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   COVER STORY: Living With Terror
Living With Terror

It was Independence Day. And it was not. On August 15, freedom was such a nice idea that most Indians were all too willing to give it a miss. The rustle of the tricolour may have added to the solemnity of the day; the reassuring platitudes of the prime minister from the Red Fort in Delhi...

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TOXIC SLUDGE

Pollution wreaks havoc on ground water in Madhya Pradesh. India Today's Ambreesh Mishra discusses the grave implications.

 

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   STATES: MAHARASTRA

The Crass Ceiling

Women IAS officers finally come out in the open to battle professional discrimination in the highest echelons of state bureaucracy

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   INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK: NATWAR SINGH

"The Nuclear Issue Needs A National Consensus"

At the crossroads in his political career, Member of Parliament and former external affairs minister Natwar Singh spoke to Managing Editors RAJ CHENGAPPA and SHANKKAR AIYAR on India's foreign policy, the nuclear deal and his position in the Congress.

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   MONEY TODAY: INVESTING

"The Opportunity Is Enormous"

Making an investment decision isn't easy even in the best of times, which these clearly aren't. Fidelity International's chief investment officers for Asia Pacific region for Debt and Equities, Andrew D. Wells and Kathryn Matthews, share with money today the golden rules of investing.

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   CRIME: KERALA

Life In Cop's Own Country

A string of custodial deaths haunts the LDF Government even as the home minister calls it a coincidence and defends the police

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

The Road to Perdition

Kashmir and two visions of life in the time of terrorism

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: GIFTED CHILDREN

Prodigy Puzzle

2006 is turning out to be India's year of child prodigies. Should we worry about nurturing them, or wonder at their sudden surfeit?

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   STATES: KERALA

Capital Convert

Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan sheds his hardliner image and begins to woo investment, leaving his inner party detractors flummoxed and the Opposition smirking at the volte face

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   MONEY TODAY: FIXED DEPOSITS

Fixing It Safe And Sound

Bank fixed deposits are no longer just a safe investment option but an increasingly attractive one, offering investors assured higher returns, liquidity at marginal cost and tax benefits

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   MONEY TODAY: MUTUAL FUNDS

Stocks Minus The Risk

Kotak Mutual Fund's new offer will maximise gains and minimise exposure by investing in options

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

The Missing Tongue

Urdu, projected as the language only of Muslims and Pakistan, is much more and it is on the verge of dying

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

Mind Game

A maverick master is at play in this compelling psychological drama

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   SOCIETY & THE ARTS: REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL ARTFORMS

Modern To Medieval

As the demand for architecture of the erstwhile royals rises, Rajasthan sees a revival of its traditional forms of art

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