Cover Story
Interview with Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar:
by A. G. Noorani
Editorial
The Subcontinental stand-off
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Acting under pressure
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Anti-jehad voices
Concern in the U.S.
by Sridhar Krishnaswami
Upping the ante
by John Cherian
Dogs of war
by Praful Bidwai
Claims and realities in Kashmir
by Praveen Swami
Al Qaeda in India
Violence in Jammu and Kashmir
Prime Minister's article

Controversy
Tehelka and some targets

World Affairs
Wickremasinghe in India
The Tigers' soft image
by V. Suryanarayan
Afghan war's human cost
by Marc W. Herold
Argentina's crisis
Brown vs Blair
by Michael Hindley
Dealing with Misuari
Nepal's strife
by Rita Manchanda
Interview: Sher Bahadur Deuba

Perspective
The right to one's identity:
by Amartya Sen

Environment
Supreme Court to the rescue:
by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Art
Krichner's tapestry
by Hans Varghese Mathews

Review Article
On Sino-Indian relations
by A. G. Noorani

Reports
FAO on hunger amidst plenty

Commissions of Inquiry
On police role in Delhi riots

Farmers' Rights
Analysing a law

People & Technology
Where computers are truly 'personal'
by Anand Parthasarathy

Space
INSAT-3C for launch

Science
Warana, the wired village
Science for social change

Events
A dog show in Chennai

Cricket
Interview with Ted Dexter
A test of wits

Special Feature: Insurance Industry
Vast potential, more players
Interview K. N. Bhandari
Staying ahead as reinsurer
Changing profile of life insurance
The export credit insurer

Afghanistan
Karzai's burden

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Reviews with energy
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Opening the sluice gates
Jayati Gosh: War and other pursuits
R. K. Raghavan: Rising crime

Books
Social capital and development
review by Sukumar Muralidharan
Humanising national security
review by K. S. Subramanian