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Strategic games
By Sukumar Muralidharan
Capitulation all the way
By Sukumar Muralidharan
Interview: Prakash Karat
Interview: I.K. Gujral
Interview: K. Natwar Singh
Interview: N.N. Jha
To counter a covert aggressor
By B. Raman
Pressures on Pakistan
By Amit Baruah
Renewed hostilities
By Praveen Swami
An offensive strategy
By Praveen Swami

Religion and Politics
The clergy vs the SGPC

Politics
Janata Parivar's predicament

The States
New line-ups for Assembly elections
An uneasy alliance in Haryana
In a quandary over clemency
The Uma Bharati furore
An experiment in Madhya Pradesh
The creamy layer controversy
Srikrishna report resurrected
A significant tie-up in Tamil Nadu

World Affairs
A crackdown in Thailand
Going for the Golan
Sri Lanka: For a politics of consensus
Against the Confederate flag
Turkish turnaround
Peace initiatives in Algeria
A socialist victory in Chile

Essay by Arundhati Roy

The cost of living

Review
Gandhi on CD-ROM

Science
Black holes on the loose

Special Feature: Armour for Defence
The driving force
From Vijayanta to Ajeya
A variety of ordnance
Engines with accuracy

Terrorism
The LTTE and suicide terrorism

Power Sector
Ramifications of a strike
Who will absorb the shock?

Obituary
M.A. Chidambaram, 1918-2000
T.N. Kaul, 1918-2000
P. Lankesh, 1935-2000

Trade Issues
Seattle and beyond

Telecom
The TRAI trail

Cinema
IFFI in Delhi
Interview: Fernando Solanas

Column
Praful Bidwai: Limits of the
information 'revolution'
Jayati Ghosh: Reform, resistance
and repression in Ecuador

Books
The story of merchant capitalists
Broadcasting and citizens' rights

Also
The English Language
Letters
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