November 06, 2000 Issue




COVER
  Enter the Clonepatis
As Sony signs on Govinda, a deluge of quiz shows triggers prime-time dreams. Viewers see money, channels see revenues.


 
THE NATION
 

Left with no Choice
In a belated recognition of sweeping developments both at home and abroad, the CPI(M) grudgingly admits changes in its programme and distances itself from past ideological tenets

 
BUSINESS
 

Killing The Goose
A strike at India's biggest carmaker punctures its plans to retain primacy and retrieve the ground lost to competitors in recent times

 
Columns
 

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Ghosts of Perception

 
    Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
The Momentum of Drift


 
   

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Trident of Belligerence

 
Other stories
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  Music  
  Entertainment  
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  Living  
  Obituary  
  Cinema  
  Development  
  Temples of Doom  
NewsNotes
 

On Cloud Nine

 
 

Angling for Power

More...

 
   

Going Steady: Lest We Forget

 
 



 
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BOOKS

Rowling Reigns
A monthly national list of bestselling books compiled for INDIA TODAY by ORG-MARG based on data from 15 retail outlets in six cities.

Fiction

No.
Title
Author
Publisher
1. (4) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury
2. (9) The Sky is Falling Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins
3. (3) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury
4. (2) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury
5. (1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury

Non-Fiction

No.
Title
Author
Publisher
1.
(1)
Who Moved My Cheese Kenneth Blanchard Vermillion
Press
2. (-) Conversations with God Neale Donald Walsch Hodder & Stoughton
3. (2) Bitter Chocolate Pinki Virani Penguin
4. (6) Microwave Desi Khana Tarla Dalal Sanjay &Co

Other Indian Books In The Top 20: Fiction

No.
Title
Author
Publisher
6. (5) Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri HarperCollins
10. (-) Getting There M. Padmanabhan Picador
11. (7) The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh Ravi Dayal
16. (19) Elsewhere Kai Friese Penguin
19. (16) What the Body Remembers Shauna Singh Baldwin HarperCollins

Non-Fiction

No.
Title
Author
Publisher
7. (7) India Unbound Gurcharan Das Viking
8. (12) Khana Khazana Sanjeev Kapoor Popular
12. (-) Managing Radical Change Sumantra Ghoshal, Gita Piramal Viking
14. (8) How to Know God Deepak Chopra Rider Books
16. (-) The Srinagar Conspiracy Vikram A. Chandra Penguin

* Last month's rating in brackets
Participating bookshops: Delhi: Crossword, S Book Shop, Faqir Chand, The Bookshop, Times Book Gallery; Mumbai: Fountainhead, Crossword, Shah Book Stall, Danai Book Shop; Bangalore: Gangarams; Hyderabad: Walden Book Links, The Book Point; Calcutta: Modern Book Depot, Family Book Shop; Chennai: Fountainhead

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     METRO TODAY
  MetroScape  
   


Paintings for Perspiration
"Affordable art — Celebration of Life" was a unique showcasing of art goading fitness junkies.
more...

Looking Glass

Calcutta: Music


Delhi: Restaurant

Delhi: Play

 
    Web Exclusives
COLUMNS  


INDIA TODAY Deputy Editor Swapan Dasgupta voices the despair of a community that Jyoti Basu forcibly converted into a diaspora in his 23 years of zero-contribution rule. Day Dreams.

 
DESPATCHES  


With the NBA waging an out-of-court battle, the real test for the Gujarat Government lies in completing the task of rehabilitating all those displaced. It's daunting but not insurmountable, writes INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Uday Mahurkar in Despatches.

 
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