Cover Story

Bowing to terrorism
By Praveen Swami
Editorial
Warning signals
By Amit Baruah
Of theology and terrorism
By Praveen Swami
Crime as business
By Praveen Swami
Crisis and mismanagement
By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Failure of diplomacy
By John Cherian
An eight-day ordeal
By V. Venkatesan
By T.S. Subramanian
Terror links
By Praveen Swami

Sri Lanka

A second chance for Kumaratunga
A country at a crossroads
An uncertain future
In the name of clemency

Election Commission
Interview: Dr. M.S. Gill

The States
The lost cause of Jharkhand
Mumbai: The politics of street wars
A communal agenda in Gujarat
Targeting Dalits in Tamil Nadu

World Affairs
Israel-Syria talks
Crises in Indonesia
Venezuela: Mandate for change
A new scheme for Iraq
Russia: The election message
Northern Ireland: For a new beginning
Returning to Rwanda
Lessons from Tokaimura

Livelihood Issues
The other side of Mumbai

Literature
A Malayalam short story

Reports
U.N. survey on children

Medicine
Interview: Dr. Arun Chockalingam

Nuclear Issues
Thwarted ambitions

Debate
The question of nuclear yield

Obituary
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Robert Bresson

Banking
A controversial report
Spirited resistance

Legislation
Battle over women's bill

Special Feature: Gujarat
On the growth track
Interview: Keshubhai Patel
Thrust on IT development
Coastal retreats
The Royal Orient experience

Columns
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Of banks and big business
Jayati Ghosh: On the meaning
of millennia

Books
A flawed tale
Portraits of a legend
The shifting sands of Russian politics