Cover Story

The killer quake
by V. Venkatesan & Praveen Swami
A first-person account
by Latha Venkatraman & Kripa Raman
Geological factors
by Lyla Bavadam

Jammu & Kashmir
Unceasing fire
Ceasefire and perceptions
Shifting sands
Pakistan's position
Interview: Admiral L. Ramdas

The Bofors Scandal
Hindujas on the home stretch
Of passports and favours
Quattrocchi's quest

The Judiciary
Contempt notice to Kalchakra editor

The Armed Forces
Kargil scapegoats
Point of no return

Defence
Agni test and after
Behind the success

Neighbours
Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement
Interview: Thilan Wijesinghe
The tea industry's troubles

World Affairs
Vajpayee in Vietnam, Indonesia
Pro-Taliban pressures:
by Sadaqat Jan
Arrest of Pavel Borodin:
by Biswajit Choudhury
Congo after Kabila
War crimes of the West
Slow, silent killer
by M.V. Ramana
A decade of attrition

Events
The Maha Kumbh Mela

Geographic Data
Relaxing restrictions
The importance of GCP data
Maps and regulations

Science
Interview: Prof. David Gross
Interview: Prof. Edward Witten

Infrastructure
An expressway project in Karnataka

Analysis
Ayodhya in reverse
by A.G. Noorani

Campaigns
VHP against the Tehri dam
by Mukul Sharma
Dharma Sansad on Ayodhya
Interview: Ramachandra Paramahans
VHP at the Kumbh Mela

Critical Issues

The farming crisis: Interview with Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
For a Livelihood Box

Democracy
A presidential intervention

Awards
Republic Day honours

Crime
Mafia and film finance

India & China
Li Peng's visit

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Skewed reforms, and the slowdown
C.P.Chandrasekhar: New monopolists

Books
The economics of a crisis
reviewed by
Pasuk Phongpaichit &
Chris Baker
Dissent in the United States
reviewed by A.G. Noorani
In the terrain of anti-modernism
reviewed by Sukumar Muralidharan
People's art and literature
reviewed by T.K.Rajalakshmi
A clueless literary pursuit
reviewed by Michiko Kakutani