Cover Story
War on Afghanistan
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Echoes in Pakistan
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Action and apprehension
by Sridhar Krishnaswami
A Sheikh and the money trail
by Praveen Swami
The terror trajectory
Masood Azhar, in his own words
India and the war
More loyal than Bush
by Hasan Suroor
Cautious in West Asia
by Kesava Menon
The Afghan quagmire
by John Cherian
Plight of Afghanis

Spotlight
The ban on SIMI
SIMI, and its work

Tehelka probe
Zooming in on the tapes

The States
A new oarsman in Gujarat
A pracharak as Chief Minister
U.P.: The case of the missing voters
Tamil Nadu: Panchayat election scene
A victory for the NBA
'Trishul Diksha' campaign in Rajasthan
Starvation in Orissa
Deaths and denials: by Santosh Das
Marathwada's distress
Earthquake shakes the South
The Adivasi struggle in Kerala
Interview: C.K. Janu

World Affairs
The return of Khaleda Zia
The rout of Solidarity
LTTE as target
Death of a Tiger
Australia: Refugees and politics
Zimbabwe's land question
From the Right to Far Right
by Michael Hindley
Sri Lanka's plantation sector crisis
To draw workers back
by W.W.D. Modder

Review Article
Of Jinnah and Junagadh
by A.G. Noorani

Art
The Yokohama Triennale
by Suneet Chopra

Medicine
Heart-lung transplantation in Chennai

Sanctions
Out of the blacklist
The revised Entity List

Controversy
KCHR: A shade of saffron
Interview with K.N. Panikkar
No ulterior motive

Women & Society
A profile of courage

Behaviour
Suicide prevention congress in Chennai
The Indian situation

The Judiciary
Judging the judges
Contempt law issues

Education
NCERT: Lessons to learn
Drawing up a curriculum:
by J .S. Rajput

Obituary
Madhavrao Scindia, 1945-2001
Farewell, beloved friend
by K. Natwar Singh

Column
Praful Bidwai: Missing an opportunity
Jayati Ghosh: Begging for Big Brother
R.K. Raghavan: The global dilemma
C.P. Chandrasekhar: From slowdown to slump?
K. Natwar Singh: A non-violent giant

Books
Islam and violence: slurs and myths
A bill of indictment