Cover Story

Deadly vessel from France
by V. Venkatesan
Troubled voyage
by Vaiju Naravane
Profits over safety
by Lyla Bavadam
Broken lives
by Prafulla Das
Interview: Dr. Claude Alvares

The States

Coup in Karnataka
Interview: H.D. Kumaraswamy
J.D.(S): Far from finished
Interview: B.S. Yediyurappa
Casteist assault in Punjab
Tribal resistance in Orissa
VHP's Kumbh Mela
Ration cards make them "rich"

Controversy
In the name of Ayurveda
Gory tales
Minister's letter to the District Magistrate
For better regulation

World Affairs
Iran: Nuclear pressures
Sri Lanka: Truce under test
A triumph in Chile
U.S.' friendly strike in Pakistan
Bombing out dissent
Battle over headscarves:
by Rafia Zakaria
Insurgency in Balochistan
Interview: Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti
Three Sardars and a General

Travel
A visit to Ghent:
by Sudha Mahalingam

Review Article
Nehru - Myth & Legacy:
by A.G. Noorani
The realities behind retailing

Environment
Strategy and inaction
Interview: Ashish Kothari

Education

Community colleges in India:
by Xavier Alphonse
The rural initiative
A meaningful partnership
A resource centre

Focus: West Bengal
Remarkable growth
A source of power
Interview: Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Rich in diversity

Economic Perspectives
Why global imbalance persists:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Interview
Karthigesu Sivathamby on Dravidian movement today
Celebrating a scholar

Focus: Himachal Pradesh
A State on the move
Interview: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh

Crime
The Telgi conviction

Jammu & Kashmir
A significant turn

Events
Standing by Cuba
Interview: Sergio Corrieri Hernandez

Column
Praful Bidwai: Nuclear poker over Iran
Bhaskar Ghose: Privacy under attack
R.K. Raghavan: Vital legal issues to ponder
Jayati Ghosh: The loss of language

Books
Witness to history:
Review by Susan Ram

Also
The English Language
Letters