house in Tehran and read the forbidden novels to challenge the mullahs with the power of imagination

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
Write and Wrong

Fervent essays that fail to translate into scintillating arguments on writing

       
 
EYECATCHERS

Tale of Two Weddings; A serve for Sachin; Sparkling Idea

 
 
 
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