Cover Story
Jayalalitha under legal siege
by Sukumar Muralidharan
T.S. Subramanian
V. Venkatesan
The TANSI cases
On shaky political ground
Some larger questions
by A.G. Noorani

Government
A Ministry reshuffle

Policy Issues
States against saffronisation

Defence
Restructuring drive

Tehelka Probe
Seeing the market angle

Ayodhya
A prime ministerial ploy

World Affairs
Pakistan: Back to posturing
An extremist victory in Fiji
Chandrika and survival stakes
West Asia: Another shot at peace
Birth pangs of the euro
Japan: A visit and after
Affluent, and unequal in the U.S.
by C.T. Kurien

Conservation

Angkor Wat - Monumental decay
by Darryl D'Monte

Interview
Of science and history: Romila Thapar speaks

Review Article
The modern Prime Minister
by A.G. Noorani

Science
The embryonic stem cell debate
Crucial support from Bangalore
At the forefront in India

Helplines
Sneha, a link with life

The Judiciary
Notice to Arundhati Roy
From the affidavit

The Railways
Rakesh Mohan Committee report
The price of safety

Seismicity
Himalayan danger
Some lessons from 1900
by Arun Bapat

Focus: North Coastal Andhra Pradesh
Investor's paradise
A mini refinery
Encouraging education
Reviving the forests

Obituary
G.K. Moopanar, 1931-2001
Dr. Christiaan Barnard,
1922-2001
Fred Hoyle, 1915-2001

Events
Racism meet in Durban
Zionism in focus
In the cause of Dalits

Tamil Nadu
A wrong undone

Security
Border barrier

Column
K. Natwar Singh: The Fijian saga
Praful Bidwai: The big stick is a boomerang
Jayati Ghosh: Capital concerns
R.K. Raghavan: The human rights debate

Books
Examining a troubled transition
review by Sukumar Muralidharan
Democratising history
review by Parvathi Menon
Chronicle of a strike
review by V. Sridhar
The AIDS challenge
review by Dilip D'Souza