Cover Story

A sorry state of play
by Vijay Lokapally
Editorial
Questionable links
by Praveen Swami
The telephone trail
by Sudha Mahalingam
The big-money game
Sharda Ugra
Mammon at the wicket
by Mike Marqusee
Credibility on test
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Inertia at the ICC
by Nirgunan Tiruchelvam
War minus the shooting
by M.S. Prabhakara
Eyes and ears wide open
by Praveen Swami
From the Chandrachud report

The States
Rumblings in Uttar Pradesh
Minority targets
Trouble in the AIADMK
Sivakasi's children still at work
Six months after Orissa's cyclone
Terror strategy in Tripura

World Affairs
G-77 summit in Havana
Challenges before NAM
Trudging on in Pakistan
Russia one up on CTBT
The E.U. - Africa summit
A socialist back in Greece
An indecisive outcome in Peru
LTTE and suicide terrorism
by Rohan Gunaratna
Extending a ban

Industry and Pollution
A landmark judgment
by Mukul Sharma
A dying village
A worker's hospital

Art
Photographs of Darshanjit Singh
by Suneet Chopra

Literature
The Common wealth Prize
by Shobhana Bhattarcharji

Medicine
Superhero or problem pill?

Technology
A hard drive ahead
by Anand Parthasarathy

Power Sector
A problematic switch

Issues in focus
The climate change debate
by Ambuj D. Sagar
World Water Forum meet
by Rajeswari S. Raina

Essay
Narmada Valley and people's sovereignty
by Jai Sen

Economic Perspectives
Imperial decay at the IMF:
by C. P. Chandrasekhar

World Economy
Spring 2000 meetings

Maritime Development
The Sethusamudram dream
The pros and cons

Sri Lanka
The fall of Elephant Pass

Images
From the Vietnam war

Defence
Build-up on the border
Thrust to sea power

Column
Praful Bidwai: Mahajot as political suicide
Jayati Ghosh: South Africa, drugs and AIDS

Books
Living between two cultures
review by Amitava Kumar
The 'Kerala model' revisited
review by John Harriss
The story of oppression
review by Sukumar Muralidharan
Gender relations in the Indian context
review by Vasantha Surya
Truth: Casualty of the bomb
review by A.G. Noorani