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Pocket-Sized Veto?

The Little Big Man of North-east gambles on his home-turf, but it could go either way

May 31, 1999

| Nitin A. Gokhale
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'We Told You So'

Feeling vindicated, the BJP counts its chickens

May 31, 1999

| Ishan Joshi
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Counter Ambush

The Congress' priorities are clear: rebuild its image, get Sonia back and attack Pawar

May 31, 1999

| Sutapa Mukerjee Murali Krishnan
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A Shrunk Manifesto

With Sonia likely to campaign, some in the Congress feel the tearjerker number will be the script that works

May 31, 1999

| Ishan Joshi
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Echoing That Rebel Yell?

The Congress gathers the flock together, but the list of sheep who might stray is uncomfortably long

May 31, 1999

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Riddle Of The Sphinx

Paroxysms of sycophancy can't cancel out one fact: Pawar's revolt is a bonus to the BJP

May 31, 1999

| Bhavdeep Kang

National

Uttar Pradesh

Sacrificing A Pawn

Kusum Rai resigns, but dissidents bay for Kalyan's blood

May 31, 1999

| Sutapa Mukerjee
- 'I'll Retain Ties'
Gujarat

One More Vaghela?

A new flank opens up, and may cost the BJP a few LS seats

May 31, 1999

| Sujata Anandan
Opinion

A Pointless Death

If Pawar, Sangma and Anwar made a mistake, the Nehru-Gandhi loyalists compounded it by forcing a showdown

May 31, 1999

| Prem Shankar Jha

International

Interview

'Why Say All This In India?'

Pakistan high commissioner Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is in the news. His report on the speech of Outlook columnist and Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi in New Delhi was used by the Pakistani government to make his arrest. Sethi was picked up at gunpoint f

May 31, 1999

| Sunil Narula

Business

Cinema

Watching Out For Stars

Swiss watchmakers mark time with Indian personalities

May 31, 1999

| Pritha Sen Switzerland
Economy

Only Commas In India

Policy decisions are on hold, investment decisions deferred - and the costs are mounting

May 31, 1999

| Shekhar Ghosh
Gas Exports

In The Pipeline

JVs with Bangladesh will bring much-needed gas to Eastern India

May 31, 1999

| Shantanu Guha Ray
Marketing

Denim's Got The Blues

Faded, jaded and downgraded, the fabric's taking a beating the world over as khakis and twills push for shelf space.

May 31, 1999

| Neerja Pahwa Jetley
Stockmarket

A Li'L Elevator Music

The Sensex spurts as a peaking Dow prompts FIIs to plump for Indian commodity scrips

May 31, 1999

| Shekhar Ghosh

Society

Medicine

Closer To The Heart

India receives a new imaging technology to predict heart disease

May 31, 1999

| Rakesh Kalshian

Sports

Cricket

Unforced Errors

Azhar's men stick to their reputation abroad by gifting away absolute sitters in a pathetic display of unprofessionalism

May 31, 1999

| Ravi Shastri
Cricket

'Azhar Is Too Tense To Help His Team'

He is cricket's most charismatic personality and, perhaps, even more of a crowd-puller than Sachin Tendulkar. In London as a TV commentator and fund collector for his hospital and political party, the Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan takes time out to spea

May 31, 1999

| Aniruddha Bahal
Cricket

On The Road

May 31, 1999

| Aniruddha Bahal
Cricket

The Numbing Of Azhar

Vilified and scorned, Azharuddin's long career threatens to end in a cipher

May 31, 1999

| Aniruddha Bahal

Books

Peon

May 31, 1999

| Farrukh Dhondy

Art & Entertainment

Cinema

'They Shoot Romance In Switzerland'

Swiss consul in Mumbai Urs Wuest talks about Swiss lure for Bollywood.

May 31, 1999

| Manu Joseph
Cinema

Chocolate Dreamland

Switzerland is where Bollywood dreams are currently being spun

May 31, 1999

| Saibal Chatterjee Manu Joseph Pritha Sen

Regulars

10 Questions

Kalanidhi Maran

The Sun TV CMD, on being chosen the world's best first-generation entrepreneur

May 31, 1999

| A.S. Panneerselvan
Opinion

Bull's Eye

People say the next election will be fought on the swadeshi versus videshi question. They wonder how Sonia Gandhi will fare. Well, it is time for ...

May 31, 1999

| Rajinder Puri
Lucknow Diary

Lucknavi Liasions

May 31, 1999

| Amaresh Misra
A Nagpur Doctor Starts A Movement For A Healthier India

From handing out Sorbitrate lockets to a fitness movement, Dr Jichkar's driving force is a desire to teach people "to live for a 100 years".

May 31, 1999

| Sujata Anandan
Review

Minor Hitch

Deshpande is too young to be insightful in her writing

May 31, 1999

| Sunil Mehra
Review

Changed In Rebirth

A polished new translation, though not always very faithful

May 31, 1999

| Harish Trivedi
Review

Madame Tussaud's?

A little low on flavour, but high on celebrity roll-call

May 31, 1999

| P.C. Chatterji
Glitterati

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

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