Cover Story

The farming crisis
by Sukumar Muralidharan
A whole crop of uncertainties
by Abhijit Sen
On the world trade front
by Sukumar Muralidharan
A round-up from States
Interview: M.S. Swaminathan
Interview: Utsa Patnaik
Interview: H.D. Deve Gowda
Interview: K. Varadharajan
A further attack on the PDS
by Madhura Swaminathan

Politics
NDA: Unstable equilibrium

The States
Jharkhand tensions
Manoeuvres in Manipur
West Bengal: A calculated move
The arrest of Bharath Shah

The Constitution
NCRWC: Surveying ideas

Defence
LCA: Airborne, at last
The stumbling blocks
Sukhoi deal with Russia

Power Sector
The Enron face-off
CERC's worrisome tariff order

World Affairs
West Asia: Yet another round
Volcanic fury in Mexico
Estrada's trail, and the troubles ahead
Change in Ghana
A history of coups
Transition time in Washington
South Africa: Dreams of the homeless:
by Mukul Sharma
The working of a federation

Biodiversity
NBSAP: An exercise in conservation
by Ashish Kothari

Reports
The debate on big dams
Investing in early childhood
A.K. Shiva Kumar

Medicine and Society
Smile Train project

History
Indian History Congress session
History and the enterprise of knowledge
by Amartya Sen

Interview
Lord Swraj Paul

Special Feature: Gujarat

Thrust on infrastructure
A big leap forward
A pro-active policy
Making the best of mineral resources
Biotech, IT initiatives
Going for Gujarat

Events
Strings 2001 conference in Mumbai
by T. Jayaraman
Indian Science Congress session

Reforms & Labour
AIIEA: For a second phase of resistance

Column
C.P.Chandrasekhar: Enron: An indictment of reform
Jayati Ghosh: A failed tryst with marketism

Books
Multiple transitions
reviewed by C.T.Kurien
An India hand's views
reviewed by A.G.Noorani
An ethos for education
reviewed by
Krishna Kumar
Interpreting the Constitution
reviewed by
Fali S. Nariman
The snooping order reviewed by Glyn Ford