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Cover Story

Kids, Kitsch And Culture

Aug 28, 1996

| Tarun J. Tejpal
Cover Story

Age Of The Superbrats

They prey on your guilt, they want more of more. Shaking the upwardly mobile parent's ethical moorings. But does he—do YOU—have a choice?

Aug 28, 1996

| Charubala Annuncio Neerja Pahwa Jetley

Tamil Nadu

On A Writ Spree

Jayalalitha turns to the courts as the law catches up with her

Aug 28, 1996

| A.S. Panneerselvan
Spot Light

Tragedy Township

Given Bhiwandi's abysmal infrastructure, mishaps are inevitable

Aug 28, 1996

| Saira Menezes
Maharashtra

In The Dock Again

The CBI reopens the Port Trust case against the chief secretary

Aug 28, 1996

| Lekha Rattanani
Focus

Past Demons Strike Again

The CBI's booking of Sukh Ram and Runu Ghosh brings the telecom scam back into the spotlight

Aug 28, 1996

| Rajesh Joshi
Exclusive

"Gone Are The Days Of Morals"

Narasimha Rao tells Kuldip Nayar

Aug 28, 1996

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Doordarshan

Adrift In A Sea Of Chaos

Doordarshan's new top brass introduces a host of changes, often working at cross purposes

Aug 28, 1996

| Saibal Chatterjee Saira Menezes
- Another Rift?
- 'We Have To Air The Government's Plans'
Dispute

Battling A Rough Tide

Gowda is caught between charges of being partisan and the compulsions of his home state

Aug 28, 1996

| Ishan Joshi Y.P. Rajesh
Cbi

A Brisk Rap On The Knuckles

A Supreme Court reprimand chastens the agency's new chief

Aug 28, 1996

| Rajesh Joshi
- Sorry Figure
Bjp

End Of The Liberal Line

Buffeted by the Gujarat rebellion and its echoes elsewhere, uncertainty reigns in the BJP

Aug 28, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
- "Thackeray Is Not Bjp's Bonded Labour"
- Now, Kashi And Mathura
Bihar

Ignoring The Dirty Linen

Laloo Yadav dunks the CBI's findings, and refuses to bring his uniformed culprits to heel

Aug 28, 1996

| Bhavdeep Kang

Russia

Travails Of The New Tsar

Neither President Yeltsin nor the Russian economy are in good health. Then, there's Chechnya.

Aug 28, 1996

| Sergei Strokan Alexei Elmanov
Ctbt

Next Stop: United Nations?

New Delhi prepares to face the nuclear powers' ire as it blocks the test ban treaty in Geneva

Aug 28, 1996

| Ramananda Sengupta Sunil Narula
- 'We Should Have Some Self-esteem'
Bangladesh

For Father's Sake

Or was it a conspiracy that spurred Hasina to show her claws?

Aug 28, 1996

| Arshad Mahmud

Telecom

Static On The Line Again

Basic telecom privatisation suffers a setback as DoT slaps high interconnection charges

Aug 28, 1996

| Oswald Pereira
- 'Services Cannot Come For Free'
Banking

A Sordid Affair

Reckless politically-motivated lending has destroyed Indian Bank

Aug 28, 1996

| A.S. Panneerselvan

Kovalam

Gods Must Be Angry

The sea wreaks havoc as unplanned tourism encroaches onto the waterfront

Aug 28, 1996

| Y.P. Rajesh
- Flouting Norms
Drug Law

Case For Cannabis

A national workshop recommends legalisation of soft drugs

Aug 28, 1996

| Ajith Pillai Saira Menezes
CONTROVERSY

Scales Of Injustice

The community of snake charmers stands to lose its livelihood as activists target the hoary art

Aug 28, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa
- Too Much To Bear

Atlanta

All That Glitters...

Americans feel shortchanged on the Olympics front

Aug 28, 1996

| Ludwina A. Joseph

Cinema

The New, Improved Jinnah

A Pakistani film-maker rubbishes Nehru and villainises Mountbatten to retrieve Jinnah's heroism

Aug 28, 1996

| Sanjay Suri

10 Questions

Nabil W. Masari

The chief of international jewellers Tiffanys promises exclusivity to Indians

Aug 28, 1996

| Neerja Pahwa Jetley
Delhi Diary

A Midnight Miracle

Aug 28, 1996

| Vinod Mehta
Review

Of Duality

A well-crafted narrative

Aug 28, 1996

| Biswadeep Ghosh
Review

A Primer On Reforms

Not a middle-of-the-decade review, but a guide to the future

Aug 28, 1996

| Srivatsa Krishna
Review

Republic Of Bihar

A chronicle of sins untold

Aug 28, 1996

| Ranjit Bhushan
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