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Indo-Pak Summit
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September 11
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Sri Ravi Shankar
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Gujarat Earthquake
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Gulam Noon has been elected president of the London Chamber of Commerce, the first Asian to be so honoured.

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The world: Show Your Stripes
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Living: An Indian Yule
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Education: Top Class
The Arts: For Art's Sake
 Culture: Temple in Bloom

 

 
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 CURRENT ISSUE DEC 31, 2001  

THE YEAR'S IMAGES

"Those five minutes have put the clock back by 50 years."
Jaikrishan Meghani, survivor, Bhuj
On January 26, the Earth shook. For this family it was all over in seconds.
Building And Breaking
The landscape of Gujarat was torn apart when the killer quake hit, ripping through brick, mortar and concrete like they were made of paper.
The earthquake killed 20,000, injured 50,000, and caused a loss of Rs 10,000 crore. But like this local scout in Anjar (below) there was no shortage of hands in the search for survivors. While the government initially faltered, the people of Gujarat and its social service organisations rose to the challenge-salvaging the remains of a disaster that measured 6.9 on the Richter scale.
"I thought it was a prank until someone said the King had been shot."
Captain Rajiv Shahi, royal family member
King Birendra of Nepal and nine members of his family on their final journey. Why Prince Dipendra turned on his own on June 1 will never be known.

Long Live The King
An unlikely successor, Gyanendra was crowned the new king in a sombre Kathmandu palace (below) and on the street people lit lamps in homage, struggling to cope with the loss of a monarchy that lasted a generation. A rudderless, nascent democracy now confronts a Maoist insurrection.

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