Cover Story

The Sen difference:
by John M. Alexander
Operationalising the Capabilities Approach:
by Flavio Comim
Interview: Amartya Sen
Beyond liberalism?:
by Toon Vandevelde
Measuring human development:
by John M. Alexander and Koen Decancq

Assembly Elections
Bihar: Problem of choice
Interview: Lalu Prasad
Jharkhand: Violent first phase
Anti-incumbency factor in Haryana

Politics
Canker of criminalisation
TDP legislator's murder
The naxal threat
Rayalaseema's bane
Goan drama
A history of instability

Tsunami & Rehabilitation
Interview: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Indonesia: Relief and unease
Rebuilding phase in Sri Lanka
Interview: Lakshman Kadirgamar

World Affairs
Iraq: Vote under occupation
A sham election
Arm-twisting Iran
Colombia vs Venezuela
Back to Auschwitz
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005)
`A real factory of death'
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005)
Eastward, evangelical soldiers!:
by Vijay Prashad

Travel
Glimpses of Bastar:
by Sudha Mahalingam

Review Article
Noam Chomsky's detractors:
by Shelley Walia

Essay
The letters of Junius:
by A.G. Noorani

Heritage
Orissa's treasures
Was the Buddha born in Orissa?

Cinema
The children of 1984:
by Sudhanva Deshpande
Fetters on expression

Obituary
H. Narasimhaiah

Patent Issues
Drugs and an ordinance

Focus: North Eastern Council

A catalyst for development
Tourism prospects
Interview: Dr. Kamal Taori, Secretary, NEC

Bhopal Gas Tragedy
The ICMR report
Cyanide toxicity and chronic morbidities

Nepal
Royal coup:
by Rita Manchanda
SAARC summit in trouble
Maoists' strategy
A Dalit backlash

Column
Jayati Ghosh: The Davos show
Bhaskar Ghose: The colour of bias
Praful Bidwai: Iraq - Free choice under coercion?
R.K. Raghavan: Disorder on the roads

Books
Fiction with an agenda
review by Anand Parthasarathy
Warmer, warmer

Also
The English Language
Letters