Vol. 15 :: No. 05
Mar. 7 - 20, 1998

India's National Magazine
From the publishers of THE HINDU

Highlights Table of Contents


Cover Story

Behind the Coimbatore tragedy
The horror witnessed
Parallels with Mumbai, 1992-93
A time of troubles
A grim warning
A report from PUCL
Telling video evidence
Web of terror
Concern in Kerala

Uttar Pradesh

A Governor and a politician
Bhandari's third strike

Elections '98
Post-poll scenarios
A role for the President
Interview: V.P. Singh
Sonia Gandhi: An uneven appeal
Round-up from the States
Dwindling presence of women
candidates
Violence in northeastern States
Muscle power

World Affairs
Crisis in Indonesia
Battle with the IMF
Sierra Leone: Restoring democracy
Battle for Kilinochchi
Sri Lanka: Birth of a tragedy
Afghanistan's agony
Iraq: A conflict postponed
Dangerous hypocrisy of the U.S.

Art
Exhibition of radical art
Modernist beginnings

World Book Fair
An event in New Delhi

Obituary
Sanjivi Guhan: a public-spirited scholar

Excellence
A surgical success

Botanical Research
Work of the Fysons

Patent Issues
A claim on basmati

Petroleum Policy
The Panna-Mukta deal

Newsmaker
D.R. Karthikeyan, CBI Director

Awards
Bharat Ratna for C. Subramaniam

Exit Poll
DMK-TMC sweep in Tamil Nadu

Opinion Polls
Review of opinion polls

Columns
E.M.S. Namboodiripad:
A threat to democracy
A.G. Noorani:
The BJP's temple pledge

Also
World in Brief
South Asia Round-up
Books
Letters
The English Language
Update

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