Vol. 14 :: No. 20
Oct. 4-17, 1997

India's National Magazine
From the publishers of THE HINDU

Highlights Table of Contents


Cover Story

Gujral's impressive foreign policy foray:
by N. Ram

What Clinton and Gujral discussed
Gujral in the U.N.
In Dar-es-Salaam and Rome
Dealing with Pakistan
A divergence of approach

Kashmir

Floods and plant disease

Social Issues

Sanitary workers in Gujarat:
by Mari Marcel Thekaekara
Trafficking in children
An organised racket

Tribute

Annie Besant: 'A special kind of person'
- interview with Radha Burnier

Annie Besant's many lives:
by Kumari Jayawardena

Politics & Corruption
Narasimha Rao in the dock

The Judiciary
Judging the judges
Developments in Rajasthan

Politics
U.P: Divided they rule
Interview with Kalyan Singh
Reinvoking Ayodhya

The Railways
A system under pressure

The Economy
Some correctives

The States
Assam: Tea and terror
Bodo issue: Searching for peace
Rajasthan: Crimes against women
Custodial violence charges
HPCL refinery fire
Amarinder Singh in the Congress

Company Affairs
The MUL battle

PDS
Too little for too few

World Affairs
Chinese Communist Party Congress:
by Mira Sinha Bhattacharjea
E.U.'s banana policy:
by Michael Hindley
LTTE activity in Canada:
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Setback for Benazir
Britain's far-reaching devolution
North Korea: Drought and shortages
Explosions in Havana

Heritage
Gandhiji's Ahmedabad:
by S. Theodore Baskaran

Books
Geopolitical changes and the U.N.
The Dynasty:
review by S. Gopal
A bookshop in Kochi

Literature
Burmese story translated
by Usha Narayanan

Science
Computers and blindness:
by Sandeep Junnarkar
Studying the monsoon
Return of EI Nino

Conservation
Pulicat lake: striking a balance

WTO
Sovereignty vs small pickings:
by S.P. Shukla

Industry
Liberalisation and the drug industry:
by D.P. Dubey

Power Sector
Orissa's power sector:
by Sudha Mahalingam
An unfair deal

Cricket
Triumph in Toronto:
by Vijay Lokapally
On Sanath Jayasuriya:
by Nirgunan Tiruchelvam

International Economy
Reform at any cost:
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Currency crises in South-East Asia
Fund assuming more powers:
by Lawrence Surendra
Governance and governing:
by Jayati Ghosh

Environmental Disaster
Haze over South-East Asia

Columns
E.M.S. Namboodiripad:
Single-party rule vs coalitions
Praful Bidwai: China's transition
A.G. Noorani: Privacy and public wrongs

Also
The English Language
Letters
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