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COVER STORY

The Rule of Two
OTHER STORIES

Caught in the Act Fear in Full Spate Judicial Heat Hitting Where It Hurts The Season for worries Sex, Lives and Videotapes Beauty Of The Banal Idea Of The Enemy Kolkata Calling Classic Remake A Kenyan Connection Trigger Happy In the Land of Myths, Reality gets Short Shrift Youthful Impetus

CURRENT ISSUE AUGUST 30, 2004

COVER STORY: THE GOVERNMENT

The Rule of Two

As the omnipotent party president and the least political prime minister, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh herald a rare duality in power. How the odd couple of Indian politics make it work.


	Ex-MP CM Uma Bharti complains of back pain

	TCS IPO opens at 1050 on BSE and at 1198 on NSE

	LS adjourned after appropriation bill passed

	Pak caretaker PM Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain resigns

	Gujarat BJP suspends MLA Kanti Amrutiya

	Birla will case - Hearing adjourned till Sept. 1

	IBA rejects demand for 20% wage hike for bankers

	ITC Board okays merger of ITC Hotels, Ansal Hotel

	Themis, Hungary's Richter to set up $20 mn JV.

	Tri-series ODI - Australia-Pak match abandoned




COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG MOOD OF THE NATION OPINION POLL			OFFTRACK: DARJEELING
Upper Hand			Youthful Impetus
A caring Congress with its UPA allies has become the right choice for the youth, the unemployed and the poor. A shrinking NDA, steeped in factionalism, is losing ground in its strongholds.			A group of young people aims to ensure that a decaying tourist destination gets back some of its glamour

EDITORIAL			LETTERS
From The Editor In Chief			To The Editor


OTHER STORIES

STATES: MANIPUR			STATES: HIMACHAL PRADESH
Caught in the Act			Fear in Full Spate
As the state Government dithers, the agitation against security forces for abusing the draconian Special Powers Act turns violent. The Centre now finds itself between a rock and a hard place.			The hill state is on high alert as the rising level of the Pareechu river threatens a massive flow inundating hundreds of kilometres
STATES: GUJARAT			NEIGHBOURS: NEPAL
Judicial Heat			Hitting Where It Hurts
With the Supreme Court ordering a re-examination of 2,108 riot cases, the Modi Government is once again in the dock. The directive has also set off a fresh debate on judicial activism.			As the Maoist rebellion enters Kathmandu with a blockade, blasts and death threats, India's worries take a new turn
BUSINESS & ECONOMY: INFLATION			CRIME: GAY KILLING
The Season for worries			Sex, Lives and Videotapes
Surging inflation, flaring oil prices, erratic rains and an interest rate hike-bad news is pouring for the economy this monsoon			Excessive focus on gay culture and its sensationalisation overshadow the motive behind the brutal killings of Pushkin Chandra and his partner Kuldip at an upmarket residence in south Delhi

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS			SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
Beauty Of The Banal			Idea Of The Enemy
In her new novel, Shashi Deshpande returns to her favourite territory of middle-class India in all its stifling details			An inquiry sabotaged by the writer's own lack of faith
SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS			SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA
Kolkata Calling			Classic Remake
From Monica Ali to Mike Atherton, the visitors unravel the city's chromosome			India has a starring role in Vanity Fair, Mira Nair's always robust, and sometimes racy, reinterpretation of the remarkable rise of Becky Sharp in 19th century high society England
SPORTS: CRICKET			ATHENS 2004: INDIA'S GLORY
A Kenyan Connection			Trigger Happy
The suspension of former Kenyan captain Maurice Odumbe for five years reiterates the nefarious role of bookies in cricket			Rajyavardhan S. Rathore, trap shooter and one-time terrorist hunter, is the answer to a nation gnawed by sporting self-doubt. He is reassurance and redemption on two legs.
ATHENS 2004: TALL TALES
In the Land of Myths, Reality gets Short Shrift
A reality check on the Athens Olympics overturns some old, new and well-entrenched fallacies about the world's greatest sporting event and the athletes who are its stars

YOUR WEEK
Arts & Entertainment; Science & Technology

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THE P FACTOR: AJIT KUMAR JHA Laloo's English August

THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK
Arjun Singh's refusal to accept Manmohan Singh as leader is causing friction: his attacks on the RSS are seen as a challenge to the PM, who took a dig at the education policy in his Independence Day speech.

EYECATCHERS
Dancing Queens; Name Fame; Traditional Tunes; Let Go All the Way