The Best of the Week

The Week is a weekly Indian magazine of current affairs. It started publication in1982. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, they published this book containing some of the top stories of those 20 years.The Best of The Week, a celebratory volume capturing twenty years of themagazine's existence, brings together some of the most fascinating stories inIndian journalism. A judicious mix of hard news and features, the bookcontains twenty-five stories, culled from the period between 1982 and 2002. The news articles documenting events like the assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi and the Bhopal gas tragedy,brilliantly recreate incidents that shook the nation. An interview with Pakistan's President Zia-ul-Haq reveals the canny General at his best, while a psychiatrist's in-depth analysis shows how Sachin Tendulkar's brain works. Far removed from the world of the top brass is the poignant love story of a French girl who marries an Indian beggar afflicted with leprosy. While some stories are bizarre, like the one about the Aghora swamis who eat human flesh from burning pyres and mate with the dead, some are intriguing, like the one about the mysterious Peter Bleach who dropped a cache of guns in West Bengal. The th en»s ot the stories included here—ranging from militancy to the agony of women married and then deserted by NRIs—remain relevant even today, lending this collection a timeless quality.The hard-hitting reportage, the meticulous research, the sheer diversity of the subject matter and the distinct styles add to the reading pleasure. "What you read in these pages is only a fraction of the many outstanding stories we have done. There have been more than a thousand issues of The Week since its inception, and every fourth issue carried at least one memorable story worthy of inclusion in this volume. Among these were a large number of endearing and ennobling stories of human drama, suffering, courage, fortitude, triumph and magnanimity, but only a couple of them could make the shortlist of fifty, which was then pared down to twenty-five. Every story featured here is special in some way. Some were exclusive at the time of their publication; in others our correspondents found something unusual in the ordinary, though the subject was covered by other publications too. But the final selection reflects the magazine's emphasis on current events and stories that touch the heart and stimulate the mind, and our widening definition of what constitutes news. And, of course, our focus on people. I hope you enjoy reading this selection as much as we enjoyed doing them." CONTENTS : Introduction vii 1. AU REVOIR, ANNE MARIE 1 2. INDIRA GANDHI'S ASSASSINATION 9 3. THE BHOPAL TRAGEDY 17 4. FIRST INDIAN WITH A NEW HEART 29 5. ISLAMIC BOMB? 37 6. FORESTS WHERE NAXALITES RULE 48 7. V. ANAND—JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPION 59 8. BETTER ARMED, BETTER PREPARED 63 9. THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST MD 71 10. A GENIUS VANISHES 78 11. MAN WHO MOVED A MOUNTAIN 83 12. TRACKING THE TIGERS 89 13. CARELESS DOCTORS, GREEDY HOSPITALS 99 14. ANGER IN AYODHYA 113 15. BOMBAY BLASTS 119 16. GERM WAR 129 17. SAVAGE SWAMIS 137 18. THE MYSTERIOUS MR BLEACH 147 19. VALLEY OF WHITE HUSBANDS 159 20. SACHIN'S PSYCHE 167 21. IN SEARCH OF ORGASM 173 22. THE MOST WANTED WOMAN 181 23. LIFE IN CHAINS 189 24. HOLIDAY WIVES 197 25. GODHRA CARNAGE 205

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