Cover Story
Prabakaran in First Person
by T.S. Subramanian
Editorial
In different voices
The road ahead
by Nirupama Subramanian
Singing the same tune
by V. Suryanarayan
Neither war nor peace
by Ram Manikkalingam
Prabakaran unleashed
by G. Parthasarathy
Through Tiger country

Uttar Pradesh
BSP-BJP, once again

Politics
Start of countdown for NDA
The message from Panaji
Congress(I) euphoria

Ayodhya
Contradictions in depositions
A deceitful, invalid claim
by A.G. Noorani
Text of the lease deed

World Affairs
Ariel Sharon's wild dreams
Europe's dilemma
The triumph of Chavez
Weapons against Cuba
World conference on ageing
America's war in the Philippines
by Walden Bello

Spotlight
A survey saga and the Great Indian Arc

Reports
Globalisation and South Asia

Medicine
Dissecting Parkinson's disease
Interview: Professor Stanley Fahn

Focus: IIT-Kharagpur
Kharagpur's legend
Interview: Prof. Amitabha Ghosh

GMOs
Dealing with GM plants
by R.V. Anuradha
Risks posed by GMOs

Social Issues
Child labour and state action
by O.P. Maurya

Enron
A sale on hold

Special Feature: Health and Medical Care in Chennai
The city of cures
All under one roof
Pioneering specialty care

Obituary
Sarvepalli Gopal, 1923-2002
by K.N. Panikkar
The doyen of Indian historians
by V. Ramakrishna

Gujarat
Pogrom and polls

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Culture and identity under Hindutva
R.K. Raghavan: Training the police
Praful Bidwai: Plumbing new depths

Books
Media and intellectuals
review by A.G. Noorani
Groundwater capitalism in Gujarat
review by Dionne Bunsha
Women and society in colonial Punjab
review by Naunidhi Kaur