Cover Story

The Cancun checkmate
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Crumbling legitimacy
Battle on agriculture
Interview: Prof. Abhijit Sen
Interview: Rahul Bajaj
The meaning of Cancun:
by Walden Bello

Ayodhya
Aftershocks of the court verdict
The order and the law

Disinvestment
Court blocks HPCL, BPCL sale

West Asia
Israeli threat to Arafat
Sharon's visit and after

Jammu & Kashmir
Jehad's child warriors
Death of Kukka Parrey
Danger signals from the Valley

Gujarat
A judicial crackdown
Appeal as eyewash
Ahmedabad's ghettos

Defence
The Hawk deal

World Affairs
Sri Lanka: After a year of talks
The return of refugees
Chile's September 11
The myth of the `Jewish lobby'
by Vijay Prashad
Indonesia's drive against terrorism
TUC's annual conference
by Michael Hindley

Festivals
Durga Puja in Kolkata
by Uttara Gangopadhyay

Books
Mumbai's heritage
review by A.G. Noorani
The Benegal oeuvre
review by Amulya Gopalakrishnan
Fiction and fact
review by Kamalini Sengupta

Gender Issues
Women and water
The state and water rights
UGC and women studies

Child Rights
A Bill of sorts

Biodiversity
Cultivating diversity
by Kanchi Kohli

Rehabilitation
Latur revisited
by Atul Deulgaonkar

Labour Issues
Strike, a legitimate right
by A.G. Noorani

Livelihood Issues
Malda: Ravaged by the Ganga

Economic Perspectives
Privatisation on hold
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Spotlight

From debt to death — a story of Karnataka's farmers
A death trap
Inadequate response

Focus: BSNL-Delhi
Connecting India
The telecom journey

Controversy
DPC: The issue of arbitration

Events

The Hindu at 125

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Lessons not learnt
Bhaskar Ghose: Mayawati and the law
Jayati Ghosh: Complicity in crime
R.K. Raghavan: The Staines case
Praful Bidwai: Between despair and hope

Update
Bail for Nakkheeran Gopal
New Chairman for ISRO