Cover Story

Raising the stakes
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Another yatra
by Sunny Sebastian
Busy at Karsevakpuram
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Back to Ayodhya
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Interview: Acharya Giriraj Kishore
A talking point
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
The tragedy of Ayodhya
by Neera Chandhoke

Communalism

An assault on Christians

Sri Lanka
Terror and hope
A reassuring mission
A deceptive calm
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
The doublespeak in Tamil Nadu
Interview: R. Umanath
An irrelevant model
by V. Suryanarayan

The States
A victory in West Bengal
Umergaon's protest
Hungry in Anantapur
For talks on Kashmir
by Balraj Puri
Dalits' cry for justice
by V. Vasanthi Devi
The Bihar carnage

Essay
The century of democratic demand
by Aijaz Ahmad

Events
U.N. meet on women
by Mythily Sivaraman

World Affairs
The Korean summit
Clinton in Europe
Kosovo: A war and its aftermath
Fiji: Promise and scepticism

Democratic Decentralisation
Empowering women
Interview: T.M. Thomas Isaac
The dialectics of decentralisation
by John Harriss

Public Health
The iodisation debate

Focus: Food Corporation of India
Preserving food security
Regional strains

Nuclear Issues
A controversial decision
Undermining nuclear safety
by A. Gopalakrishnan

Special Feature: Computers
E-business is the key
by Anand Parthasarathy
The cyber-dhaba culture
'Netting' the hardware market
Catching them young
by A. Vishnu

Cricket
Warning signals
Cronje's confessions

Columns
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Who needsfree trade?
Jayati Ghosh: Cautionary tales from Europe
Praful Bidwai: Two varieties of populism

Books
An insider's account
review by A.G.Noorani
Who is smiling now?
review by Robert Anderson
The art of remembering
review by M. Mukundan
A romance with Bhutan
review by Susan Ram
From war to peace with China
review by V.R. Raghavan