Cover Story

A new momentum in India-Pakistan relations:
by John Cherian
The American game:
by B. Muralidhar Reddy
Of planes and plans:
by Sridhar Krishnaswami
Changing equations:
by R. Ramachandran
March of hope:
by Shujaat Bukhari, Ravi Sharma,
Sarabjit Pandher, Prachi Pinglay
The road by the Jhelum
Left leaders in Pakistan:
by T.K. Rajalakshmi
The cricket chemistry:
by S. Dinakar

Taxation
VAT and protest
Challenging VAT

Legislation
A tempered patents regime
The Glivec case
Pensions in peril

India & Sri Lanka
Interview: Sudharshan Seneviratne

Issues in Focus
Whither science research?
Programmes without progress
An agenda for science

Cooperatives
A movement in decline
A case for reform

Controversy
Modi and his visa:
by A.G. Noorani
Britain's diplomatic no

World Affairs
Israel's illegal outposts
Hounding Vanunu
Unrest in Balochistan
Iraq: The aftermath of `liberation'
Revolt in Kyrgyzstan
The Terri Schiavo case: by Vijay Prashad

Travel
In the original home of Zoroastrians

Analysis
Balance of power in South Asia:
by A.G. Noorani

Cinema
Zona Briski's Born into Brothels
The real Sonagachi

Awards
Jnanpith for a Tamil writer
Interview: D. Jayakanthan

Focus: BESCOM
Transmitting confidence
Interview: H.D. Revanna, Karnataka Minister of Public Works and Energy
Interview: Bharat Lal Meena,
BESCOM Managing Director

Environment
Towards green cities:
by B.S. Padmanabhan

Focus: South Eastern Railway
A successful run
A saga of performance
Interview: R.R. Bhandari, General Manager, SER

Economic Perspectives
Economic hit men:
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Media
Interview: Alexander Cockburn

Obituary

Pope John Paul II
(© New York Times Service)
O.V. Vijayan:by K. Satchidanandan

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Making Iraqi children pay
Bhaskar Ghose: A wide spread disease
Praful Bidwai: India's indigestible oil gulp
R.K. Raghavan: Securing the skies

Books
The politics of economics
review by C.T. Kurien
The Al Jazeera story
review by Isabel Hilton
(© New York Times Service)

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