Cover Story

The arrest of Jayendra Saraswathi
by T.S. Subramanian
Legal opinion
A planned murder
A controversial career
by S. Viswanathan
A failed mediator
by V. Venkatesan

West Asia

After Arafat
Palestine's champion
Drama and expectation:
by Yael Lotan

Politics
Uma Bharati's suspension

The States
Zahira's somersault
Kerala: The Kunhalikkutty case
A mining controversy in Orissa
A promise to Manipur
Rajasthan farmers in distress
Suffering in silence
Determined to fight
Migrant worries in Goa
The history of migration

World Affairs
The siege of Falluja
Thailand and Islamic insurgents
E.U. and an institutional crisis
Tension on Bangladesh border
Algeria remembers a revolution
Vanunu's long walk to freedom
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004)

Art
India as inspiration:
by Benoy K. Behl

Books
History as fiction
review by Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta
Burning the memory
review by M.S. Prabhakara

Review Article
Bush unbound?:
by A.G. Noorani
A seizure of nuke facilities

Science
A passion for planetariums:
by N. Harinarayana

Theatre
The importance of Ranga Shankara:
by Kewal Arora

Institutions
Sahitya Akademi at 50

Economic Perspectives
The oil factor:
by C.P. Chandrasekar

Sri Lanka
Interview: President Chandrika Kumaratunga

Focus: North Coastal Andhra Pradesh
A development drive
Towards a second Green Revolution
A tourist's paradise
Interview: N. Srikant, Municipal Commissioner
A `City of Delight' in the making

Medicine
A vaccine for malaria
The lifecycle of P. falciparum

Public Health
An unhealthy trend

Response
Dabhol - A blame game:by Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Environment
Nature's magic
(© New York Times Service)

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: A disenfranchised world
R.K. Raghavan: A volatile system
Jayati Ghosh: The rural gloom
Praful Bidwai: Giving Arafat his due

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