Cover Story
Deadlock at Agra
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Editorial
So near, yet so far
by Aijaz Ahmad
Mixed feelings in Pakistan
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
A worthy initiative
by Praful Bidwai
Summit atmospherics
by Purnima S. Tripathi
View from the Valley
by Praveen Swami
Divergence of views
by John Cherian

Tamil Nadu
After the storm
Judicial flak
PMK switches sides again

The States
Protests and threats in Manipur
On the Veerappan trail
Terror in the Sunderbans
Naxalites vs police in Andhra Pradesh
Interview: H.J. Dora, DGP
Kerala: Abandoning a reform measure
Ferment in Orissa
Bonded labour in Haryana

World Affairs
Sri Lanka: A presidential gambit
Angola: Peace in the air
Some movement in Myanmar
A U.N. volte-face on Western Sahara
NMD and the North Korean bogey
by Glyn Ford

Photography
Of 19th century Delhi
by Ram Rahman
Images from Tamil Nadu
by S. Theodore Baskaran

Analysis
Of the India-Pakistan summit, 1955
by A.G. Noorani

Controversy
The call to ban the NBA
by Ashish Kothari
Tampering with a history textbook
New Chairman for ICHR

Commissions of Inquiry
Tehelka probe and some questions

Livelihood Issues
Scrap collectors' plight
A pile of inequities

Treasures
The Nizam's jewels

Jurisprudence
The death penalty debate
by R.K. Raghavan

Financial Services
Behind the UTI mess
by S. Vaidya Nathan

Obituary
Sailen Dasgupta, 1920-2001
by B. Prasant

Railway Safety
Investigating the Kadalundi accident
A poor track record

Tennis
Goran Ivanisevic's day at Wimbledon

Special Feature: Energy, Conservation and Environment
For clean, cheap power
Conservation challenges
NTPC's measures

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Emergencies in emerging markets
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Food stocks and half-learnt lessons
Praful Bidwai: UTI and the trust betrayed

Books
The Taliban's rise
Review by Alok Rai
The political abuse of history
Review by Ram Puniyani

Also
The English Language
Letters
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