ESSAY:
SPECIAL YEAREND ISSUE The
Topsy Turvy Year Shattered ideals and a brand new iconography. The passions
and perversions of power. It was a hyper year in the life of a nation
that never ceases to be a serial thriller. FULL
STORY
Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, former president and prime minister
of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, gave India Today’s Managing
Editor Raj Chengappa an exclusive interview in Islamabad
last week. Excerpts:
A spellbinder of an election and an odd partnership in power.
The return of Congressism and the degeneration of the defeated
right wing. Dynastic impulses and the dictatorship of the
Left. It was politics as passion play. FULL
STORY
ECONOMY:
THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
The
Power of Three
The UPA couldn't have asked for a better economic legacy from
the NDA. Now the challenge is to build on it. Three men hold
the key. FULL
STORY
SOCIETY:THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
The
Angst of Affluence
The Great Indian Middle Class was on the move, voracious in
consumerist appetite and changing the social milieu like never
before FULL
STORY
ENTERTAINMENT:
THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
Inner Vice
In a nation of a billion fantasies, there is a star born every
minute as the private domain becomes an all-too public spectacle FULL
STORY
TRIVIAL
PURSUITS: THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
Face-offs
of the year
From sparring stars to public spats, there was enough for
the Page Three press to keep speculating about. Here are some
events that sent it in overdrive. FULL
STORY
FUTURE
TRENDS:
THE TOPSY TURVY YEAR
Future
Trends
In our nanosecond world, reading tea leaves is risky-this
year's predictions could be next year's stupidities. But
here's a tongue-in-cheek look at 2005. FULL
STORY
WORLD:
THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
The
Second Coming
Bush was given four more years to be the dominant bull of
the world. Europe snorted at his comeback but could do little
else. The biggest surprise of 2004 was India and Pakistan
taking another shot at peace. Continuity was the theme. FULL
STORY
BUSINESS:
THE TOPSY TURVY YEAR
India
Inc on a Global March
Having tasted the benefits of scale in a booming economy,
India Inc is in a predatory mood. The rising Sensex and burgeoning
FII inflows reflect this confidence FULL
STORY
SPORTS:
THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
Huddle
Muddle
The Olympians had a lone medallist among them. The cricketers
went from highs to sighs. And the sports managers continued
with their indifference. Team India looked lost but some performers
shone: Rathore, Kumble, Tendulkar and Harikrishna. FULL
STORY
Some voices went silent, some pens stopped midway and a bandit's
luck finally ran out. The year lost personalities who had
made headlines for good or for bad. FULL
STORY
QUIZ:
THE
TOPSY TURVY YEAR
Brainteasers
A flashback to the events, personalities, quotes and contests
of the year 2004 through some no-brainers FULL
STORY
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