Cover Story
Drug trials and ethics
by R. Krishnakumar
The changing creed
Claims and contradictions
by R. Ramachandran
Interview: Dr. M.S. Valiathan

NDA

To cement a coalition
UTI missed signals
Shiv Sena-BJP: Alliance trouble
Interview: Jana Krishnamurthy
Desperate measures in Uttar Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir
Disturbed Doda

India and Pakistan
Life after Agra

Crime
Phoolan Devi:Troubled legacy

Ayodhya
The Liberhan Papers-III: A campaign by Saamna

World Affairs
Northern Ireland's unsettled peace
West Asia: Provocation and retaliation
Katunayake attack - a wake-up call
by Rohan Gunaratna
Towards elections in Fiji
by Shubha Singh
Tony Blair's tasks
by Glyn Ford
Russia-North Korea summit
ASEAN: The message from Hanoi
Cuba: Resisting imperialism

Indigenous People
Delivering the Jarawas
by Pankaj Sekhsaria
Questions about a road

Art
On a young artist
by Hans Mathews

Awards
Jnanpith for Indira Goswami
by Nandita Basu
Magsaysay for Rajendra Singh

Environment
Conference on climate
by Ambuj D. Sagar

Power Sector
Power as a commodity

The Judiciary
Of contempt and legitimate dissent

Legislation
Issues of delimitation

Comment
Centre-State relations In peril
by Era Sezhiyan

Events
Against communalisation

Focus: MTNL-Delhi
A communications giant
Interview: K.H. Khan
With a new vision
Interview: J.M. Misra

Ecology
An oil major's efforts

WTO
On the road to Doha

Mental Health
Deliverance in Erwadi
Interview: Dr. C. Ramasubramanian

Tamil Nadu
A violent round

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Remembering RKN
Praful Bidwai: The misuse of science
R.K. Raghavan: Phoolan Devi murder
C.P. Chandrasekhar: The Robert Zoellick visit
Jayati Ghosh: A focussed revival

Books
Of Indo-Bangladesh distrust
review by A. G. Noorani
A wild ride of Russia
review by Govind Talwalkar
New perspectives on Partition
review by Naunidhi Kaur