Bombay's Boom (World / India Inc.)
Brash, messy and sexy, India's biggest city embodies the nation's ambition. How Bombay is shaping India's future--and our own

Hooray for Bollywood (World / India Inc.)
With Americans embracing our culture, can Indians like me keep it real?

India Awakens (World / India Inc.)
Fueled by high-octane growth, the world's largest democracy is becoming a global power. Why the world will never be the same

My Lost World (World / India Inc.)
On a return to his provincial hometown, Aravind Adiga discovers how wealth is uprooting tradition and transforming India's way of life

How to Ride the Elephant (World / India Inc.)
Indian stocks have taken a tumble. But here's why the country's long-term prospects remain bright--for Indians and investors

In Search of the Next Bangalore (Cover Story / India Inc.)

  The Drive to Compete (World)
India's once woeful manufacturing sector is starting to pick up steam

  Shaking The Foundations (World)
How Ratan Tata turned the country's oldest conglomerate into a global force

  The Face of India (India Inc.)
What it's like to find yourself a TIME cover model


Milestones

28 Years Ago in TIME

The People v. James Joyce™

Hardheaded?
WEAR YOUR HELMET!

KFC's Big Fat Problem (Speed Read)

Punchlines

Save the Seal!

It's a Kick!

Rove: Off the Hook, Back to Battle

Numbers

With Zarqawi Dead, Can the Troops Come Home?
With the Iraqi military and police growing strong, some U.S. officers are privately saying it is time to start pulling American forces back

Verbatim

Why Bush Is (Still) Winning the War at Home (In the Arena)

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The Untold Story of al-Qaeda's Plot to Attack the Subway (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
In an EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT, author Ron Suskind reveals how officials learned about a cell that came within weeks of striking in New York City with poison gas

And Then What Happened? (Exclusive Book Excerpt)

The Right to Know vs. National Security (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
How should the media balance values when it comes to reporting the war on terrorism?


Death on the Beach
The killing of a Palestinian girl's family sparks an international outcry. But is Israel really to blame?


Time Off, With Pay?
Massachusetts leads a push across the U.S. to give paid family leave to every worker


Surviving the New Killer Bug (Health)
A nasty, drug-resistant staph infection--the kind usually seen in hospitals--is racing across the U.S.


Trying to Make A Decent Living
While some janitors struggle to get by, others are climbing into the middle class. Behind the new battle over America's low-wage workers


The Marathon Generation (Money)
Surging interest in marathons at middle age and beyond testifies to our longer, healthier lives

Why I Still Take My Daily Fish Oil (Health)


How To Create a Heavenly Host (Television)
They talk. They listen. They hold microphones! And they have one of the trickiest jobs in TV

  Top of the Tube
Who do you tune in to watch each day?

The Gospel of Superman (Movies)
The Man of Steel goes godly in a mythic parable that--don't worry--delivers the action-film goods

A Hot New Crop of Docs (Movies)
Documentaries have become part of the summer-movie landscape. Here are five of this summer's essays in political outrage and personal triumph

5 Mystery Writers Worth Investigating
Hammett and Chandler are dead, but there's plenty of new blood in the genre


(Interview)

Q&A LUDACRIS

People


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Just Sit Back and Relax!
Why do Americans have to work so hard at taking it easy?