Cover Story

Advantage Tigers
by V.S. Sambandan
Editorial
The taking of Elephant Pass
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
India's policy dilemma
by John Cherian
Against assistance
by T.S. Subramanian
Dangerous portents
by V.R. Raghavan
The two realities
by Jehan Perera

Calamity

The drought crisis
Gujarat's thirst
Rajasthan's tragedy
Parched lands
Delayed relief in A.P.
Cotton farmers' plight

Cricket
ICC gets to work

India and China
Working together

Controversy
Surinder Singh's battle

Politics
Action against M.L. Khurana

The States
Downhill in Lucknow
The demand for Kamtapuri
Towards Jharkhand
The Lashkar in Hyderabad
Managing contradictions in M.P.
Going halfway on Alamatti
Rajiv assassins: Question of clemency
Medium of contention in Tamil Nadu

World Affairs
A farcical trial in Pakistan
by A.G. Noorani
A salvage operation in Italy
by Biswajit Choudhury
Not a level playing field
by Glyn Ford
Vietnam: Remembering a victory
Breaking the ice in Korea
Behind the LTTE's growth
by Rohan Gunaratna

Conservation Issues
Sea turtles on the Andamans coast
by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Patents
The fight for basmati

Sanctions
Beyond the U.S. sanctions

Power Sector
MSEB and DPC: A deal in question

Education
World Education Forum in Dakar
by Nitya Rao
Interview: M.K. Kaw

Health
Uganda's battle against AIDS

Cash Crops
A crop holiday for tobacco

Economic Perspectives
Finance Minister and the Sensex
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Special Feature: PSUs
Jewels in the crown
by G. Ganesh
A range of telecom services
The venture capitalists
Disinvestment dilemmas

Column
Praful Bidwai: Wages of nuclearisation
Jayati Ghosh: Internet and intrusion

Books
The Emergency revisited
review by Pran Chopra
A study on human rights
review by C.V. Narasimhan
The credible alliance
review by A.G. Noorani
A multicultural drama
review by Michiko Kakutani