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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 167 No. 26
Read the Cover StoryCOVER
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?
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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
NOTEBOOK
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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NATION
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?
WORLD
Death on the Beach
The killing of a Palestinian girl's family sparks an international outcry. But is Israel really to blame?
BUSINESS
Time Off, With Pay?
Massachusetts leads a push across the U.S. to give paid family leave to every worker
SCIENCE
Surviving the New Killer Bug
(Health) A nasty, drug-resistant staph infection--the kind usually seen in hospitals--is racing across the U.S.
SOCIETY
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
YOUR TIME
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)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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
PEOPLE
(Interview)
Q&A LUDACRIS
People
LETTERS
Read the story
ESSAY
Just Sit Back and Relax!
Why do Americans have to work so hard at taking it easy?


Asian Film Fireworks for the Fourth
Photos: The Real-Life John Dillinger
Ask Your Questions: The New York Times' Bill Keller
Cartoons of the Week
Inside Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
Canada Spends Big to Save GM, So Why Not Mexico?
Photos: U.S. Marines Open a New Offensive in Afghanistan
The Incredible Shrinking Sheep of Scotland
In Peru Sports, Men Bumble, And Women Shine
Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner