Political Notebook: Three-party Merry-go-round by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Blanket Threat by Observer, Seductive but Disappointing by Manjulika Dubey, Reconstructing Mythology by Focus, South-South Conference and India by Economist, What if Smallpox Reappears? by Vimal Balsubhramanyan, Approach to No-War Pact by K. Subrahmanyam, Bundelkhand Need Not Be Backward by Kripa Shankar, Bridging North-South Technology Gap by C. Raghavan, Family Planning: MP Experience by P.R. Chari, Industry and Land Reform by Kamal Nayan Kabra, Kerala's Population: New Trends by K. Aravindakshan, Attacks on Human Rights by P. Soman, A Pakistan Profile: Socialist Saint of Sind by Syed Sibte Hasan
Mainstream; George Fernandes, Opposition Unity; Kerala; Congress; CPM; World Book Fair; Publishers; Mythology; Indian History and Culture Society; Indian Historians; Vietnam; New International Economic Order; Socialist Nations; Soviet Union; Communist; Smallpox; Edward Jenner; Tropical Medicine; WHO; Vaccination; Pakistan; Simla Pact; No-War Pact; Bundelkhand; Uttar Pradesh; Planning Commission; Technology Gap; UNCTAD; Third World; Colonialism; Family Planning; Madhya Pradesh; Female Literacy; Land Reform; Agricultural Labourers; Anti-Feudal; Kerala's Population; Census; Fertility Rates; Bihar; Harijans; Tara Ali Beg; Socialist; Sind; Deccan; Zamindars; Mughal; Agrarian Unrest; CPI;
Editor's Notebook: Not by Charisma Alone by N.C., BJP: Slip Still Shows by Observer, Watchdogs and Lap-Dogs by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, South-South Cooperation by Nitin Desai, World Energy Crisis and North-South Dialogue by Jagat S. Mehta, Bridging North-South Technology Gap-II by C. Raghavan, Reflections on Indo-Pak Talks by K. Subrahmanyam, Clouds over Bose Institute by Sukhamoy Bhattacharya, 'Have Brush, Will Protest' by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan, Our Forgotten Holy Book by E. Habibullah, Focus on British Raj by Amit Kumar Gupta
Mainstream; Congress; Odisha; Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra; BJP; Marxist; National Press; Press Information Bureau; Third World; UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Energy Crisis; North-South Dialogue; OPEC; Cancun; United States; New International Economic Order; South Asia, Pakistan; Bose Institute; West Bengal; Calcutta; Holy Book; Bible; British Raj; Colonial India; British Economy; World Energy Crisis; World Book Fair
Editor's Notebook: A Three-Dimension Picture by N.C., Growing Rural Disparities by Oberver, Guilty Men in Pune by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Railways: Need for New Approach by P.N.S. Bedi, Imperatives of Self-Reliance by Julius Nyerere, Child Care and Development Strategy by J.D. Sethi, Planning and Public Sector by M.M. Varughese, Helping Small Farmers Fight Drought by V.J. Patel, Bonded Labour: Some Questions by Rakesh Basant, Opposition Confusion by Narendra Sharma, Andhra Burlesque by Girish Mathur, Book Fair: Gloom and Hope by Prava Banerji, Caste and Class in Politics by N.V.V. Satyanarayana Reddy, Asiad: Can Delhi Cope? by M.M. Jain
Mainstream, New Delhi; Union Government; UN; Human Rights Commission; Rural Disparities; Tamil Nadu; Pune; Maharashtra; Ganesh Festival; Indian Politics; Railways; Rail Tariff; Rail Accident; Self-Reliance; Third World; Child Care, Development Strategy; UNICEF; Economists; Infant Mortality; Public Sector; Adam Smith; West Bengal; Bonded Labour; Opposition Parties; Janta Party; Lok Dal; Andhra Pradesh; IMF; Book Fair; Caster Politics; Class Politics; Peasants; Urban Delhi
Editor's Notebook: The Basic Issue by N.C., Wages of Mixed Economy by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Equal Pay - and Then? Shameful Episode by Observer, Cricket: Keep off Racists by Hari Sharan Chhabra, She Walks in Fear by Anjali Deshpande, Central Budget: Allocations and Priorities by S.K. Goyal, Health of the Economy by T.K. Roy and R.Gangadharan, India's Economic Diplomacy by S.Viswam, No-War Pact and All That by V.P. Dutt, India in 21st Century by Biman Sen, State, Science and Universities by Dipankar Gupta, Document: New Delhi Consultations: Chairman's Summing Up, Text of Indira Gandhi's Inaugural Address, Sikhs: Is There Discrimination? Satyapal Dang
Mainstream; Indira Gandhi; Emergency; Mixed Economy; Wages; Indian Bureaucracy; Haryana; Crimes Against Woman; Eveteasing; International Woman's Day; Racial Discrimination; Cricket; BCCI; Budget Allocation; Indian Economy; Economic Survey; New Delhi Consultations; No-War Pact; Industrial Revolution; Economic Planning; Indian Sciecne; Indian Medical System; Medieval India; Economic History; Inaugural Address; Sikhs; Punjab
Political Notebook: Abettors of the Delinquent by C.N. Chitta Ranjan; Our Old Man of the Sea by C.N.C., France's Fight for Nationalisation by Schofield Coryell, Disappointing All Round by P.N.S. Bedi, Budget and Price Situation by Girish Mishra, Routine but Cautious by B.B. Bhattacharya, Antarctica: Significance of Indian Expedition by Bimal Sen, Reagan Foreign Policy: Two Views of Soviet Problem by George Kennan, New Ideology in West by Edward Heath, Nuclear Weapons in West: Soviet View by Georgy Arbatov, Blind Spot in Medical Ethics by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan; Compliment or Insult? Nandita Haksar, A Case Study: Hired and Family Labour Among Women by M. Vanamala, 'When Inflation means Robbery' by Narendra Kumar, Josh and Firaq by S.M. Mehdi, Tourism: Neglected Asset by Patrick Jonas
Mainstream; Administrative Reforms; National Herald; Charan Singh; France; Nationalisation; Europe; Union Budget; Inflation; IMF; Drift Theory; Antartica Expedition; Foreign Policy; Soviet Union; Medical Ethics; Harvard; School of Tropical Medicine; Literary Revolution ;
