Cover Story
Many Faces of Gender Inequality
Essay by Amartya Sen

NDA
Return of George Fernandes
The case of Harin Pathak
Truth of the Tehelka tapes

Crime
Target, L.K. Advani

Ayodhya
BJP's political ploy
Hindutva aggression

The States
Uttar Pradesh: Pre-election battle
On the reform route in Karnataka
Laloo Prasad Yadav's woes
Verdict in Veerappan associates' case
Dabhol and political sparks
Adivasis' struggle in Kerala
Our policy is not to suppress
Cauvery pressures
Karnataka's contention
Land rights movement in Bihar
A godman and a political storm

Nobel Prizes
A house for Mr. Naipaul
by Meenakshi Mukherjee
A literary Brown Sahib
Peace Prize for U.N. and Kofi Annan
Proving Einstein
Prize for catalysts
Controlling the cell cycle
Of markets and resources

World Affairs
China's great leap forward

Livelihood Issues
Mumbai's jewellery workers

Reports
For better mental health
by Usha Ramanathan
Re-examining mental illness

Controversy
NCERT's history textbook

The Judiciary
The new Chief Justice of India

Excellence
Honour for Shrinivas Kulkarni
by Ajit Kembhavi

Meteorology
Failed monsoon forecasts

Social Sciences
The Gulbenkian prognosis
by Sundar Sarukkai

Education
The trouble with 'para teachers'
by Krishna Kumar, Manisha Priyam and Sadhana Saxena

Industry
IISCO on its last legs

Focus: Siliguri & Darjeeling
Growing to a plan
Darjeeling's attractions

WTO
Threat of another trade round

Labour issues
Labour Commission's task

Tamil Nadu
Vote and violence

Column
K. Natwar Singh: Facets of a civil servant
Praful Bidwai: Winning the battle, losing the peace
R.K. Raghavan: Old wine in a new bottle?

Books
Russia's decade of tragedy
Review by Govind Talwalkar