Cover Story
India-Pakistan: War and games
by Praveen Swami
From the front
Working for a thaw
by Sukumar Muralidharan
In Pakistan, a change of mood
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
When the mullahs fell silent
by Sadaqat Jan
Terror in Kolkata
by Kalyan Chaudhuri
and Praveen Swami
Machinations in Kashmir
Jehadi connection
U.S. visitors and messages
by John Cherian
Of war-mongering and accountability
by A.G. Noorani
Protecting Dawood Ibrahim
A fact sheet on the don
One step forward, two backward

The States
Kidneys still for sale, in Karnataka
U.P.: Acid test for the BJP
An uphill campaign in Uttaranchal
Jayalalithaa's crucial contest
A Tamil Nadu programme without a plan
For Naga unity
Massacres in Assam, Tripura
Tehri: Rehabilitation concerns

Archaeology
A quest for Queen Sheba

Medicine
Organ regeneration prospects
Understanding Bell's palsy
Physiology of CN-VII

Health
Vitamin A-related deaths:Dispenser blamed

Science and Technology
S & T Policy - 2001

Litigation
Arundhati Roy case: Judgment reserved
Access denied

Events
Development debate in Kolkata
by Venkatesh Athreya

Social Issues
Bhopal meet on Dalits' cause

Livelihood Issues
For safety at sea

Conservation
Sunderbans: An ecosystem in peril

Tribute
Satish Dhawan, space scientist
by Roddam Narasimha
A source of strength
by N. Balakrishnan
T.M. Chidambara Ragunathan,Tamil writer

Labour
Maharashtra's crushed labour

Controversy
NCERT: Imparting prejudice

Diplomacy
Zhu Rongji in India

Spotlight
A presidential message
National honour and controversy

Hindutva
The Ayodhya game

Space
INSAT-3C: A successful launch

Defence
The significance of Agni-I

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Diplomacy, the inside story
C.P. Chandrasekhar: The threat of recession
Jayati Ghosh: The bridge of dreams in Asia
R.K. Raghavan: Of ends and means
Praful Bidwai: Nationalism gone berserk

Books
The immortal iron outlaw
review by Susan Ram
Intelligent posers
review by Praveen Swami
Healthcare online
Military common sense
review by Sukumar Muralidharan