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June 04, 2001
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COVER
   

What Can They Talk With the Kashmir cease-fire floundering amid repeated cross-border firing, the Centre takes a major initiative to resume a dialogue with Pakistan. However, the ghosts of Lahore loom over the horizon, raising doubts about any positive outcome in the new attempt at peace-making.

 

 
THE NATION
   

State Of Mistrust
With the fall of the Koijam government, a Samata-BJP battle has erupted in Manipur. But the stakes seem to be at the Centre.

 

 
STATES
 

Going By The Laws
Om Prakash Chautala has launched a flurry of criminal cases against his opponents in what is being seen as political vendetta.

Heady Start
The SP steals a march over a dithering BJP in the race to win the next Assembly polls.

Badland Badshah
As India's most wanted politician Mohammed Shahabuddin evades arrest, more details come out on his alleged links with Kashmiri militants and Pakistani agents.

 

 
BUSINESS
 

Crash Landing
The MD's suspension has highlighted the rot in India's flag carrier.

 

 
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Top Ten Bestsellers

Grisham Stays Strong
A monthly national list of bestselling books compiled for INDIA TODAY by ORG-MARG based on data from 16 retail outlets in six cities.

FICTION
NO.
TITLE
AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
1. (1)* A Painted House John Grisham Arrow
2. (2) Code to Zero Ken Follett Pen
3. (3) The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh Harper Collins
4. (5) The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Harper Collins
5. (7) The Inscrutable Americans Anurag Mathur Roop & Co
NON-FICTION
NO.
TITLE
AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
1. (1) Who Moved My Cheese Spencer Johnson Vermillion
2. (2) Indira Katherine Frank Harper Collins
3. (3) You Can Win Shiv Khera Macmillan
4. (-) One Minute Manager K. Blanchard & S. Johnson Harper Collins
5. (4) 24 Brand Mantras Jagdeep Kapoor Response Books
OTHER INDIAN BOOKS
IN THE TOP 20: FICTION
7. (4) The Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri Harper Collins
NON-FICTION
9. (11) Achar aur Parantha Tarla Dalal Sanjay & Co
10. (-) India Another Millennium Romila Thapar Penguin
11. (-) Little Mumbai Meher Marfatia Mid-Day
12. (-) Pregnancy Cookbook Tarla Dalal Sanjay & Co
13. (-) How to Know God Deepak Chopra Rupa & Co
14. (-) Sholay: The Making of a Classic Anupama Chopra Penguin
19. (-) John Company to the Republic Mushirul Hasan Roli
20. (-) Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Deepak Chopra Excel Books

* Last month's rating in brackets
Participating bookshops: Delhi: Crossword, Om 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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