Cover Story

Thackeray let off, for now
by Praveen Swami
From the magistrate's order
Interview: Chhagan Bhujbal
A welter of evidence
by Praveen Swami
What Saamna said
Contradictions in an alliance
by V. Venkatesan

Controversy

The Jethmalani revolt
The M.S. Shoes affair

Issues In Focus
A terror of a Bill
Interview: Justice J.S. Verma

The States
A ceasefire in Kashmir
Survival artists in Uttar Pradesh
Acts of appeasement
Education scene in Kerala
Crisis in Manipur
Nagaland: Arrested peace
Dalits in chains
Learning to cope in Kutch

World Affairs
Conflict at Camp David
The Concorde crash
The message from Okinawa
Rwanda: OAU's charge-sheet
Iraq: Endless embargo
Leadership race in Canada
Taxing capital

Education
Lessons to learn
by Nitya Rao
A vision for India's schools
by Vasantha Surya
Was literacy a 'lollipop' ?

Interview
Arvind Rajagopal on Hindutva and political mobilisations

Events
International AIDS conference

Health
Hepatitis B in the Andamans

Legislation
Loopholes in Money Laundering Bill

Nuclear Power
Interview: NPC chairman
V.K. Chaturvedi

Tribute
Neelan Tiruchelvam, a year after

Art
Looking anew at Art Nouveau
by Hans V. Mathews

Essay
Sport as apocalypse
by Mike Marqusee

Cricket
On the trail of a scandal

Chess
A crown for Vijayalakshmi

Banking
Concerns at Indian Bank

Democratic Decentralisation
The West Bengal experience:
by Prabhat Datta

Defence Affairs
Arms deals with Russia
An arms fair in the Urals

Crime
Veerappan's prize catch
The Tamil Nadu response

Columns
Praful Bidwai: The Hizbul's offer
Jayati Ghosh: Bad loans and bad faith
C.P. Chandrasekhar:The tango with the rupee

Books
Minorities as participants
review by A.G. Noorani
The perils of global finance
review by C.T. Kurien