Cover Story

Budget 2004: An exercise in evasion:
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Editorial
A disappointing blend:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar
Missing `human face':
by Prabhat Patnaik
Interview: M.K. Pandhe,
CITU leader
Interview: K. Varadharajan,
AIKS leader
`Shining India' replayed:
by Jayati Ghosh
Interview: Y.K. Modi, FICCI president
Railway Budget: On the popular track

Government
Downsizing of Ministries
Dismissal of Governors
The first `mass dismissal'
A controversy in Goa

The States
Prime Minister meets A.P. farmers
Withering lives
PMK vs an actor, again
The celluloid connection

India & Pakistan

A new round, with hope
Meetings with a message
Cautious optimism

World Affairs
Pakistan in ARF
Jamali's exit
The President's man
Russia: Yukos under siege
Chechen war, a spreading ulcer
North Korea-U.S.: Talks sans outcome
A weak mandate in Canada
South Asian strength
Panchsheel celebrations

Spotlight

Shandies as a tradition
Marketing tribal wealth
In the lap of nature
A 'brown revolution'

Art
To keep paintings pristine:
N. Harinarayana

Review Article
The Muslim as terrorist:
by A.G. Noorani

Obituary
Marlon Brando, 1924-2004.
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004)

Pollution
Bhopal's ongoing disaster

Labour Issues
Silicosis deaths in Delhi

Public Health
An order on life-saving drugs

India & The U.S.
Meet on high-tech cooperation

Education
Detoxifying texts
Admission trouble in Tamil Nadu

Social Issues
Crackdown on Baina beach
Baina's traumatic history

Jammu & Kashmir
Spring far behind
Public funds for terrorism

Iraq
Ruling by proxy
Drama in the court

Sri Lanka
Ruling party's victory
War clouds on the horizon

Tennis
Wimbledon 2004
by Naresh Kumar

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: Language and communication
Praful Bidwai: For sharecropper or sharebroker?
R.K. Raghavan: A force with a smile

Books
A secular response
review by Praful Bidwai
A spurned genius
( © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004 )

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