On July 7, a new Act, aimed at limiting the size of ministries, will be in place. Instead of curbing costs of administration, it has created political instability and uncertainty in some key states.

Whatever the CMP may stand for-common minimum programme or a blueprint for collective maximum performance-right now it is nothing more than a collection of make-believe promises.

More than a week after the new regime took over, there is bloody wrangling going on between the allies over cabinet berths.

The recent arrest of an Arab from Sharjah who married a minor indicates a resurgence in Hyderabad's bride bazaar.

Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's emphasis on the Nehruvian framework as the foundation of India's foreign policy confronts new international realities and raises hackles in Pakistan.

A young NRI woman in love with cinema. A director looking for shortcuts. Nadia's death on the sets of Kaizad Gustad's movie highlights the grime beneath Bollywood's glitzy surface.

Buoyed by a growing demand, craft exporters in Rajasthan are scouring kitchens, decrepit havelis, railway yards and villages in search of junk that can be turned into objects of art.

Stretching from Silicon Valley to Bollywood, Hari Kunzru's new novel is a high-velocity ride through the neurotic lanes of globalisation. This is ultra-contemporary imagination at its stylish best.

A band of travellers and a poet-feline search for a grand cosmic design.

A nine-year-old girl's induction as a Jain sadhvi kicks off a storm of legal wrangles over child rights with the court hearing beginning next week.

Bright, urban, bubbly babe. Meet the Bubba. Yesterday's unapproachable star is now the girl-next-door. She goes out for coffee dates, works, and often ends up in bed with her hero.

An Ashkenazi Jewish family in Kerala obdurately prefers God's Own Country to the Promised Land.

Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has embarrassed the Government by saying the Tehelka tapes are genuine. The forensic report on the tapes is in a sealed envelope with the designated judge.

Punch Packert; All Guns Firing; Lucky Charmer; West End Girl