India's National Magazine
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Cover Story

Nobel Prize for a great economist
by V.K. Ramachandran
Covering Amartya Sen
by Asha Krishnakumar
Interview : Amartya Sen
Marking a change
Triumph of humanist reason
by Praful Bidwai
Universal acclaim
A brilliant lecturer: Prabhat Patnaik
Concern for society: K.N. Raj
A tribute to dedication: Ashok Mitra
Joyous in Santiniketan
by Kalyan Chaudhuri

Spotlight

CPI(M)'s 16th congress
Assessing growth and the prospects
Interview : Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Together in solidarity

The States
Reprieve for Kalyan Singh
Split verdict on defections
Pressure on J.B. Patnaik
Violence in southern Tamil Nadu
Interview : K. Krishnasamy
M.P: Chief Minister vs Governor
Interview: Digvijay Singh
Interview: Bhai Mahavir

Diplomacy
Dealing with the U.S.

Sino-Indian Relations
Vajpayee's China fiasco

World Affairs
Turkey-Syria standoff
Amnesty on human rights in the U.S.
Marching orders for Gen. Karamat
Crisis over Kosovo defused
Mixed signals from Bosnia
The Australian verdict
Brazil: Cardoso re-elected
In Taliban country
ISKCON: Owning up mistakes

Music
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer at 90
About Ravikiran
Tributes from the Master

Literature
Nobel for Jose Saramago

Nobel Prizes
On the nitric oxide trail
Focus on quantum theory

Comment
Clinton and a new witch-hunt

Obituary
Arthur Lall, pioneering diplomat
A teacher and a writer
Nagabhushanam Patnaik,
Maoist revolutionary

AIDS
Statistics and preventive strategies

Medicine
Heart transplants and some issues

Technology
A GMRT-Iridium agreement

Science and Ethics
Of animals and research

Art
Images from Scotland

Financial Markets
UTI: Coping with the markets

Special Feature: Software in South India
Software successes and Tamil Nadu
Karnataka, the front-runner
Andhra Pradesh: Making rapid strides
Kerala: Making a determined bid

Columns
C.P. Chandrasekhar : Behind fears
of recession
Jayati Ghosh : The coming crisis

Books
An absorbing narrative
From Galbraith

Also
World in Brief
Letters
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