Cover Story

Scimitars in the Sun
N. Ram interviews Arundhati Roy
(in pdf format)

Jammu and Kashmir
Ceasefire and peace drama
Raid on the Red Fort

Defence
Battle over intelligence

The Bofors Case
The arrest of Quattrocchi

Controversy

Soli Sorabjee and the Hindujas
Text of minutes

India and China
Moving closer

Sri Lanka
War over truce
Propaganda blitzkrieg:
by V. Suryanarayan

World Affairs
Unease in Austria
Indonesia's tensions
Sanctions against the Taliban
Putin in Cuba
The Philippines, the shakedown state:
by Walden Bello
The bizarre accession of Bush:
by Ronald J. Herring
Football hooliganism:
by Glyn Ford

Child Labour
Blood on silk:
by Vinita
Profile of a child worker
Despair, and hope
Efforts at rehabilitation

Analysis
The politics of rewriting history:
by K.N. Panikkar

Biotechnology
Now, Golden Rice

Health
Interview: Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn

Media
A voice of dissent:
by Bharati Sadasivam
Interview: Amy Goodman
Radio challenge
Matters of technology

Perspective
Indian thinking on foreign policy:
by A.G. Noorani

Film Industry
Bollywood and the mafia

India and Nepal
Rumours to riots

Chess
Anand's crown of glory

Excellence
Amartya Sen in Kerala

Special Feature: Maharashtra
'Netting' the IT industry
Ahead in investment
Sustained growth

Column
Praful Bidwai: Towards a thaw
in Sri Lanka?
Jayati Ghosh: Cricket and the social imagination

Books
An Urdu masterpiece
reviewed by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language
Letters