Cover Story

A new engagement
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Cautious peace-making
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Pakistan's albatross
A pliant policy
by John Cherian
Interview: S. Jaipal Reddy
Stakes in peace
by Praveen Swami
A deal in the making
Interview: Syed Salahuddin

World Affairs
Blasts of terror in Riyadh
Morocco's nightmare
The Iraqi quagmire
Exhuming truth
War crimes in Iraq
Terror in Chechnya
Roadblocks to peace
A Russian oil giant
Indonesia's bitter harvest:
by Mukul Sharma
Election surprises in the U.K.:
by Michael Hindley

Telecom
The tariff tangle

Judiciary
Bill on National Judicial Commission

The States
An emphatic Left Front victory
Kerala's communal challenge
Powerloom workers' plight
Dalits fight for common resources
Terror campaign in Tripura
Medicos' strike in Tamil Nadu

Water Management
Latur's struggle for water:
by Atul Deulgaonkar

Drought
Karnataka's distress year

Mountaineering
The epic of the Everest
Routes to the top
An Everest fact-sheet

Books
On the Khalsa identity
review by Naunidhi Kaur

Review Article
Vajpayee's Pakistan policy:
by A.G. Noorani

Education
History retold
by K.N. Panikkar

Communalism
Trident stridency:
by K.M. Shrimali

Heritage
Bridging a divide, in Hampi
Core concerns

Space
The GSLV-D2 success
Interview: R.V. Perumal

Defence
An Astra in the armoury

Obituary
Walter Sisulu

Economic Perspectives
NPAs: Debt default as strategy
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Focus: Health and Medical Care in Chennai
A gateway to health
An early start
Accent on preventive care
Coping with a deadly duo

Controversy
Bt cotton failure
The Andhra Pradesh experience
What is Bt cotton?

Events
Arundhati Roy speaks in New York

Sri Lanka
An agenda for de-escalation
A political spat

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Nuggets of wisdom
Praful Bidwai: A failure India cannot afford
Bhaskar Ghose: Settling for mediocrity
R.K. Raghavan: Sentencing guidelines