Cover Story

The battle lines
by Purnima S. Tripathi
Back to Ayodhya
The dissolution debate
by V. Venkatesan
Package of promises
by V. Sridhar
Railways: On the electoral track
by Sukumar Muralidharan
EVMs: Tried, but tested?
by R. Ramachandran

Sri Lanka

Moving into election mode

The Bofors Case
A verdict under scrutiny

The States
Legal challenge in Tamil Nadu
Social workers' murder in Bihar
by Bela Bhatia
Dead suspects, missing witness
Punjab jailbreak
Reversing land reforms in Kerala
Sardar Sarovar: Growing doubts
Guarantee for Maheshwar
Governor's outburst in Bihar
Farmers' protest in Gujarat
In U.P., industry and concerns

World Affairs
Pakistan: Nuclear home truths
Hero-turned victim
Avian epidemic
The Haj tragedy
Iraq: Targeting collaborators
Japan sends troops
Hutton report and BBC
Upsurge in Israel violence
Interview: Michael Warschawski
Putin's election:
by Charu Singh
In U.S., farms as factories
by Vijay Prashad

Interview
Doug Allan, wildlife cinematographer

Books
A history of conversions
review by Pralay Kanungo

Of psychoanalysis, fantasy and cruelty:
review by Dinitia Smith

Review Article
Nehru and the cold wars:
by A.G. Noorani

Art
In McWorld, and of it also:
by Hans Varghese Mathews

Cinema
Parallel festival of documentaries
by Anand Patwardhan

Special Feature: DAE at 50

Self-relaint and world class
Intreview: Anil Kakodkar
Way ahead at Koodankulam
New dawn at Tarapur
Interview: S.K. Jain
Thorium reactor on course
Institutes of excellence

Economic Perspectives
Opening the sluice gates:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Focus: Prasar Bharati
Televising direct to home
Interview: K.S. Sarma

Communalism
Terror in Jhabua

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Whose India is shining?
Bhaskar Ghose: Thwarting the corrupt
R.K. Raghavan: Doyen of community policing
Praful Bidwai: Global nuclear bazaar

Update
Vaiko on bail
Cola troubles
The release of Peter Bleach

Also
The English Language
Letters