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THE MAGAZINE August 25, 1997

Cover Story

Cover Story

New Tricks Of The Trade

IN the last two years, extortion has been the mainstay of the Mumbai underworld.

Aug 25, 1997

| Ajith Pillai Saira Menezes
Cover Story

'Industry Is In Panic, No One Is Safe'

Soon after Gulshan Kumar was gunned down, the industry chose to stay indoors. Veteran film-maker

Aug 25, 1997

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Cover Story

Rolls Royces In Dawoodland

IT'S probably one of the bulkiest dossiers the Intelligence Bureau has on any criminal

Aug 25, 1997

| Charu Lata Joshi
Cover Story

The Mafia Calls The Shots

Cassette baron Gulshan Kumar's killing shocks Bollywood as a cash-strapped underworld turns to the industry for a return on investments

Aug 25, 1997

| Ajith Pillai Saira Menezes

Opinion

The Virtue Of Incompetence

Make Left and BJP MPs experience what an illiterate widow goes through for an insurance claim

Aug 25, 1997

| Sandipan Deb
indo-Cina Border

Sentinels Of A Frozen Frontier

In an unsung Battle, Indian soldiers safegaurd a desolate border at lethal altitudes

Aug 25, 1997

| Nitin A. Gokhale
- From Soldier To Deity
Congress

Emerging From Political Purdah

Kesri's bid for Delhi meets with three obstacles: Sonia, rebel CWC leaders and Mamata

Aug 25, 1997

| Yubaraj Ghimire
- Mamata's Bleak Revolt
- Sonia's First Step
Cbi

A Judicial Tightrope

The CBI director, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion

Aug 25, 1997

| Charu Lata Joshi
Bjp

Rancour In The Ranks

The party grapples with dissension and Congress-like groupism at various levels

Aug 25, 1997

| Ishan Joshi
Assam

The Bombs Speak Again

Recharged ULFA and Bodo militants put up a pageant of terror for the I-Day season

Aug 25, 1997

| Nitin A. Gokhale
- 'If Rebels Stop The Killing, The Army Will Withdraw'

Tajikistan

Peace With A Pause

A Moscow-friendly regime and an Islamic-oriented opposition make for a fragile balance

Aug 25, 1997

| Sunil Narula
Britain

The Colour Of Ink Is White

Asian faces on the BBC is fine, but Fleet Street is still a 'subtly racist' fortress—out of bounds

Aug 25, 1997

| Aniruddha Bahal

Tourism

The 267th Priority

Thanks to government callousness, the international tourist traffic is going everywhere but India

Aug 25, 1997

| Shekhar Ghosh
Shaw Wallace

Last Law Of Manu ...Run

How to bankrupt a company and stay rich in Dubai

Aug 25, 1997

| Nikhil Mookerjee
Advertising

1947: An Ad Story

As India became free, the ad world Indianised. A look at the state of the art during those heady days...

Aug 25, 1997

| Charubala Annuncio

Controversy

Royal Knot

The King progresses, his Rajput populace regresses over the Jaipur princess' wedding

Aug 25, 1997

| Sunil Mehra
- "Dynasties Don't Exist Anymore"

Golf

In A Hole

Despite the early promise, golf in India fails to attract the crowds

Aug 25, 1997

| Archana Jahagirdar
Opinion

Shades Of Mediocrity

Selectors are to blame for our abysmal bowling. Bowlers aren't trying hard either.

Aug 25, 1997

| Manoj Prabhakar

Profile

King Of Concept

A New Nehruite and urbanised Indian, Sunil Khilnani continues to be amazed by his country

Aug 25, 1997

| Sagarika Ghose
Review

The Popularity Trap

Indian historians dismiss Patrick French's book as a good read but bad history

Aug 25, 1997

| Sagarika Ghose
Countdown To Partition

Visions Of Doom

Gandhi tries to prevent Punjab being repeated in Bengal; Mountbatten delays the Radcliffe award till Independence celebrations to salve British

Aug 25, 1997

| Ajit Bhattacharjea

Art & Entertainment

Opinion

More Bark Than Bite

With DD yet to grasp the meaning of freedom, we're stuck with tinctured foreign viewfinders

Aug 25, 1997

| Saibal Chatterjee

Delhi Diary

Free For All

Aug 25, 1997

| Bhavdeep Kang

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

Regulars

10 Questions

Ravinder Kumar

The Teen Murti director on how relevant Gandhi and Nehru are today

Aug 25, 1997

| Archana Jahagirdar

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