Cover Story

Vajpayee again
By Sukumar Muralidharan
Editorial
E.C.'s challenging assignment
By V.Venkatesan
Patterns and pointers: State-wise round-up
Fractured mandate in Maharashtra
By Praveen Swami & Lyla Bavadam
Silent shift in Karnataka
By Parvathi Menon
A clear majority for TDP
By Dasu Kesava Rao
Sikkim: Dual victory for SDF
By Kalyan Chaudhuri
Congress(I) sweep in Arunachal Pradesh
By Kalyan Chaudhuri
Consolidation in Uttar Pradesh
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Interview: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Congress(I): Managing to lose
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Tasks before the new government
By Venkatesh Athreya

Election Analysis
Interpreting the mandate
The turnout factor
Exit polls and all that

India and the U.S.
Diplomatic deals
Great expectations

World Affairs
Pakistan: A face-off averted
Iranian rumpus
Indonesia: Towards democracy
For peace in East Timor
Air strikes against Chechnya
A nuclear accident in Japan
A grand festival in China
Korea: Looking back in anger
Transforming South Africa
Winnie Mandela in Kerala

Conservation

The Silent Valley story

Reports
The State of World Population 1999
An indictment of communalism

Literature
The genius of Goethe

Interview
Arthur Bonner on India

Technology
Novel cyclotron ventures
A landmark in cryogenic technology

Public Health
AIDS and some concerns
A complex case

Trade Issues
Double-talk on subsidies

Business
Hard times for soft-drinks

The Economy
One more upturn?

Telecom
The mobile for the masses

Social Issues
For the right to reservation

Nobel Prize
Gunter Grass and his work

CTBT
Testing times
Of secrets and sensors

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
The final verdict

Columns
Jayati Ghosh: Universities and the law
Praful Bidwai: Stifling dissent and debate
A.G. Noorani: The meaning of George Fernandes

Books
Reforms as ideology

Also
The English Language
Letters
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