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COVER FEATURE
You won’t see them in the open. But they are there, guiding, executing quietly. THE WEEK peeks into the work and lives of eight movers and shakers in UPA-II govt
By Soni Mishra
If you want to be really sure that the minister doesn’t accept it, you must say the decision is ‘courageous’,” says Sir Humphrey Appleby, permanent secretary of the fictitious Department of Administrative Affairs, to Bernard Woolley, the minister’s private secretary, in the British television series Yes Minister.
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 Cent per cent backroom boy
The solution-seeker
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 Ring it in
JOBS & CAREERS
Dynamism and innovativeness, coupled with strong tech and non-tech skills, are prerequisites for joining the telecom sector
By Nitya Sai Soumya
Caught up in the IT boom during my engineering degree course, I was upset when I found myself ignored during campus selection. I thought my career would never take off. more |
 Travel sans travail
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Delhi to become traveller-friendly in time for the Games
By Payal Saxena
Londoner and rugby fan John Brown, 40, is planning to visit Delhi in October 2010 for the Commonwealth Games. He, however, is a bit apprehensive. Last time he came to Delhi, touts literally took him for a ride as soon as he landed at the international airport. more |
 Himalayan hiss
SPECIAL REPORT
As China spits fire over the Dalai Lama’s Tawang visit, Arunachalis seem to say, ‘At last, we are getting noticed’
By Kallol Bhattacherjee /Tawang
In Arunachal Pradesh, a murder case is settled by giving a domesticated gaur, called mithun, to compensate the victim’s family. Till recently, the state did not have a prison and sent its anti-socials to a jail in Assam. more |
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 Kerala IT park projects get SEZ status
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 20: The central government has formally notified the third phase of the Technopark IT campus here and that at Kollam as special economic zones (SEZ), according to the Kerala government.
In a press release issued here Friday, the IT department said the third phase of the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark will be developed over 92 acres, where the construction of a signature building with one million square feet built-up area has already commenced. more |
 Green lessons for school kids - in lap of nature
Lucknow: Imagine riding through a lush green forest, soaking in lessons on the environment. That's what many school students in Uttar Pradesh are about to experience, thanks to the officials of a wildlife sanctuary.
The Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Bahraich district, some 270 km from Lucknow, has taken the initiative to bring in school students from parts of the state and hold educational camps within the sanctuary. more |
 Mad about the movies?
CINEMA
Mumbai Film Festival showcased some of the best of world cinema
By Gautaman Bhaskaran
The 11th Mumbai Film Festival was high on content. Supported by Reliance Big Entertainment, organised by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image and steered by its new director, Srinivasan Narayanan, the event enslaved the metropolis. more |
 Murder most foul
By Jon Stock
Call me old-fashioned, but I have a big problem with the latest computer video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This was launched last week, and is expected to be the bestselling video game of all time in Britain, with an estimated one million copies sold in the first week.
Now the most obvious problem is that, even though the game has an 18 certificate and shop managers have been urged not to sell it to anyone under 21, it will inevitably be played by children. more |
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Invisible executives