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Madhya Pradesh: Elections due in November 2003

And Raja Will Have To Dig In His Heels

Dec 30, 2002

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Rajasthan: Elections due in November 2003

The Heady Scent Of Royal Appeal

Dec 30, 2002

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Delhi: Elections due in November 2003

Building Bridges And Bhagidari

Dec 30, 2002

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Chattishgarh : Elections due in November 2003

A Cross For Jogi

Dec 30, 2002

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Himachal Pradesh: Elections due in February 2003

Just Run-Of-The-Hill

Dec 30, 2002

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The Sangh's Thrust

Dec 30, 2002

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OPINION

Results From The Lab

The secularists will spin theories which they had laboured to establish in the post-Godhra carnage. But to me, it was a vote against the paradigm of blind hate which the secularists had arduously crafted against the Sangh parivar.

Dec 30, 2002

| Balbir K. Punj
OPINION

The Perils Of Polarity

No matter how perverted the issue on which they pitched their nationalist tent, in the end it was Gujarati pride vs the rest of India.

Dec 30, 2002

| Prem Shankar Jha
opinion

Will The Stallion Baulk In Mid-Gallop?

What next, will the VHP repeat Gujarat in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and even UP in 2003? Not unless we give it another Godhra.

Dec 30, 2002

| Ashutosh Varshney
Secular Surfeit

Did the anti-communal campaign, going for an overkill, push voters right into Modi's arms?

Dec 30, 2002

| Darshan Desai Ranjit Bhushan
cover story

Tribal Pursuit

Sustained saffron groundwork, and Congress complacency, saw the adivasi bloc shift allegiance

Dec 30, 2002

| Darshan Desai
cover story

Coat Of Saffron

It's what the Congress fears and the BJP hopes for in the assembly polls in five states More Coverage

Dec 30, 2002

| Saba Naqvi Bhavdeep Kang

STATES OF THE NATION

State Gazette

No superglue for broken promises (follow-up to A Shotgun Wedding); A marriage made in the mob's lair; Elephants in exile; Bullet holes on the sandalwood; To h

Dec 30, 2002

| Amarnath Tewary
december 13

Hanging Fire

It's capital punishment for 'the' capital crime. But the appeal will rest on holes in the case. More Coverage

Dec 30, 2002

| Murali Krishnan

afghanistan

Elbowroom For Manoeuvre

Islamabad is chary of India's ties with Kabul, so the US steps in

Dec 30, 2002

| Seema Sirohi
- India's Aid Packet
west asia

Outside The Kibbutz

After a troubled integration in Israel, Indian Jews stay on but still cherish the India in them

Dec 30, 2002

| Sejal Mandalia
- History Vs The Future
Exclusive interview

"Vajpayee Is Taking A General's Approach"

The Pakistan Prime Minister in his first one-to-one interview since assuming power.

Dec 30, 2002

| Mariana Baabar

automobiles

Violet, Indigo

Tata's new three-boxer rests on an Indica platform. And you get to be nice and comfy in the backseat.

Dec 30, 2002

| Veeresh Malik
telecom

Impaired Mobility

The SC has put brakes on the WLL juggernaut. But cellphone operators can still lose the plot.More Coverage

Dec 30, 2002

| Arindam Mukherjee Arijit Barman
- The Issues
- Possible Scenarios
software

Bad Graha Bad Artha

The case of Polaris CEO Arun Jain's detention in Indonesia makes the risks associated with India's exploration of new software markets painfully apparent. Will our damage control models work in this global turbulence?
Dec 30, 2002

| Archana Rai

Downtown

Trashes 2002

Must have been tough to do it all in half a page, but our resident derisive dude seems to have been discriminating ...

Dec 30, 2002

| Manu Joseph
Downtown

Monsters' Ball

Was this finally the year when Page 3 became nationally significant, with an entirely new gallery of rogues?

Dec 30, 2002

| Suhel Seth
Downtown

Silly Billies

Polo closed a season of yawning dullness with a modicum of elegance. Never mind that no one understood the game.

Dec 30, 2002

| Shankar Singh
Downtown

Czech That!

Sachin batted a food deal; it was Donna's summer again; fashion went Yana Na Na Na; orator AB read MF's bio ... And we don't know whether Ash and Salman are on again but neither do they.

Dec 30, 2002

| Shalini Sharma
health

The Zodiac In Your DNA

Genetic compatibility's the mantra for urban couples before marrying or starting a family

Dec 30, 2002

| B.R. Srikanth
Downtown

Yippee, It's The Flippie

The new social creatures defined as flash-loving-idiots-with-peoples-pages-intense-excitement-syndrome on a relentless quest for gossip.

Dec 30, 2002

| Dilip Cherian

World Cup

Brimful Of Asha

It's the final call for Indian admen to be in the 'playing eleven'

Dec 30, 2002

| Gauri Bhatia
- The Big Spenders
- The Game Plan

Review

Wrestling With Shadows

Books llike this, featuring the work of a single poet competently translated, are a rarity.

Dec 30, 2002

| Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Review

Anatomy Of Faust

Kureishi reaffirms his own identity as a contemporary writer of distinction -- certainly not a nobody.

Dec 30, 2002

| Rukmini Bhaya Nair
Review

The Germination Of Insecurity

Reading Savarkar, the sourcebook of Hindutva, minus is 'collaborations'

Dec 30, 2002

| Christophe Jaffrelot

Interview

'India In Many Ways Is My First Home'

The Hollywood star on his unstarry avatar -- lobbying for human rights and self-determination for Tibetans.

Dec 30, 2002

| Soutik Biswas
films

The Heist Is On...And Off

Kaante rocks, but it may not be enough to stun a fickle-minded box office

Dec 30, 2002

| Manu Joseph

Bishkek Diary

Swimming the Sky

Dec 30, 2002

| Ashok K. Mehta

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

Om Puri

On the new drama assignment he’s doing for Channel 4, Bollywood and his "star" status

Dec 30, 2002

| Sanjay Suri
Gossip

Bibliofile

Patrick French toils over V.S. Naipaul's biography; Jeffrey Archer's awesome reading list and Penguin India's 15th birthday gift.

Dec 30, 2002

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Opinion

Bull's Eye

Last fortnight, discussing post-poll possibilities, this column said: "If the BJP wins handsomely, with around 120 out of 180 seats, it would signal the ...

Dec 30, 2002

| Rajinder Puri
Making A Difference

An ex-Test cricketer, a famous club take the game to inner-city youth

Dec 30, 2002

| Manu Joseph
Showtime

Die Another Day

Forget getting exhilarated, the film is a frantic roller-coaster ride from which you emerge exhausted, with a massive blur in the head.

Dec 30, 2002

| Namrata Joshi