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Economics,
Risky Politics
Defying the pressures of politics, Finance
Minister Yashwant Sinha has come forth with a bold, hard budget. He has
committed the Government to a slew of daring economic reforms through
this year's budget. But, beyond the initial euphoria generated by sheer
promises, lies a rough road to fulfilling them. Will the pressures of
coalition politics and an irrational Opposition allow him to deliver?
Interview:
Yashwant Sinha
"It is my budget,
not the PMO's."
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THE NATION
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Smeltdown
The NDA Government handsomely wins a vote moved
by the Opposition in the Lok Sabha against the privatisation of Bharat
Aluminium Company (BALCO), but it should now start worrying about the
poor response to bidding for strategic partnership of public-sector units.
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CARE TODAY
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Progress
Report
With an overwhelming response from readers, the
CARE TODAY society had funds flowing in from all quarters to aid it in
its efforts to help those rendered homeless and jobless by the devastating
earthquake of January 26.
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STATES
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Reeling
Estate
Gujarat is witnessing a strange phenomenon
with the two hands of the Sangh Parivar, the RSS and the VHP, earning
public goodwill and the BJP leadership finding itself in the hot seat
over links with the building mafia.
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Bust
to Dust
International outrage doesn't deter the Taliban militia from pushing ahead
with its plan to destroy historical statues, including the 2,000-year-old
Buddha statues in Bamiyan.
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ARCHAEOLOGY
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Piecing
the
Ahar Puzzle Excavations of
sites from the 4,500-year-old Ahar culture provide clues to the link between
the Harappans and their predecessors.
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OTHER STORIES
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BOOKS
Top 10 Bestsellers
Pulitzer Pushes Ahead
A monthly national list of bestselling books compiled for
INDIA TODAY by ORG-MARG based on data from 16 retail outlets in six cities.
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Fiction
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No.
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Title
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Author
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Publisher
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1.
(5)*
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Interpreter
of Maladies |
Jhumpa
Lahiri |
HarperCollins |
2.
(3)
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The
Prometheus Deception |
Robert
Ludlum |
Orion |
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The
Sky is Falling
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Sidney
Sheldon |
HarperCollins |
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The
Glass Palace
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Amitava
Ghosh |
Ravi
Dayal |
| 5. (4) |
A Painted House
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John
Grisham |
Arrow |
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Non-Fiction
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No.
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Title
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Author
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Publisher
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| 1.
(1) |
Who
Moved My Cheese |
Spencer/Johnson |
Vermillion
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| 2. (6) |
You
Can Win |
Shiv Khera |
Macmillan |
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(-) |
Vegetarian
Cuisine of the World
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Asha
Khatau |
Zaikia |
| 4. (2) |
Conversations
with God-I |
N.D.
Walsch |
Hodder
& Stoughton |
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(-) |
Many
Lives, Many Masters
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Brian
Weiss |
Piatkus |
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Other
Indian Books in the top 20: Fiction
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No.
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Title
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Author
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Publisher
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| 7.
(4) |
Mammaries
of the
Welfare State |
Upamanyu
Chatterjee |
Penguin |
| 8. (-) |
Death
of Vishnu |
Manil
Suri |
Bloomsbury |
| 10. (12) |
The
Gin Drinkers
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Sagarika
Ghose |
HarperCollins |
| 13. (15) |
What
the Body Remembers |
Shauna
Singh Baldwin |
HarperCollins |
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Non-Fiction
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No.
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Title
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Author
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Publisher
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(-) |
India
Unbound |
Gurcharan
Das |
Viking |
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Big
Egos,
Small Men |
Ram
Jethmalani |
Har-Anand |
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Managing
Radical Change |
S. Ghosal,
G. Piramal, C. Bartlett |
Viking
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* Last month's rating in brackets
Participating
bookshops: Delhi: Crossword, S Book Shop, Faqir Chand, The Bookshop, Times
Book Gallery; Mumbai: Crossword, Shah Book Stall, Danai Book Shop; Bangalore:
Gangarams, Fountainhead; Hyderabad: Walden Book Links, The Book Point;
Kolkata: Oxford Books, Modern Book Depot, Family Book Shop; Chennai: Fountainhead
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METRO TODAY |
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 Web
Exclusives |
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The
Keoladeo National Park Sanctuary in Bharatpur gets an unprecedented number
of migratory birds due to the dry spell last year. But experts feel another
drought could be disastrous, writes INDIA TODAY's Supriya Bezbaruah
in
Despatches.
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INTERVIEWS
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"The
only obvious competition is in bhangra," say the Pakistani duo of
the music group, Strings, in conversation with INDIA TODAY's Sonia
Faleiro in
Interviews.
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