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Challenges ahead
A demanding task
Man for the moment
CMP: A step forward
War and peace
Health care in a critical condition
To undo the damage in education
Neo-liberalism spurned in Andhra Pradesh
Suicides again
Interview: Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
A backlash in Kerala
Farmers' power in Gujarat
Shock and somersault in Tamil Nadu
The rural anger in Karnataka
A coalition of rivals
Interview: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
The verdict and the way ahead:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar
BJP is down, but not out:
by K.N. Panikkar
Lessons from history:
by A.G. Noorani
New challenges for foreign policy
To rebuild S&T infrastructure

Psephology
Why pollsters got it wrong

Urban Development
New plan for Dharavi

Issues in Focus
Defending the whistle-blower

Education
Astrology on a pedestal

World Affairs
Russia-E.U. detente
Bangladesh: a controversial amendment
Mindless in Gaza
Targeting children
U.S. moves in East Asia
by P.S. Suryanarayana
The return of Roh Moo-hyun
The American gulag:
by Vijay Prashad

Spotlight

Despair and democracy in Manipur

Books
The heroes of Dien Bien Phu
Disclosure and candour
by A.G. Noorani
Penicillin miracle

Reports
Freedom at the workplace
by Sukumar Muralidharan

Art
The restoration of Michelangelo's David

Astronomy
Tracking Venus:
by S. Chatterjee

Medicine
Dr. A. Vishnu Moorthy on kidney disease

Obituary
E.K. Nayanar
Bread and kozhi curry

Biotechnology
New claims on Bt cotton

Archaeology
Interview: Dr. S.U. Deraniyagala

Economic Reforms
Whose reforms are these anyway?:
by Chittaroopa Palit

Essay

Empire's nightmare in Iraq:
by Aijaz Ahmad

Events
A canine victory

Column
The oil factor:
by Jayati Ghosh
Catching the cyber criminal:
by R.K. Raghavan
Welcome UPA, without illusions:
by Praful Bidwai

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