Editor's Notebook: Assam Night Must End by N.C., M.C. by A. Raghavan, The Wise Move by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, A New Arms Race in Outer Space?by R.R. Subramanian, On the Defence Front by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, DTC Strike: Whose Loss? Whose Gain? by Purabi Banerjee, Mahalanobis and Indian Planning by Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Regional Cooperation in South Asia by K.R. Singh, Reagan Administration and Middle East by Fred Halliday, A Personal Testament by N.C., Voting Patterns and Political Opinion by Usha Bambawale, and A. Ramanamma, Shi'a- Sunni Interactions in Gulf by Asghar Ali Engineer, Planning-1990s: Strategies and Progress by S.P. Gupta, Cure Thyself by D. Guha Roy, Removing Rural Poverty by Navid Chandra Joshi
Assam; Arms Race; Outer Space; Defence; DTC Strike; Indian Planning; Regional Cooperation; South Asia; Middle East; Voting; Political Opinion; Shi'a–Sunni Interactions; Gulf; Planning 1990s; Rural Poverty; Reagan Administration; Mahalanobis
Editor's Notebook: Akali Brinkmanship by N.C., Bourbons of FICCI by Economist, The Karma Yogi by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Assam: A Case for Intellectuals' Intervention by B.K. Roy Burman, Confusion in Bangladesh by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Reforms in China by Observer, And Now a Christian Fundamentalism? by Girish Mathur, Greece: Dark Portents by Dev Murarka, Indian Women: Today and Tomorrow by Devaki Jain, Making the Judiciary Relevant by V.R. Krishna Iyer, World Economic Situation: NAM Diagnosis, Gandhi's Relevance in Today's India by Vera Gathy, Effect of Gita on Life in India by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, Rubens' Critique, Tiny Chips and Employment, Behind Misuse of Amniocentesis by Amita Deepak and Satish Jha, Agribuisness in Africa by Development Forum
Akali; Bourbons; Yogi; Assam; Bangladesh; China; Fundamentalism; Greece; Indian Women; Judiciary; Economic; Mahatma Gandhi; Gita; Employement; Africa
Political Notebook: Governor in Changing Scenario by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Public Sector's Renewed Role by N.C., The Call from Buenos Aires by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Homage to Dr Gyanchand: A Student Remembers by Indradeep Sinha, Post-Rape Ordeal of a Victim by Anjali Despande, Poll Reform: Not by Law Alone by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Towards 'Health for All' by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan
Editor's Notebook by N.C., Danger in Kashmir by N.C., Whither BJP? by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, A Dear Friend Gone by Dinesh Singh, The New Twenty Point Programme by Economist, Reagan Shadow over Central America by H.M.L. Beri, Tomorrow is Already Here by Som Benegal, Follow-up on Summit by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Death of US Peace Plan by Dilip Hiro, Railway Performance: How Good? by P.N.S. Bedi, Obstacles to Poverty Removal by Kripa Shankar, Urban Development: Political Implications by Harish K. Puri, Hasrat Mohani: A Radical to the Last by D.G. A Khan, Battle on Cultural Front by N.V.K. Murthy, Job Reservations by Anjali Deshpande, Search for Equality by Padmini R. Narayanan, Attenborough and Apartheid, Profit vs Infant Health by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan, Support for Frontline States by Vijay Gupta, Akali Politics
Mainstream; Kashmir; BJP; Twenty-Point Programme; Central Americal; Ronald Reagan; Industrial Revolution; United Nations; Peace Plan; US; Raliway; Poverty; Urban Development; Hasrat Mohani; Cinema; Reservations; Caste; Equality; Apartheid; Infant Health
Editor's Notebook: A Forbidding Scenario by N.C., Stalemate over Kampuchea by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Export-Import Policy by Economist, Brandt to NAM by Jayshree Sengupta, Madras Water Famine: Apathy Plus Petty Politics by Shastri Ramachandran, Islam and Socialist Countries by Asghar Ali Engineer, Brain, Drain, Neocolonialism and LDCs by B.N. Ghosh, Mexico: Road to Nowhere? by Girish Kumar, A Pakistani Viewpoint: 'Gandhi': Tribute, not History by Ghazi Salahuddin, U.S. Aid to Pakistan by Selig S. Harrison, The Afghan Reality by Sumit Chakravartty
