Frontline Volume 16 - Issue 8, Apr. 9 - 23, 1999
India's National Magazine
from the publishers of The Hindu

Highlights



Cover Story





The promise of INSAT-2E
By R. Ramachandran
The men behind the mission
By T. S. Subramanian
ISRO and projects ahead
By R. Ramachandran
An enduring partnership
By R. Ramachandran
Support systems on the ground
By T. S. Subramanian

Politics


BJP-AIADMK: Terminal crisis
Gloomy at BJP National Executive
Jayalalitha in Delhi
A hardening stand

Controversy

Bhagwat issue: Fresh salvoes

Nuclear Safety

Heavy water leak in MAPS

Spotlight

CVC in limbo
A CBI dossier
Disquieting moves in the E.D.

The States

IUML in search of new pastures
Orissa: Fresh attacks on Christians
A Madhya Pradesh inquiry in the 1950s
Subash Ghising rides on
More strictures in Maharashtra
Protests over a transfer
A stand-off in Tamil Nadu
Administrative reforms in M.P.

World Affairs

Aung San Suu Kyi's sacrifice
NATO attack on Yugoslavia
NATO's long-term goals
Acting at will
Strategic changes in Wanni
Ecuador's path of tears

India and the U.S.

An elusive military relationship-II

Defence

IAF show at Pokhran

Literature

Burmese short story by Thein Pe Myint

Information Technology

Tamil in cyberspace

Events

Remembering EMS

Special Feature: Computer Education and Training

A flourishing industry
Taking the computer to school
New technologies on offer

Cuba

Dealing with the dollar
Interview with the Cuban Ambassador

Health

Dealing with dyslexia

Investigation

A mysterious aircraft

Social Tensions

Targeting Dalit students

Gender Issues

The woes of a workforce

History

Somanatha and Mahmud

Disaster

Shattered by an earthquake

Column

A.G. Noorani: Secularists in Pakistan
Praful Bidwai: NATO as a dangerous bully
Jayati Ghosh: How not to rule the world

Also

Books
The English Language
Letters
Update


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