COVER STORY
The chief of international jewellers Tiffanys promises exclusivity to Indians
Outlook Magazine - 28 August 1996
Basic telecom privatisation suffers a setback as DoT slaps high interconnection charges
Neither President Yeltsin nor the Russian economy are in good health. Then, there's Chechnya.
The CBI's booking of Sukh Ram and Runu Ghosh brings the telecom scam back into the spotlight
Telecom Commission Chairman M.P. Modi spoke to Outlook. Excerpts:
Basic telecom privatisation suffers a setback as DoT slaps high interconnection charges
Jayalalitha turns to the courts as the law catches up with her
Given Bhiwandi's abysmal infrastructure, mishaps are inevitable
Neither President Yeltsin nor the Russian economy are in good health. Then, there's Chechnya.
The CBI reopens the Port Trust case against the chief secretary
The sea wreaks havoc as unplanned tourism encroaches onto the waterfront
The CBI's booking of Sukh Ram and Runu Ghosh brings the telecom scam back into the spotlight
OTHER STORIES
Narasimha Rao tells Kuldip Nayar
A national workshop recommends legalisation of soft drugs
Opinions vary on the coming broadcasting bill
K. Subramanya Sarma, director-general, Doordarshan spells out his vision:
Doordarshan's new top brass introduces a host of changes, often working at cross purposes
Gowda is caught between charges of being partisan and the compulsions of his home state
Arundhati Ghose, India's ambassador to the CD, in a telephonic interview from Geneva with Sunil Narula, speaks on India's blocking the CTBT. Excerpts:
New Delhi prepares to face the nuclear powers' ire as it blocks the test ban treaty in Geneva
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?
The community of snake charmers stands to lose its livelihood as activists target the hoary art
A Pakistani film-maker rubbishes Nehru and villainises Mountbatten to retrieve Jinnah's heroism
Singh apologises for faux pas
A Supreme Court reprimand chastens the agency's new chief
A well-crafted narrative
A chronicle of sins untold
Not a middle-of-the-decade review, but a guide to the future
Shankarsinh Vaghela, dissident leader from Gujarat who was recently expelled from the BJP, speaks to Lekha Rattanani Rattanani on the regional party he launches on August 20. Excerpts:
The VHP plans to put mandir back on poll agenda
Buffeted by the Gujarat rebellion and its echoes elsewhere, uncertainty reigns in the BJP
Laloo Yadav dunks the CBI's findings, and refuses to bring his uniformed culprits to heel
Reckless politically-motivated lending has destroyed Indian Bank
Or was it a conspiracy that spurred Hasina to show her claws?
Americans feel shortchanged on the Olympics front