Vol. 14 :: No. 21
Oct. 18-31, 1997

India's National Magazine
From the publishers of THE HINDU

Highlights Table of Contents


Cover Story
cover story
TPDS: Weakening welfare
Interview:
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Dangers of narrow targeting
A case for expanding the PDS
Excluding the poor
On reforming the PDS
Maharashtra: Redefining
the poor

Pulling back the safety net
Kerala's successful system under threat
Interview:
E. Chandrasekharan Nair
Interview: Dr. K.N. Raj

Foreign Policy
Gujral
Gujral in South Africa:
by N.Ram
Figuring out Cairo

Personality
Dr. Barnard
Interview:
Dr. Christiaan Barnard

Social Issues
Child Labour
Child labour in Punjab

Space
PSLV success
Loss of INSAT-2D
Interview:
Dr. K. Kasturirangan, ISRO Chairman

Assam
Crackdown on the tea industry
Tata tapes: corporate lobbying

India-Pakistan
Initiatives and conflicts
Shelling of Kargil

Terrorism
Blasts in Ghaziabad, Sadar Bazaar

The States
Laloo Prasad in control
Cauvery: Karnataka
Cauvery: Tamil Nadu
Upper Krishna: Contracts of contention
Kerala's palmolein case
New light on Gulshan Kumar Murder
Gujarat: Survival strategy
BSP-BJP: Widening rift
Deepening social divisions
Interview: Amar Singh
Veerappan strikes again
Chamling gains upper hand

World Affairs
Controlled peace in Sri Lanka
The Government's balancing act
Institutionalising neo-liberalism:
by Mike Marqusee
Solidarity's surprise victory
On free market reforms:
by Michel Chossudovsky
U.S. action against terrorism
View from Colombo
Ban on the Harkat

Books
Akbar and His India:
review by Parvathi Menon
Insights into life in India:
review by V. Abdulla
A revolutionary life:
review by Suneet Chopra

Nuclear Power
Interview:
Y.S.R. Prasad, NPC Chairman

Environment
South-East Asia:
Wrapped in a haze
A not-so-natural disaster:
by Lawrence Surendra

Science
AIDS research controversy

The Armed Forces
Gen. V.P.Malik, Army Chief

Public Sector Enterprises
The 'Navaratnas' and 'Mini-Ratnas':
by V. Sridhar

The Judiciary
A judicial standoff

Tribute
Justice William Brennan:
by R.K. Raghavan

Politics
Congress: Unwavering ambition

Economic Policy
Proposed changes in Customs evaluation

Columns
E.M.S. Namboodiripad:
Subverting self-reliance
A.G. Noorani:
The Westland scandal
Jayati Ghosh:
International inequality

Also
The English Language
Letters
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