Cover Story

The autonomy demand
by Praveen Swami
From the 1953 Agreement
Editorial
From the 1975 Agreement
Interview: Farooq Abdullah
From the State Autonomy Committee Report
The question of security
by Praveen Swami
Concerns in Pakistan
by Amit Baruah

Politics
BJP in distress in U.P.

Cricket
CBI probe and scepticism
The South African inquiry

Democracy
The Emergency legacy

The States
SAD-BJP alliance in trouble
Bihar: The killing fields
Court order against hartals
Battles over an expressway
Charges of violation
Gorkhaland demand again
S.M. Krishna's liberalisation route
Limiting people's power
Panchayati raj experience in Tamil Nadu
Dalits and the state:
by Vasanthi Devi

Diplomacy
Moving closer to Israel
Policy shift on Western Sahara

World Affairs
Syrian succession
A close finish in Zimbabwe
Ethiopia-Eritrea accord
Bangladesh's political battles
The return of Elian

Essay
Musharraf under siege
by Aijaz Ahmad

People
Parsis' concerns

Art
The art of Devyani Krishna
by Suneet Chopra

Nuclear Issues
In the name of national security
Designing for safety

Obituary
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Ramvilas Sharma

The Narmada Valley
Dams and human rights
by Philippe Cullet

The Monsoon
Flaws in the forecast model
Dangers in sampling
Forecasts for farmers

Special Feature: Education in Chennai
A leader by tradition
Interview: K. Aludiapillai
Training for employment
A promising field
Promoting primary education

Sri Lanka
Politics and peace process
A rally in Tamil Nadu

Columns
Praful Bidwai: Tapping a rich vein of irrationality
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Engineering a low interest rate regime
Jayati Ghosh: Decoding human existence

Books
Human rights literacy
review by A.G. Noorani
Revolution without change
review by C.T. Kurien
Agrarian realities
review by Biswamoy Pati