- COVER STORY
- The BJP and the Samajwadi Party are likely to be the main contenders in the next Assembly polls - The multi-cultural Cyrano draws a mixed, occasionally puzzled, response in the UK - Rajnikant indicates he has given up his political aspirations. But is this just another populist ploy? 
- The BJP and the Samajwadi Party are likely to be the main contenders in the next Assembly polls 
- Goa wants even more tourists, but will it be able to cope? 
- The multi-cultural Cyrano draws a mixed, occasionally puzzled, response in the UK 
- India's match-winning leg-spinner avoids the googlies, and plays it safe 
- Rajnikant indicates he has given up his political aspirations. But is this just another populist ploy? 
- The LTTE targets civilians as the military closes in on Jaffna 
- Pritha Sen Chowdhury tests the waters 
OTHER STORIES
- A brush with a cosmetic surgeon can be touch on the nose. Fashion designer Jattin Kocchar recounts his horror story 
- Medico-magicians trade chimeras for cash, raking in big bucks from the every increasing numbers of image-conscious Indians chasing youth and beauty 
- The I&B Ministry and Doordarshan are working overtime to apply gloss to the Prime Minister's image 
- With time running out for the third front to take concrete shape, the CPI(M) is getting into the thick of the action 
- The RSS finds its paternal hold on the BJP weakening 
- Inoftech companies are using state of the art HRD percepts 
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s religious universalism and composite nationalism represented Jamia’s essence. 
- Purists attack classical musicians’ experiments with diverse forms 
- Bombay gourmets and glitterati discover the joys of seafood 
- With service chiefs increasingly at the mercy of bureaucrats and dwindling budgets, the country's defence preparedness needs to be re-evaluated 
- Sidhu finds himself in the eye of a storm he did not create 
- India's foremost forex trader, Jemal Mecklai, is angry with the RBI and worried about the future 
- The dramatic slide of the rupee – 13 per cent in a matter of 35 days – may be Manmohan Singh's final gamble to salvage a rapidly sinking economy. But it may already be too late. 
- Filmmaker Tirlok Malik evokes the Indian immigrant experience 
- A brilliant attempt to put Chauri Chaura in perspective 
- Penguin's biggest achievement has been to get the big authors on their side -- Vikram Seth, Upamanyu Chatterjee and Gita Mehta 
- A superb Vietnam memoir 
- The recent abduction of 30 bus passengers focuses attention on the rampant kidnapping mafia in the state 
- An interview with Pakistan Interior Minister <b>Maj - General(Retd) Naseerullah Babar,</b> who contends that Pakistan is not going to accept the Biharis,and suggests they sould try to assimilate into Bangladeshi society. 
- The 'Biharis' of Bangladesh have just one dream: to go back home. But Pakistan does not want them. 
- The army displays unusual restraint in the face of political turmoil 
- India’s voice makes little impact at the NAM and UN summits 
