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THE MAGAZINE December 08, 1997

Cover Story

Opinion

Life Is Better Than Death

Let us stop beating the pathetic Sitaram Kesri. He is not the only villain in the sordid drama that has been played out in the last week...

Dec 08, 1997

| Vinod Mehta
Cover Story

To The Hustings, Very Reluctantly

Public posturing aside, no political party, given a choice, would like to go back to the people

Dec 08, 1997

| Ishan Joshi
Cover Story

The Star Looks The Other Way

The Congress may not get 10 Janpath's help—as plans go awry, Sonia retreats into her shell

Dec 08, 1997

| Ajith Pillai
Cover Story

The Dice Favour None

With Congress weighing its options and the BJP's numbers not adding up, elections seem to be the only answer to the political uncertainty

Dec 08, 1997

| Yubaraj Ghimire Bhavdeep Kang

Rajiv Probe

A Systems Failure?

An Armyman blames Rajiv's death on a communications lapse

Dec 08, 1997

| Ranjit Bhushan
Rss

Rss-Bjp At Flashpoint?

Dilli via Kashi-Mathura? A collision course develops on the post-Ayodhya Hindutva strategy

Dec 08, 1997

| Rajesh Joshi
Opinion

Jurassic Vision

Gill must bera in mind that there's no substitute for experience and maturity

Dec 08, 1997

| Saibal Chatterjee
Opinion

Give Up, Mr Karunanidhi

Dec 08, 1997

| Vishvjit P. Singh
Media

Calcutta Bound

Three major dailies make a beeline for Calcutta but is it viable?

Dec 08, 1997

| Nikhil Mookerjee Neerja Pahwa Jetley
Madhya Pradesh

Angling The Adivasi

With state polls round the corner, parties woo a solid votebank

Dec 08, 1997

| Raajkumar Keswani
Exclusive

"Chandraswami Was Sivarasan's Godfather"

J. Ranganath, who sheltered Sivarasan, Rajiv's assassin, speaks to Outlook on One-eyed Jack's last few days

Dec 08, 1997

| A.S. Panneerselvan

Space

Ragas In Outer Space

Kalpana Chawla brings strains of India into outer space

Dec 08, 1997

| Narayan D. Keshavan
Profile

Best Foot Forward

Indophile and former Labour leader Michael Foot recalls the heady days before Indian Independence

Dec 08, 1997

| Sagarika Ghose
Pakistan

Theatre Of The Absurd

As every institution of the state takes the other on, the country's constitutional crisis deepens

Dec 08, 1997

| Sunil Narula
- "India Has To Rise Above Just Saying We'll Talk"
- The Road To Populism
Landmines

Diplomatic Minefields

Why are India, the US, China and a host of others not agreeing to sign a treaty banning landmines?

Dec 08, 1997

| Ramananda Sengupta

Stockmarket

The Casino Effect

The NSE turns out to be too professional for many members

Dec 08, 1997

| Shekhar Ghosh
Opinion

A Nation Called Mary Celeste

India is a fine ship, but as it waits pathetically for a staunch crew and captain, it's taking in dangerous levels of water in its hold...

Dec 08, 1997

| Sandipan Deb
Marketing

Godrej's Frosty Bite

Godrej-GE defies the winter by sticking to classic marketing rules

Dec 08, 1997

| Charubala Annuncio
The +5 -5 Conundrum

A friction-ridden UF launched India’s most radical reforms but—after 18 months—what’s the score?

Dec 08, 1997

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Automobiles

Pals No More

As PAL's stocks and fortunes fall, Fiat may be its only hope

Dec 08, 1997

| Shekhar Ghosh

Miss World

...Voila, It's Victory

Diana Hayden wins the world backed by much grit, big bucks and a boom in the grooming industry

Dec 08, 1997

| Archana Jahagirdar Saira Menezes
Environment

Feeling The Global Heat

What does global warming mean for the Indian subcontinent? Some predictions: a fall in rice/wheat production; rise in malaria, cholera, dengue; scarce rainfall; receding glaciers; inundation of coastal areas leading to brackish water increase, affect

Dec 08, 1997

| Aniruddha Bahal
Compass

Slow Silvering Of The Mind

Dec 08, 1997

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Photofeature

Grand Slam!

BigBig moolah comes to the mohallas as tennis-ball cricket goes corporate to the as -ball

Dec 08, 1997

| Krishna Prasad Y.P. Rajesh

Review

Stale Tale

Passé pulp with a naive touch

Dec 08, 1997

| Pritha Sen
Review

Strange Dawns

The sublime and the mundane

Dec 08, 1997

| Keki N. Daruwalla
Review

The India Gene Hunt

A relook at the emergence of civilisations in the subcontinent

Dec 08, 1997

| Kumkum Roy

Art & Entertainment

Andhra Pradesh

Bollywood's Echo

Is the mafia spreading its tentacles over the Telugu film industry?

Dec 08, 1997

| M.S. Shanker
- 'The Blast Has Created A Scare'

Delhi Diary

Prophet Of Doom

Dec 08, 1997

| Ajit Bhattacharjea

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

Regulars

10 Questions

Patrick French

The historian defends his book Liberty or Death against all the negative publicity

Dec 08, 1997

| Sagarika Ghose

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