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COVER STORY: INDIA-PAKISTAN CRICKET
Passage
to Pakistan: How Safe?
Unprecedented security measures are being taken
to protect the Indian team as it travels across
the border to play a historic series after 15
years. Worries remain though about how fail-proof
the cover is.
With
Vaiko out on bail and POTA as the main election plank, the DMK-led
alliance in Tamil Nadu is determined to teach Jayalalithaa a
lesson. India Today's Arun Ram looks at the recharged scenario.
RETURN
OF THE TIGER
With
Muslim voters to impact 129 Lok Sabha seats, parties are competing
among themselves to woo them and minority leaders are eyeing
an opportunity to revive their political fortunes.
Naidu
kicks off the TDP campaign with a massive rally. Stung by a
huge backlash, the BJP shows the door to D.P. Yadav and Venkaiah
lays down his commandments for the party.
STATES: MADHYA PRADESH
BUSINESS & ECONOMY: PSUs
Holy Smoke
Public Good
A flurry of
transfers and religious trips has marked Bharati's reign.
With polls ahead, she has to offer the right mix of governance
and religion.
For once public-sector
companies are overshadowing private companies in performance,
share price and sheer market buzz. Here's what the ongoing
frenzy is all about.
SPORTS: SPECIAL
OLYMPICS
SCIENCE: ISRO BLAST
Lifting the Spirit
Danger Signals
Winning
was the least of priorities for over 2,000 intellectually challenged
students who participated in the Special Olympics. For the spectators,
it was a unique experience.
The tragedy
at the Sriharikota space centre raises concerns about safety
in this premier scientific establishment.
CONTROVERSY: DELHI
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: DANCE
Nameless
Death
Rhythm
Divine
There has been
a shocking increase in the number of unidentified bodies found
on Delhi streets every year. But the police and civic authorities
don't seem to have a solution to this growing problem.
Deified by dance
historians, forgotten by time, she was the iconoclast who
brought a dying Bharatnatyam back to life. Her birth centenary
is a bid to recapture the reformist zeal that was Rukmini
Arundale.
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: FOOD
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
The
Brunch Brigade
Invasion
of Idealism
Part picnic,
part Prada parade, the Sunday brunch is becoming the hottest
meal in the gastronomical vocabulary not just at five-star
hotels but also at popular stand-alone restaurants.
In his argument for a regime change, the champion of open
society goes after the wrong enemy
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
OFFTRACK: BANGALORE
A
Purgatory of Regrets
The
Glass Wonder
Jaishree Misra grows up as a storyteller with yet another
tale of a Malayalee woman who finds a way out of her loveless
marriage
For decades
it stood as the symbol of imperial majesty. Then the Glass House
at Lalbagh started going to seed. Fortunately, it was restored
and reopened to the public recently.
Embarrassing the Congress is not the sole reason
why the BJP lured Digvijay Singh's brother Laxman Singh
into the party. He is tipped to take on Jyotiraditya
Scindia in Guna constituency.