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Editor's Note on Special Issue

Politics
Essay: What makes for political stability?
by N. Ram
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Rajiv Gandhi: End of the road
Interview: Jyoti Basu
Relevance of Ambedkar
Big business and elections
Assam Accord: Beyond the euphoria

Economy
Essay: Fragile growth
by C.P. Chandrasekhar
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Interview:
Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
Interview:
Davison Budhoo, former IMF official
Starvation deaths in Andhra Pradesh
Case studies
Rural India in ruins
A surplus of problems
Interview: Amartya Sen

Communalism
Essay: The Hindutva ride
by K.N. Panikkar
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Exposing the VHP: When the `dead' came back
Gujarat's shame
RSS: Survival strategy

World Affairs
Essay: A different world
by John Cherian
BEST OF FRONTLINE
USSR: The coup and after
Chomsky on an unjust war
Rachel Corrie: A young martyr from America
Latin America: Fire in the Plains, Fire in the Mountains
Interview:
LTTE leader
V. Prabakaran
How strong are the `boys'?

Public Health
Essay: Far from healthy
by Venkatesh Athreya
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Dying young in Maharashtra
Kerala: Ethics of a drug trial

Education
Essay: A long way to go
by Jayati Ghosh
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Getting children into school: missed story

Environment
Essay: Sustainable future?
by Ashish Kothari
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Threat to Taj Mahal
Manibeli's woe
A struggle against Coca-Cola
Deadly ship

Science
Essay: Rapid strides
by R. Ramachandran
BEST OF FRONTLINE
Interview:
Dr V.S. Ramachandran
Einstein's century

Art
Eternal India

Music
M.S. Subbulakshmi:
Genius of song
Khan of Shehnai

Cinema
Satyajit Ray: Walking tall
Aravindan's art

Literature
R.K. Narayan in the first person
Basheer and the freedom movement

Column
"Opium of the people"
EMS our columnist

Content Analysis
Taking stock