Cover Story

Judicial challenge
Act of foresight
Interview: Raju Ramachandran,
Senior advocate
With some reservation
Interview: Somnath Chatterjee
Privilege to expel

Sri Lanka

Fall of Vaharai

The States
Hurriyat's dilemmas
Back to the booth in Chennai
Mumbai Port: Builders' envy

Environment
Tata's offer on Bhopal

World Affairs
Targeting Iran
Rise of Moqtada al-Sadr
Israel: Shorn of shields
Bangladesh: From the brink
East Asia summits
Russia vs West
A Muslim in U.S. Congress

Travel
Exploring romance and reality in Caucasus

Theatre
A festival in Delhi
Interview:Mohammad Aghebati, Iranian director
Interview:Ovlyakuli Khojakuli,
Uzbek director

Sardar Sarovar Project
Submerged hopes

Focus: West Bengal

Interview: Chief Minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Changing phase

Space

Satellite recovery success

Heritage
Architectural wealth of Lucknow

Column
R.K. Raghavan: Blow to police reforms
Praful Bidwai: Doomsday warning Jayati Ghosh:
In pursuit of `decent' work

Books
Brand Bangalore
review by Anand Parthasarathy
'The real Gandhi'
review by Dionne Bunsha
Jaswant's progress
review by A.G. Noorani
The nuclear debate

Also
The English Language
Letters