- COVER STORY
- Immigrant Indians and Chinese use their own LANs and back-up systems to get ahead - Harnesses the purple prose and heated imaginations of our "filmi" press into more pucca prose - Jayalalitha plays the Hindu card to realign the state BJP with her. Meanwhile, a weakened DMK treads gingerly in the waters. - In a blighted state, this cooperative stands out for two good reasons: it makes money, and gives much of it to ruralfolk - "Travelling gives me a tremendous sense of freedom. New places, new life." Pankaj H. ShahCEO, DuPont South Asia - POTA is now law, thanks to a rarely-used strategem by the BJP. But it's still up to the states whether to use it or not. - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, who was released recently from prison, talks to Amir Mir about Pervez Musharraf and democracy. Excerpts: 
- Immigrant Indians and Chinese use their own LANs and back-up systems to get ahead 
- Harnesses the purple prose and heated imaginations of our "filmi" press into more pucca prose 
- CEO, Ten Sports 
- Jayalalitha plays the Hindu card to realign the state BJP with her. Meanwhile, a weakened DMK treads gingerly in the waters. 
- In a blighted state, this cooperative stands out for two good reasons: it makes money, and gives much of it to ruralfolk 
- "Travelling gives me a tremendous sense of freedom. New places, new life." Pankaj H. ShahCEO, DuPont South Asia 
- A page of work and leisure news from India Inc. 
- POTA is now law, thanks to a rarely-used strategem by the BJP. But it's still up to the states whether to use it or not. 
- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, who was released recently from prison, talks to Amir Mir about Pervez Musharraf and democracy. Excerpts: 
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- New Delhi's Nizamuddin. 
- A page on the latest in medical science 
- The police officers who did their jobs and were "rewarded" with punishment postings. 
- The police establishment is in the midst of a storm over the transfer of some dutiful IPS officers 
- Soli Sorabjee's Parsi jokes and other titbits from around town. 
- An actual story told in the actual, possible way -- no fussing over story/plot conventions. 
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- Many of us in the media have forgotten the power we wield. A casual statement, retracted later, can devastate someone's life. 
- The colluding administrators should have the fear of an international, public trial. Genocide can't hide behind sovereignty. 
- Malik is at most guilty of violating FEMA, so why's he in jail? Because Farooq wants Hurriyat out of the polls. So does Pakistan. 
- It was Advani's new concept, to bring religion into politics. Confusion has since reigned on what the Hindu religion has become. 
- Rapacious dalals and a drying farm economy force Bihar's Rat-Eaters, the lowest of the low, to sell off their children 
- Hooray! POTO has become POTA! Now the government can fight terrorism. And worry not. Law minister Jaitley says POTO is not draconian like TADA.But ... 
- Waffle of the toffs? Who <i>is</i> M. Prabha? Does she exist? Where does she live? 
- Tells you all you need to know about the actor without being idolatrous or malicious. 
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- The new power centre is—no surprise—the PM's son 
































