Spotlight

Waiting for Rajkumar
A brigand changes his colours
The demands and the responses
The extremist connection

Investigation
Kargil questions

The States
The birth of three States
Uttaranchal, with hopes and fears
Chhattisgarh: quiet arrival
Jharkhand, at last
People's power in A.P.

Livelihood Issues
Storm in tea country
Questions of survival
Gardens of distress

Cover Story

Terror unlimited in Kashmir
by Praveen Swami
Turning the snow red
by Praveen Swami
Cautious moves
by Sridhar Krishnaswami
The Tanzeems and their leaders
by Praveen Swami
A considered strategy
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Divergent stands
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
A report on Kashmir:
by A.G. Noorani
Hurriyat Conference leaders speak
The mediator's views
A voice of sanity

World Affairs
Spectre of racism in Germany
The Malaysian drama
Fiji in limbo
A royal birthday bash
A victory in Venezuela
The Farnborough fair:
by Pravin K. Sawhney

Institutions
An archive for Tamil studies:
by S. Theodore Baskaran
MSSRF: A fruitful decade
Interview: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Review
CDs on South Africa's TRC process

Science
In search of an asymmetry
Faster than light

Obituary
S. Nijalingappa
Lala Amarnath
Ali Sardar Jafri
by Kuldeep Kumar

Party Affairs
A new leader for the BJP
Interview: Bangaru Laxman

Fiscal Issues
Devolution dilemmas:
by Arun Ghosh

Sri Lanka
Back to the freezer
On Sirima Bandaranaike:
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Special Feature: Karnataka
Inviting investors
Leading in banking
Ahead in power reforms
Interview: V.P. Baligar

Cities
Images of Bangalore:
by Laxmi Chandrashekar

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Blundering through on the food front
Jayati Ghosh: The trauma of too much tourism
Praful Bidwai: To give peace a chance

Books
An insightful study: review by Nirupama Subramanian
Reform by stealth?
review by C.T. Kurien
Renewing development and deepening democracy:
review by John Harriss