Cover Story

Vajpayee, the man behind the image:
by A.G. Noorani
Blame game at BJP meet
Alone at the top
A second wind for Modi

Terrorism
The shooting in Ahmedabad
Massacre in Marrah

Education

Admission impasse
Tug of war in Karnataka
Ordinance fiasco in Kerala
Judicial benchmarks
Wrangle over fees in Maharashtra
Call to correct NCERT textbooks

River Waters
Cauvery: Distress and politics

Disaster
The Konkan rail tragedy

Defence
A new doctrine for the Navy:
by Rahul Bedi

National Security
Stalled reforms

India and Pakistan
Building confidence

World Affairs
Endgame in Iraq
East Asia's dilemma
Interview: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
A Constitution for Europe
Voters hit back
A referendum in Venezuela
U.S. elections and Indian Americans:
by Vijay Prashad

Conservation
Across the Periyar Tiger Reserve:
by A.J.T. Johnsingh

Literature
The struggle of Miral-al-Tahawy

Tribute
K. Subrahmanyam's art

AIDS
Promising microbicides
Women and the high risk

Development
The great Indian divide:
by Prabhat Datta

Space

Saturn rendezvous
Rings of mystery

Nuclear Power
Interview: Dr. Srikumar Banerjee,
Director, BARC

Art
Nature as a catalyst:
by K.S. Srinivasa Murthy

Water Resources
A novel conservation project

Obituary
William Hinton:
by Utsa Patnaik

Events
A meet on the right to food and work:
by Jean Dreze

Heritage
An imperfect system in Mumbai

Column
Bhaskar Ghose Living with the arts
Jayati Ghosh Rural employment as policy priority
R.K. Raghavan Sexual abuse of children
Praful Bidwai Sharon's insane plan

Books
Foreign policy dilemmas
review by R.K. Raghavan
Women and German facism
review by Biswamoy Pati
How America sees itself

Also
The English Language
Letters