Cover Story

In the name of nationalism
by K.N. Panikkar
Hindutva's spread in south
Tamil Nadu: by S.Viswanathan
Kerala: by R. Krishnakumar
Karnataka: by Parvathi Menon
Hijacking a festival
by G. Srinivasan
Organised intolerance in Gujarat
by Dionne Bunsha
Saffronising the tribal heartland
Madhya Pradesh: by Amulya Gopalakrishnan
Rajasthan: by T.K. Rajalakshmi
Orissa: by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Hindutva, not Hinduism
by A.G. Noorani
Maharashtra: A polarised State
by Anupama Katakam
Rajasthan: Attack on artists
Non-resident nationalism
by Arvind Rajagopal

Elections 2004
Now, the countdown
Advani's yatra controversy
Model code and actual conduct

Obituary
Paul Marlor Sweezy
by Prabhat Patnaik

World Affairs
Muharram day attack in Iraq
A massacre in Pakistan
Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme
Rebel victory in Haiti
Setback for reform in Iran
Government change in Russia:
by Charu Singh
Church versus Church
The Dien Bien Phu anniversary
Evangelism and American politics:
by Vijay Prashad

Travel
A great Buddist heritage:
by Sudha Mahalingam

Cinema
The Berlin film festival:
by Swapan Kumar Ghosh
Mel Gibson's controversial film

Medicine
Dealing with renal disease
Interview with Dr. Hiroshi Toma and Dr. Kazunari Tanabe

Gender Issues

Domestic violence in Europe
France: Beneath the gloss
The Spanish silence
Switzerland: In the valley of fear

Telecom
Cartels at work

Education
The U.R. Rao Committee report
The AICTE accreditation
Fees and fears

Essay
Haitian tragedy and imperial farce:
by Aijaz Ahmad

Economic Perspectives
To the market this March:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Column
K. Natwar Singh: A man of distinction
Bhaskar Ghose: The flip side of privatisation
Jayati Ghosh: Romantics and the real world
R.K. Raghavan: Criminals as candidates
Praful Bidwai: The BJP's second mascot

Books
Problems of higher education
review by C.T. Kurien

Raj constructs of women
review by Soumitra K. Choudhury

The boom and the bubble
review by Paul Krugman

Hindutva and history
review by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language
Letters