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Five Weeks To Disaster?

Sanctions, dipping forex reserves, high debt spell economic doom

Jun 08, 1998

| Sanjay Suri Azhar Abbas
Cover Story

From China To Chagai

UK scientists say Pakistan couldn't have tested without China's help

Jun 08, 1998

| Sanjay Suri
Cover Story

Clinton Begs, Sharif Differs

Pakistan's seven tests undermine the US administration's clout

Jun 08, 1998

| Dc Ludwina A. Joseph
Cover Story

Nuclear Frenzy: A Tale Of Two Nations

As the world watches aghast, the subcontinent drifts dangerously into a game of one-upmanship

Jun 08, 1998

| Mariana Baabar Sunil Narula

Punjab

Embers Of An Old Fire

Moderation, peace reign but the fundamentalist cause is not dead—for old generals, new recruits

Jun 08, 1998

| Bhavdeep Kang
Parliament

A Deterred Defence

An unprepared BJP come under Opposition attack on the N-tests, but is bailed out by the PM

Jun 08, 1998

| Ranjit Bhushan
Nuclear Winter

We Didn't Start The Fire...

Behind the tit-for-tat tests, religious schisms, and fragile egos, lies the real danger: The End

Jun 08, 1998

| Krishna Prasad
Media

Ethical Cleansing Or Chunnel Vision?

Sushma Swaraj takes on the old order in the avatar of the nation's moral guardian

Jun 08, 1998

| Saibal Chatterjee
Kashmir

Hot Pursuit

Advani's utterances on Kashmir have only alerted the enemy, and defeated the very strategy, say senior army officers

Jun 08, 1998

| Ajith Pillai Zafar Meraj
- The 'Mast Gul' Factor
- Smells Like Cuba '62: US
Interview

"War Hysteria Is No Good. Both Nations Must Act Coolly."

After Pakistan's nuclear tests, I.K. Gujral, former prime minister whose Gujral Doctrine stressed on good neighbourliness, says leaders of both countries should act sensibly. He spoke to Sunil Narula. Excerpts:

Jun 08, 1998

| Sunil Narula
Gujarat

Saffron Goes Ballistic

A rash of fury engulfs Ahmedabad as activists engage in a series of attacks in the name of swadeshi

Jun 08, 1998

| Saira Menezes
- 'Right Values Behind Attacks'
Delhi

Blistering Barsatis

Spontaneous rioting breaks out as the power crisis worsens

Jun 08, 1998

| Soma Wadhwa
Defence

Want Real Nukes? Spend A Billion

From Pokhran to full-fledged N-status means actual weapons, delivery systems, storage—all calling for colossal investment

Jun 08, 1998

| B.R. Srikanth
- Air-Borne Infection
Crime

Their Dark Celebrations

A woman is gangraped. And raped again. But Rajasthan's leaders would rather protect cows.

Jun 08, 1998

| Sunil Mehra

Ctbt

Between The Dotted Lines

India says it may renegotiate, but isn't that indulging in the hypocrisy it accused others of?

Jun 08, 1998

| Sunil Narula
- CTBT: India's Position
- Inbuilt Bias

Strategy

Long-Distance Love

Influential Indian Americans flex their sinews against sanctions on the homeland

Jun 08, 1998

| Narayan D. Keshavan
- 'Make India An Economic Power'
- Only 'Jung' Is Missing
Rupee

Can Afford To Sink A Bit

Post-sanction panic drives the rupee down, helping the overvalued currency find its own level

Jun 08, 1998

| Paromita Shastri Shekhar Ghosh
- Desired level Rs 46-48 (through devaluation?)
- Expected to stabilize at Rs 42-43
Cii

Clearing Post-Pokhran Blues

The Confederation floats a new initiative to inform investors that India exists beyond May 11 and 13

Jun 08, 1998

| Arindam Mukherjee
China

Red Storm Rising

The world's worst-kept secret: the souring of the China miracle

Jun 08, 1998

| Arindam Mukherjee

Hockey

Dead End At The D

The Indian team, tactical fossils in a fast-changing game, touch an all-time low in the Netherlands

Jun 08, 1998

| Aniruddha Bahal
- 'No One Told Us What To Do'
- 'Hockey Is In Our Blood'

Review

Naipaul's Historical Baggage

An evocative account of travels in Islamic Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia marred by a deep-seated bias

Jun 08, 1998

| Shahid Amin

Profile

Walking On Barbed Wire

Art in the time of nuclear fever: bouquets and bans, theatre's good boy Feroz Khan gets it all

Jun 08, 1998

| Saira Menezes

Delhi Diary

Nuclear Machismo

Jun 08, 1998

| Tarun J. Tejpal
Uncivil Lines

Jun 08, 1998

| Tarun J. Tejpal
Husain's Folly

Jun 08, 1998

| Tarun J. Tejpal
A Reminder Shatrughan

Jun 08, 1998

| Tarun J. Tejpal
Better Than The Big O

Jun 08, 1998

| Tarun J. Tejpal

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

10 Questions

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

The producer gets a court injunction to protect the rights of a forthcoming film

Jun 08, 1998

| Saira Menezes