Static On The Line Again
Basic telecom privatisation suffers a setback as DoT slaps high interconnection charges
Travails Of The New Tsar
Neither President Yeltsin nor the Russian economy are in good health. Then, there's Chechnya.
Past Demons Strike Again
The CBI's booking of Sukh Ram and Runu Ghosh brings the telecom scam back into the spotlight
'We Have To Air The Government's Plans'
K. Subramanya Sarma, director-general, Doordarshan spells out his vision:
Adrift In A Sea Of Chaos
Doordarshan's new top brass introduces a host of changes, often working at cross purposes
Battling A Rough Tide
Gowda is caught between charges of being partisan and the compulsions of his home state
'We Should Have Some Self-esteem'
Arundhati Ghose, India's ambassador to the CD, in a telephonic interview from Geneva with Sunil Narula, speaks on India's blocking the CTBT. Excerpts:
Next Stop: United Nations?
New Delhi prepares to face the nuclear powers' ire as it blocks the test ban treaty in Geneva
Age Of The Superbrats
They prey on your guilt, they want more of more. Shaking the upwardly mobile parent's ethical moorings. But does he—do YOU—have a choice?
Scales Of Injustice
The community of snake charmers stands to lose its livelihood as activists target the hoary art
The New, Improved Jinnah
A Pakistani film-maker rubbishes Nehru and villainises Mountbatten to retrieve Jinnah's heroism
"Thackeray Is Not Bjp's Bonded Labour"
Shankarsinh Vaghela, dissident leader from Gujarat who was recently expelled from the BJP, speaks to Lekha Rattanani Rattanani on the regional party he launches on August 20. Excerpts:
End Of The Liberal Line
Buffeted by the Gujarat rebellion and its echoes elsewhere, uncertainty reigns in the BJP
Ignoring The Dirty Linen
Laloo Yadav dunks the CBI's findings, and refuses to bring his uniformed culprits to heel