Cover Story

Crackdown in Bhutan
by M.S. Prabhakara
An ULFA manoeuvre
Militant groups
A ruthless hit squad
by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
The view from New Delhi
by Praveen Swami
Experiments with democracy:
by Mahendra P. Lama

Gujarat
Acquittal in Best Bakery case

POTA
Judicial approval
Bail for accused in Tamil Nadu

Terrorism
Lashkar's new constituency

The States
Exit Bhujbal
The link to politicians?
Punjab: Congress(I) trouble
DMK quits NDA
Dalit anger in Haryana

World Social Forum
Questions of strategy

Livelihood Issues
Fishermen caught in trouble

Art

Splendour in stone:
by Benoy K. Behl

Books
Re-introducing Kiernan
review by Parvathi Menon

Review Article
The demise of U.S. diplomacy:
by A.G. Noorani

Reports
UNICEF report in world's children

Essay
Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and vedic science; by Meera Nanda

Tribute
Remembering Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Narmada
Politics of dams
Interview: Medha Patkar
Interview: Chittaroopa Palit

Medicine
The risk of osteoporosis
Interview: Prof. John A. Eisman

AIDS
Goverment's initiative
Interview: Justice Michael Kirby

Events
ISRO remembers first rocket launch

India & Pakistan
Turning over a new leaf
Interview: Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
The jehadi backlash

Disaster

Iran's killer quake

Year in Review
Frontline 2003

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: Manufacturing bias
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Banking - the new FDI frontier
Jayati Ghosh: The social functions of eating
R.K. Raghavan: Trends in law enforcement
Prawful Bidwai Congress(I)'s follow-on innings

Also
The English Language
Letters