Cover Story

A crisis in Sri Lanka
by V.S. Sambandan
Interview: Chandrika Kumaratunga
The political deadlock
The LTTE's response
Waiting and watching
On Tiger turf

Assembly Elections
Rajasthan: Caste calculations
M.P.: A Chief Minister's battle
Interview: Digvijay Singh
The power factor
Delhi: Advantage Congress(I)
Interview: Sheila Dixit
A test run in Chhattisgarh
Mizoram: Uncertain prospects

Terrorism
The Kandahar plot

The States
Death and distress in Karnataka
Assam: Territories of fear
West Bengal: Trouble in a tea garden
A blueprint for Mumbai

Travel
A trek to the Garhwal Himalayas

Review Article
The truth about Kargil
by A.G. Noorani

Books
The aesthetic turn

Folk Arts
Kalakars' struggle

Art
Rhythms of marine life

Litigation
India caucus help in Bhopal case

Child Labour
Behind the looms
by Camilla Roman and
Barbara Harriss-White

ICHR
Row over a choice

Conservation
Jarawas at a crossroads
Failing a community

Campaigns
MKSS at Pushkar fair

Issues in Focus
A sanitation emergency

Crime
Debating the death sentence
Safdar Hashmi case verdict
Inspired by Safdar

Stock Markets
A boom before a bust?

Scandal

Stamp paper scam : Big fish in the net

Economic Perspectives
Propaganda or appraisal?
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Media

An assault on press freedom
The media and the government
Submissions of The Hindu
United in struggle
The enormity of the threat
by A.G. Noorani
Power and restraint
by Anupam Gupta

Column
Praful Bidwai: BJP's `Plan B'
Bhaskar Ghose: A difficult choice
Jayati Ghosh: A scam on savings
R.K. Raghavan: Terrorism and religion