Frontline Vol. 19 :: No. 18
August 31 - September 13, 2002

India's National Magazine
from the publishers of THE HINDU

Highlights



Cover Story
BJP's multiple woes
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Ordeal over an ordinance
by V. Venkatesan
E.C. Order, a historic document
by A.G. Noorani
Modi government's boast and bluff
by Dionne Bunsha
Interview: Jana Krishnamurthi
Interview: Rajeev Dhavan
Interview: Kapil Sibal
The real estate scam
by Purnima S. Tripathi

Crime
Shivani Bhatnagar murder case

Spotlight
When Pakistan took Loonda Post
Another Armitage mission

The States
J & K: Democracy at gunpoint
The hawala trail

Masjid demolishers and a dilemma
Separatist terror in West Bengal
Killings in Meghalaya, Tripura
The Congress(I)-TMC merger
SAD troubles in Punjab
Maan dam and the displaced
Jharkhand: Domicile trouble

Controversy
L'affaire Tata Finance

Pakistan
The military republic
By, of and for Musharraf
Problematic proposals-II
by A.G. Noorani

World Affairs
Brinkmanship in Taipei
Nature's fury in Europe
by Biswajit Choudhury
World population pointers
Talking to the Tigers, finally
A subversive agenda in Venezuela
A fight for survival in Gaza
by Vikram Sura
Trade union assertion in Britain
by Michael Hindley
Crises of global capitalism
by Walden Bello


Through Nepal's Maoist country
by Rita Manchanda

Space
New heights for the PSLV
Missions ahead

Cricket
Gavaskar, India's greatest cricketer
by Kanta Murali
Contracts, sponsors and controversy

Education
End of a science teaching programme

Focus: IIT-Kharagpur
Enabling industrial progress
A committed player

Corporate Affairs
Tata Consultancy Services, a profile

Academic Issues
University teachers' protest

Investigation
Kidney commerce in Tamil Nadu

Special Feature: KLE Society
A pioneer all the way
Interview: Prabhakar Kore, chairman
Initiatives in medical education

The Drought
The southeastern swath

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Sad farewell
Praful Bidwai: A report from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
R.K. Raghavan: The murder of two schoolgirls in U.K.
Jayati Ghosh: Sustainable development and stability
C.P. Chandrasekhar: On the Tata Finance affair

Books
The making of an Indologist
review by K. M. Shrimali
Capitalism and the city
review by Susan Ram
Of a novelist and a friend
review by A. K. Damodaran
An opinionated traveller
review by Michiko Kakutani

Also
The English Language
Letters
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