Cover Story

Public Power in the Age of Empire:
by Arundhati Roy

Diplomacy
A meeting with Musharraf
A successful tour

Government
The Planning Commission row

Politics
Battles within the BJP

Assembly Elections
Tremors in the Shiv Sena
Interview: Uddhav Thackeray
Uneasy alliance
Trends in Arunachal Pradesh

The States
Secular divide in U.P.
Confronting naxalism
Time for talks
Towards an entente in Orissa
The trauma of Gudiya
Targeting missionaries

Banking
The merger mantra

Agriculture
Tamil Nadu: The land question
The ground realities
Elusive little acres

Sri Lanka
The future of Tamil nationalism, a survey
Dharmalingam Sithadthan, PLOTE
Douglas Devananda, EPDP
Shankar Rajee, EROS
Selvam Adaikkalanathan, TELO
Thirunavukkarasu Sritharan, EPRLF (Varathar)
Suresh Premachandran, EPRLF (Suresh)

World Affairs
Turkey's amendments
Exit, Sukarnoputri
Nuclear politics and Iran
Russia: Rollback of democracy?

Art
The legacy of Ajanta:
by Benoy K. Behl

Review Article
The BJP's psyche and the bomb
by A.G. Noorani

Space
Satellite for education
Future missions
Tracking a comet:
by Amalendu Bandyopadhyay
Past encounters

Cinema
The success of Shwaas

Biotechnology
Lessons from Canada:
by Philippe Cullet

Population Policy
New paradigm, old strategy

Health Care
The diagnostic dilemma
The accreditation process

Special Feature: Karnataka

A promising start
Focus on farmers' welfare
PDS priorities
Interview:
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh
Interview:
Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
Emphasis on education

Institutions
Rethinking S&T administration

Obituary
Raja Ramana
Mulk Raj Anand
by K. Satchidanandan

Events
The Taj festival

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Paying for employment guarantee
R.K. Raghavan: New vision for policing?
Praful Bidwai: UPA's identity dilemma
Bhaskar Ghose: The need for TV censorship

Books
Wild and beautiful
review by S.Theodore Baskaran
Blair and the American presidency
review by Ian Gilmour
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004)

Also
The English Language
Letters
Response: Tribal people and the law