Cover Story
Round one to Congress:
by Sukumar Muralidharan
A revival of sorts
by Purnima S. Tripathi
The Himalayan debacle
by V. Venkatesan
Post-poll survey by CSDS
by Yogendra Yadav
Sanjay Kumar
Ramesh K. Chauhan
A negative vote
by T. K. Rajalakshmi
Left Front's hat-trick in Tripura
by Kalyan Chaudhuri

Iraq
The Countdown Begins
by Aijaz Ahmad
The Kurdish dilemma

Budget 2003
A deflationary Budget:
by Prabhat Patnaik
Editorial
Straitjacketed by reform:
by C. P. Chandrasekhar
On a populist track

Controversy
Sarvakar and Gandhi:
by A. G. Noorani

The States
The Godhra fire mystery
Blocking of justice
A quiet anniversary
Petition against "hate" speeches
The Muthanga misadventure
Arundhati Roy's letter to A.K. Antony
Eyewitness accounts
Jammu & Kashmir: Promises to keep
Karnataka:Encroaching forests
Questionable land transfers
Encroachers' methods

World Affairs
The arrest of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad
An electoral upset in Cyprus
A year of peace in Sri Lanka
The story of the Jaffna Public Library
The NAM Summit
The sideshow on Kashmir

Books

Romila Thapar's Early India
review by Kesavan Veluthat

Review Article
The BJP and the VHP
by A.G. Noorani

Medicine
Understanding dementia
Interview: Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings

Cooperatives
Dairy war
Interview: Dr. Verghese Kurien

Education
Tamil Nadu: The seats market
Interview: Dr. M. Anandakrishnan
'A collaborative action'
Kerala: A policy gone awry

Special Feature: Gujarat

Favoured investment destination
Initiatives in e-governance
Building infrastructure
The brown gold of Kutch
An oil giant in the making
Diversified growth

Cricket
An out-of-the-box World Cup
by Kanta Murali
Sachin on song

Ayodhya
The excavation order

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: On India's administrative system
Jayanti S. Ravi: Crossing the caste divide
Harsh Mander: Inventing borders in Gujarat
K. Natwar Singh: Abdicating a responsibility
Praful Bidwai: Consensus of the coerced
Jayati Ghosh: The stark employment scene
R.K. Raghavan: Nuclear terrorism