Cover Story

Kashmir after the Agra Summit
by Praveen Swami
To pick up the threads
by Sukumar Muralidharan
Pakistani perceptions
by John Cherian
The POK puppet-show
by Sadaqat Jan
Pretence and posturing
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Disturbing outbursts
U.S. perceptions
by Sridhar Krishnaswami
Time to converge
by Praful Bidwai
Kargil realities
by Praveen Swami

India and the U.S.
Two high-level visits

Ayodhya
The Liberhan Papers-II:
Shiv Sena's games
Voices from the Far Right

World Affairs
Nepal's new challenges
Going back to 'Star Wars'
Terror at Katunayake
G-8 Summit and a battle in Genoa
COP-6: An agreement in Bonn
Towards elections in Bangladesh
Turkish inequities
A China-Russia accord
Strengthening stability
CPC sets new sights
Pakistan's 'jehad factories'
by Massoud Ansari
Profile of a madrassa
Indonesia: A daughter rises in the east

Hindutva
Sahmat's victory

Education
A Kerala experience
by Anita Rampal

Food Security
For a world free of hunger
Negotiating for food security
by Suman Sahai

Reports
HDR-2001: Technology for development
by C.T. Kurien

Financial Services
US-64: Crisis and belated response

Nuclear Issues
Yet another nuclear danger
by Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman and
M.V. Ramana

Spotlight
The limits to central authority
by Era Sezhiyan

Sri Lanka
A minority's search for identity
by V. Suryanarayan

Theatre
A Tamil play with a message

Controversy
The sacking of M.L. Sondhi
Ethics and a drug trial in Kerala
A response from Johns Hopkins

Obituary
Sivaji Ganesan, a doyen among actors
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Tamil cinema's lodestar
Katharine Graham, a publishing legend

Crime

The end of Phoolan Devi
Of power and vulnerability

Medicine
Angioplasty advances

Litigation
The Bhondsi project

Places
Ethiopia: Into an antique land

Column
R.K. Raghavan: The cyber crime challenge
Jayati Ghosh: The addictions of drug companies

Books
Travails of transition
review by C.T. Kurien
Book business at a crossroads
review by Govind Talwalkar
Of studies on women
review by Parvathi Menon