COVER STORY
Briefing
A different view of Kargil
While the Kargil issue is highlighted by politicians on both sides of the border, the average Pakistani thinks that it was merely part of the ...
A KARGIL ELECTION?
There is a 'Kargil inflation' in the BJP-led alliance's prospects in the ongoing national elections. Although a 'Kargil deflation' also seems ...
Peaceful first phase
THE first phase of voting in the general elections, on September 5 in 16 States, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and five Union ...
The unaligned players
How crucial a role will the handful of parties that are currently unaligned or conditionally aligned with either of the two major political ...
Cosmic surprises
The spectacularly vivid images obtained by the orbiting X-ray observatory Chandra create a sensation among astronomers. THE cosmos ...
Study group on dementia
AN international group - 10/66 for Dementia - was formed recently by Dr. Martin Prince and Prof. John Copeland in collaboration with ...
Dealing with dementia
"Memory loss, considered normal among the elderly, is actually a disease that needs to be treated," says Dr. John Copeland, ...
For early prevention
DEMENTIA has become a major problem the world over. In an interview to Frontline (May 21, 1999), Prof. Sid Gilman discussed Alzheimer's ...
The BJP's real agenda
The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India by Thomas Blom Hansen; Oxford, 1999; pages 293, Rs. 495. THE ...
India's billion
With the birth of the billionth Indian, as estimated by the U.N's Population Division, one in every six people in the world is an Indian.
Questions about capabilities
In the light of experiences worldwide, it is impossible to accept the claims that Pokhran-II has established all-round weapons capability for ...
LETTERS
The Congress(I) This has reference to the cover story "Into battle" (September 10). With the Congress(I) finding its prospects to be dim ...
Towards Seattle
The Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Seattle in the United States will provide an opportunity for poor countries, ...
The looming shadow
Recent trade data confirm that the government's management of the external sector has made future balance of payments problems likely.
The song supreme
M.S. Subbulaksmi is no ordinary musician; she is a living legend, a role model for every aspiring singer. A tribute on the occasion of her 83rd ...
Plebiscite on prejudice?
This is the country's dirtiest, most personalised, election campaign. By launching it, the BJP has confronted India with a choice: for or ...
Police in the dock
Independent inquiries by non-governmental organisations and social action groups find that unwarranted and brutal police violence led to the ...
Another victim in Orissa
The hate campaign against minorities in Orissa leads to one more killing, the victim this time being a Christian priest. THE ...
Pioneer of Indian rocketry
Dr. S. Srinivasan, 1941 - 1999. DR. S.SRINIVASAN, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, who died on ...
A different view of Kargil
While the Kargil issue is highlighted by politicians on both sides of the border, the average Pakistani thinks that it was merely part of the ...
Battle for survival
The future of the Nationalist Congress Party hinges crucially on its electoral performance this time in Maharashtra, the home State of its ...
'No support for Sonia or BJP'
In the first 12 days of his election campaign in Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), toured more than ...
'Every alliance will undergo changes'
GENERAL SECRETARY of the Nationalist Congress Party, P.A. Sangma, believes that none of the major political formations - the BJP-led ...
Anti-Congress, anti-BJP mood
Samajwadi Party (S.P.) president Mulayam Singh Yadav has been on the campaign trail for the past one and a half months, mostly in Uttar Pradesh ...
Conditional allegiance
MAMATA BANERJEE, the founder of the Trinamul Congress, says she is happy with the performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led ...
Coming closer to the BJP
THE Telugu Desam Party is going to the polls again with the Bharatiya Janata Party as an alliance partner after the gap of a decade. The ...
Of promises and policies
The election manifestoes of the National Democratic Alliance and the Congress(I) are marked by a consensus on economic policy while the Left ...
Greater concern for children
ARE political parties becoming more sensitive to issues concerning children? The manifestoes of parties in the fray suggest that they ...
Warnings in vain
Revelations about warnings provided by Brigadier Surinder Singh on rising border tensions ahead of the Kargil intrusion raise new questions ...
Dealing with dementia
"Memory loss, considered normal among the elderly, is actually a disease that needs to be treated," says Dr. John Copeland, ...
For early prevention
DEMENTIA has become a major problem the world over. In an interview to Frontline (May 21, 1999), Prof. Sid Gilman discussed Alzheimer's ...
The BJP's real agenda
The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India by Thomas Blom Hansen; Oxford, 1999; pages 293, Rs. 495. THE ...
LETTERS
The Congress(I) This has reference to the cover story "Into battle" (September 10). With the Congress(I) finding its prospects to be dim ...
The song supreme
M.S. Subbulaksmi is no ordinary musician; she is a living legend, a role model for every aspiring singer. A tribute on the occasion of her 83rd ...
Police in the dock
Independent inquiries by non-governmental organisations and social action groups find that unwarranted and brutal police violence led to the ...
Another victim in Orissa
The hate campaign against minorities in Orissa leads to one more killing, the victim this time being a Christian priest. THE ...
Pioneer of Indian rocketry
Dr. S. Srinivasan, 1941 - 1999. DR. S.SRINIVASAN, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, who died on ...