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The rocky road to Reforms II
By Sukumar Muralidharan
A critical stage
By C.P. Chandrasekhar
The development outlay disaster
By Prabhat Patnaik
Exchanging shadow for substance
By Arun Ghosh
Interview: M.K. Pandhe
Interview: Satish Kumar Kaura
The pre-Budget charade
By D. Sampathkumar

Defence
Deals under scrutiny
Taking on the corrupt

The States
RSS: Disturbing polemics
Vajpayee's two faces
Karunanidhi on RSS
The conviction of Jayalalitha
A voilent turn in Dharmapuri
The arrest of Dara Singh
Criminal links
Mysteries of the Purulia case

Defence
Naval exercises

World Affairs
A tussle in Indonesia
Wahid in India
Mexico: Crackdown on students
Chandrika's message
The fall of Grozny
New hope for Iraq
Canada and terrorism
Austria's Right-turn
Behind the Haider factor
Flight from the Taliban

Heritage
A threat to Hampi
The story of the ruins

Art
Vivan Sundaram's bazaar
Radhika Chand's success

Obituary
Alla Rakha Khan, 1919-2000

Essay by Aijaz Ahmad
Balance sheet of the Left

Policy Issues
AIDS control and a controversy
Seeing a toxic syndrome

Focus: KPTCL
Delivering power in Karnataka
Interview: N. Gokulram
Challenges of change

Legislation
Problems in Plant Varieties Bill

Tribute
Remembering Neelan Tiruchelvam
A lasting contribution

Telecom Policy
The telecom tangle

Investigation
The tale of Lalita Oraon
A chronology

Judges and Ethics
A Judge's strange sojourn
Of a code of conduct

Column
Praful Bidwai: The Vajpayee hand
Jayati Ghosh: Drug trials as service export?

Books
Portrait of a friendship