Cover Story
The long haul in J&K
by Praveen Swami
Unhappy alliance
Painful pilgrimage
Interview with Inam ul Haque
by A.G. Noorani
A delicate mission
by Sukumar Muralidharan
A change in perception
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
A massacre and a message
Interview with Abdul Ghani Lone
by Lawrence Lifschultz (Full text)

Defence
Arms deals in the making

Politics
POTA and some dilemmas

Gujarat
Early elections as political strategy
A question of timing and more

Foreign Policy
Interview: K. Natwar Singh

World Affairs
A U.S. agenda for Iraq
The axis of doubt:
by Glyn Ford
Search for anti-AIDS strategies
by Jaya Shreedhar
The move to oust Arafat
Sri Lanka: A truce on test
IRA's apology
Hugo Chavez' political evolution
by Walden Bello
North Korea's march, against odds
by Suneet Chopra

Afghanistan
U.S. striking at will
The massacre at Kakarak
by Marc W. Herold

Refugees
Asylum-seekers' woes in India

Review Article
Cripps and Partition-II
by A.G. Noorani

Deprivation
Starving in Jharkhand
by Bela Bhatia and Jean Dreze

Meteorology
For reliable forecasts

Relief Issues
Bhopal survivors' struggle
An award on pollution by tanneries

Projects
The riddle of the Sarasvati

World Economy
The U.S. stock market meltdown

The Monsoon
The missing rains

Financial Sector
Ordinance on NPAs

Election Laws
Wanted, overall reforms
by Era Sezhiyan
A Bill of contention

Excellence
Honour for Kapil Dev

The Presidency
A President and a promise
Vice-presidential stakes
K.R. Narayanan's tenure

Obituary
Vice-President Krishan Kant

Book Excerpts
On Rashtrapati Bhavan

Column
K. Natwar Singh: A study of John Adams
C.P. Chandrasekhar: A prognosis of gloom
Praful Bidwai: A fragile peace
R.K. Raghavan: Handling communal riots
Jayati Ghosh: Lessons from the insurance sector

Books
Nehru and linguistic States
review by A. G. Noorani
The new role of finance and banking
review by C. T. Kurien
The kaleidoscope of India
review by Amiya Kumar Bagchi