Cover Story

A nation on the brink
by V.S. Sambandan
Editorial
The battle for Jaffna
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Interview: Lt. Gen. A.S. Kalkat
Of arms and assistance
by John Cherian
Some questions in Tamil Nadu
by Asha Krishnakumar
The hostile witness
by Asha Krishnakumar
Waiting for refugees
by S. Viswanathan
Passage to Mandapam

Litigation
Advani's trials

The States
Trouble in Ayodhya
Jammu and Kashmir: Strategic shift?
Tripura: A victory at gun-point
RSS forays into Punjab
Shiv Sena: Of politics and profit
Nuclear power station for West Bengal

India and China
Bolstering bilateral relations

World Affairs
Hostage drama in the Philippines
New Labour losses
Iran: Reform vs Revolution
Putin takes over
by Biswajit Choudhury
Sierra Leone's battles
South African flux
Australia's reconciliation pangs
by Prithi Nambiar
An ethnic 'coup' in Fiji

Calamity
Orissa: Food security in peril
PDS failure
'The situation is extraordinary'
Gujarat: Behind the drought

Interview
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan on drought management

India and Pakistan
What happened at Simla
by Pran Chopra

Disarmament Issues
NPT review: unfinished agenda

Welfare Projects
Restoring the lost childhood
by Shilpi Gupta

Development
Programmes in M.P.

Conservation Issues
For a natural balance
by Pankaj Sekhsaria, Ashish Kothari

Literary Research
Interview with David Shulman

Columns
Praful Bidwai: CNG, no magic wand
Jayati Ghosh: Sierra Leone's tragedy
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Deceptive revival

Politics
Rallying for the poor

Books
Of judges and babus
review by A.G. Noorani
A liberal indictment
review by K.N. Panikkar
Equity and environment
review by Sukumar Muralidharan
Characters in cardboard
review by Susan Ram
Short on logic
review by Hans Varghese Mathews