Cover Story

Into battle
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Questions of leadership
By Sukumar Muralidharan
Interview: Dr. Manmohan Singh
Behind the scenes
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Alliance qualms
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Elections 99

On the campaign trail

Nuclear Issues
Unclear nuclear identity
Playing the nuclear card
Editor's Column

Sardar Sarovar Project
Resistance in the valley
An activist's account

India and Pakistan
A confrontation in the Kutch
Mid-air drama
Kargil crisis: An aborted deal?
An Army caught napping
Counter-insurgency: Changing strategies
Arrest of an ISI team
Wanted, bold decisions

The States
Wadhwa Commission report
Focus on domestic violence
Militant upsurge in northeastern States
Kerala: Smokers under siege
Smoke signals
Designer beedis

World Affairs
Rebellion in the Caucasus
A new European Parliament
Colombia: The long road to peace
Iraq: The costs of sanctions
Transition in Turkey
Earthquake havoc
Learning the truth in Israel

Uranium Production
UCIL: From ore to yellow cake
Villages and woes

Literature
A story from Malayalam
by M.T. Vasudevan Nair

Reports
Human Development Report 1999

Constitutional Law
Conduct Rules and Fundamental Rights

Institutions
TTK Hospital: A centre of hope
Interview: Shanthi Ranganathan

Trade Issues
G-15 ministerial meeting in Bangalore
Interview: Dr. Ahmed Goweily
For strategic coordination

Solar Eclipse
An astronomical event
The eclipse and the Foucault pendulum

Power Project
Enron power project

Columns
C.P. Chandrasekhar: The myth of inflation control
Praful Bidwai: A government's sordid record
Jayati Ghosh: The G-15 and the WTO

Books
A Secular expose
The real and the mythical

Also
Letters
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