Cover Story

Savaging Iraq
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Barbarians at the gates
by Aijaz Ahmad
The siege of Baghdad:
by Atul Aneja
Isolating the aggressor
by John Cherian
The Ordinary Person's
Guide to Empire:
by Arundhati Roy
Interview: Prof. Richard Falk
Interview: Samir Amin
Built-in resistance
by Kesava Menon

Politics
Congress(I): Stirrings of a resurgence
Uneasy unity in NDA
Against POTA

The States
Terror unabated in Jammu and Kashmir
The Nadimarg outrage
APHC changes tack
A land controversy in Hyderabad
Joining forces against insurgents
The killing of Tamil extremists
Row over M.P. electoral rolls
Murder of Haren Pandya
Gujarat's anti-conversion Bill
Hurdles before Aakrosh

World Affairs
Japan's spy satellites
Conflict over water
Under the LTTE's shadow:
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Pakistan: Swayed by the Right
The military-clergy nexus
Chechens vote for peace
by Charu Singh

History

Historian S. Settar on Hoysala temples

Books
Savarkar re-examined
review by Pradip Kumar Datta

Review Article
Dalit struggle and a legend
by S. Viswanathan
Ferment in Muslim thinking:
by A.G. Noorani

Focus: Punjab
Interview: Amarinder Singh
A reforms drive
Transforming agriculture

Infrastructure
Gujarat as a 'port State'

Economic Perspectives
IMF's new defence
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Special Feature: Integral Coach Factory

ICF on a roll
Interview: M.V. Ramani,
General Manager, ICF
The evolution of the coach
In tune with technology

Education
A student struggle in Chennai

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: The image and the reality
Jayanti S. Ravi: Making a dent in the mindsets
K. Natwar Singh: Choosing a career
Jayati Ghosh: The leader that failed
Praful Bidwai: U.S.: Losing the political war
Harsh Mander: A people savaged and drowned
R.K. Raghavan: Murder most foul