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E-2004 COVER STORY:
INTERVIEW: MULAYAM SINGH YADAV | | | E-2004 COVER STORY:
ELECTION COMMISSION |
| "Small parties will decide who will be the prime minister" | | | The EC Riders |
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav took a break from a frenetic poll campaign to talk to Editor Prabhu Chawla on Aaj Tak's Seedhi Baat. Excerpts.
 | | | Petrol and diesel prices, tax collections and big money advertising. With the hyperactive Election Commission preoccupied with such issues these days, voters' concerns have taken a backseat.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: POLL MALL | | | E-2004 COVER STORY: GEN NEXT CONTESTANTS |
| Power Pulse | | | Son-Rise Politics |
Sharad Pawar does a flip-flop on prime ministership; Pramod Mahajan does some smart cricket-talk; Hema Malini speaks out and small players in Madhya Pradesh try to play spoilers.
| | | Akhilesh is hailed as king-in-waiting; Jiten and Rajeshpati bank on their political legacies, it's Pappu vs Pappu in Purnea and Bhiwani sees a fight of three political scions.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: TAMIL NADU | | | E-2004 COVER STORY: KEY CONSTITUENCIES |
| Dravidian Combat | | | Hot Seats, Cold Vibes |
Karunanidhi and Vaiko have joined hands to campaign against the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, who has targeted Congress President Sonia Gandhi as a foe and identified Prime Minister Vajpayee as a hero.
| | | A soap queen vs a legal eagle; Badal's battle for family pride; Sidhu's new innings; Chidambaram's number crunching; Jindal going for Chautala and Jagmohan for a fourth term. The knockout bout is on.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: CORPORATE HOUSES | | | |
| Why India Inc Loves This Election | | | |
Anxiousness has given way to optimism as businessmen are sure that a change in government will not be disruptive for the economy.
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| EDITORIAL | | | LETTERS |
| From The Editor In Chief | | | To The Editor |
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| OTHER STORIES |
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| DEFENCE: JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES | | | DIPLOMACY: INDIA'S SOFT POWER |
| Building New Frency Ships | | | Minting Cultural Currency |
| India's largest naval exercise with a foreign nation marks the possibility of huge defence purchases from France.
| | | The buzzword in South Block is soft power. MEA mandarins are repackaging Brand India to include what excites the new world: Indian food, music, films, yoga, tourism, IT and education.
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| LAW: FALSE RAPE CASES | | | SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| Courting Shame | | | Gods as Dissidents |
| In Rajasthan a disturbingly high number of women have been falsely charging men with rape to settle scores. The legal storm that it has created threatens the credibility of the genuine cases.
| | | The divine kitsch that captures the high drama of Indian political struggle is worth a darshan.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS | | | SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| First Lady of Rani Chic | | | Oriental Spread |
| Gayatri Devi revisited, but this time by an insider who embellishes a fairy-tale life with rare nuggets of information.
| | | Unveiling the queen who ruled Jahangir's harem and his empire.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOMBAY DREAMS | | | SOCIETY & THE ARTS: INDIA FASHION WEEK |
| Biting the Big Apple | | | Cutting Edge |
| With a new cast and a glitzy $14 million production, A.R. Rahman's musical that stormed West End debuts on Broadway and looks ready to make India the flavour of New York's summer.
| | | Time was when fashion was all about cuts, embroidery and Swarovski. Not any more. As the fashion week unfolds, brand building, spindoctoring and celebrity clotheshorses are the new designer statements..
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| OFFTRACK: BANGALORE | | | |
| Raising Voices | | | |
| A bank official and his wife seek to improve governance by ensuring active public participation.
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CURRENT ISSUE MAY 10, 2004
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