Phoolan Devi
The Bandit Queen is on to new things. She's writing and directing a celluloid autobiography, Phoolan Ki Kasam.
It Takes Two To Tango
As China ends its war games, the stage is set for talks with Taiwan on reunification
Up, Up The Stygian Creek
For the people of Srinagar, paradise is a far-away memory. A guided tour to the ghost of a town...
What Price Freebies?
Why are so many white goods companies giving discounts? Because they are not giving discounts...
An Endangered Species?
With newspapers turning marketed brands, the editor is climbing down from his ivory tower
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
The Finance Secretary talks about getting the Indian economy back from the brink, the achievements and failures, and the unfinished agenda of the first stage of the reforms.
Defending The Indefensible
Soon after receiving a sentence of life imprisonment on charges of child sex abuse, an unfazed Freddy Peats defended himself, maintaining that nudism keeps the body healthy. Excerpts from an interview:
Still A Three-horse Race
The Congress is ahead in the electoral sweepstakes, with the BJP close behind. But the large number of undecided voters could hold the key
"Why Raise This Bogey?"
Union Commerce Minister P. Chidambaram believes that the country's post-reforms experi -ence with TNCs has been, on the whole, good.
The Ghost Of The Bombay Club
The CII's swadeshi bogey was no doubt aimed at placating and pressuring political parties on election eve. But it may boomerang
The Wages Of Greed
The nation debates whether to slaughter its 12 million cattle stock to check the Mad Cow disease
When Lyric Becomes Line
In a leap of faith towards artistic salvation, painter Manjit Bawa reverts to his Sufi Punjabi roots
Principles Be Damned
Ideology takes a backseat in a promiscuous spree of benefit-oriented tie-ups with regional parties