Cover Story
J & K: Polls and after
by Praveen Swami
Interview: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Interview: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Sayeed
Interview: Omar Abdullah
Beating the retreat
The shape of things to come
by Purnima S. Tripathi
A fractured verdict
by A.G. Noorani
The signal from Jammu
by Navnita Chadha Behera

Politics
NDA government's three years

Sri Lanka
New Equations

Spotlight
Cauvery: In denial mode

Education
NCERT's wrong lessons

Fiscal Issues
The anarchy of excess grants
by Era Sezhiyan

Planning
The draft Tenth Five-Year Plan

World Affairs
`General' elections in Pakistan
The rise of the Right
Media effervescence
Vajpayee's European tour
Terrorist attack in Bali
U.S., Iraq and Russia

The bombing of Afghanistan
by Marc W. Herold
Entire Iraq with Saddam

Nobel Prizes
Path-breaking discoveries
Carter's prize
Bridging economics and psychology
The Literature prize

Review Article
The crisis of capitalism
by Walden Bello

Organ Commerce
Kidney — Sellers and losers
by Ashwini R. Sehgal

Scandal
Physics of plagiarism
And a `reconstruction'

Communalism
Trouble in the air

Cinema
Tame fare at IFFI
Breeding little fascists
by Sudhanva Deshpande

Interview
Karthigesu Sivathamby on Dravidian movement

Special Feature: Maharashtra
In the fast lane
Industrial fortunes
The regional finance hub
Sailing ahead
The housing industry

Environment
Climate change in focus

Sport
Busan Asiad, a review

Column
Praful Bidwai: J&K turning point
K. Natwar Singh: Sinister models
Harsh Mander: Living hungry
Jayanti S. Ravi: Of empowerment
R.K. Raghavan: Crime trends
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Primitive accumulation drive
Jayati Ghosh: Wars and economic depressions

Books
Myriad views on globalisation
review by C. T. Kurien