Editor's Notebook: Beyond Sri Lanka Crisis by N.C., Bihar: Who Win's? by C.N.C., TU's Wrong Calculations by Narendra Sharma, Women and TV by Anjali Deshpande, Misuse of Togliatti by Chandrasekher Dutt, The Nirankaris by K.S. Duggal, Postscript by Abu, The Heart of the Matter by Abraham, Interpreting Islamic Laws, Reagan's War Game by Baren Ray, How White is the White Revolution? by B.K. Mukhopadhyay, Developing Theory of Communal Riots by Asghar Ali Engineer, Union-State Relations- II by V.K.R.V. Rao, Rural Poverty and Voluntary Action by S.D. Thapar, Thatcher and Belgrano by Arthur Gavshon, Dowry: Root Causes by Pradeep Kumar, Many Dimensions of Evil by Anjali Deshpande
Srilanka Crisis; Bihar; Trade Unions; Anjali Deshpande; CPI; Nirankari; Chandra Shekhar; Ronald Reagan; White Revolution; Communal Riots; Union-State Relations; Rural Poverty; Arthur Gavshon; Dowry; Anjali Deshpande
Political Notebook: Moraji: Why Not a Probe? by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Mid-term Appraisal of Sixth Plan by Girish Mishra, Srilanka CP Indictment, Repression in Pakistan, Women and Administration in Islam by Asghar Ali Engineer, "Stakes in Assam" by Promode Gogoi, Economic Outlook in Haryana by Surinder Kumar, Institutional Pathology in University System: Some Issues in Administrative Culture by John Pulparampil, Development of Electronics, Palm Oil and Palmolein by D.P. Sen, Scientific Temper vs Religion by H. Narasimhaiah
Foreign Policy Challenges by N.C., Postscript by Abu, Pakistan: The Count-Down by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, US in Arab-Israel Conflict: From Politics to Strategy by Gulshan Dhanani, Marx, Marxists and Intellectuals : Correspondence Between K.N. Raj and E.M.S Namboodiripad, 'Mortgaged' Child Labour of Vellore by Prayag Mehta, Obstacles to Tribal Development by S.Narayan and Binor Kumar, Hypocrisy Over Obscenity by Anjali Deshpande, A Promising Venture by Gati, Namedia by Raghunath Raina, NTR Mahatmyam, Tax Cases: Some Questions by Arun A. Mehta, Yugoslavia under Pressure by Onlooker
Editor's Notebook: Front and Alliance by N.C., Cold War Tragedy by Analyst, Sri Lanka: Signs of a Thaw? by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Postscript by Abu, Directors Must Live Too! by Abu Abraham, Mauritius Opts for Stability by Hari Sharan Chhabra, Communists and Communalism in Kerala by M.N. Govindan Nair, Call of the Mountain by Indira Gandhı, The Third Tragedy of Iranian Communism by Fred Halliday, US in Arab-Israel Conflict-II by Gulshan Dhanani, Martyrdom: Grief and Pride by Akhilesh Mithal, Industrial Licensing Policy by B.K. Mukhopadhyay, Secular Perceptions in Holy Granth by K.S. Duggal, Crazy Censors by Anjali Deshpande, Dowry: A Rejoinder by Pradeep Kumar, Whither Trade Unions? by Narendra Sharma
National Alliance; Cold War; Srilanka; Sinhalese; Abu Abraham; Mauritius; Communalism; Kerala; Indira Gandhi; Iran; Communism; West Asia; US Policy; B.K. Mukhopadhyay; K.S. Duggal; Secular; Censor; Malayalam Film; Dowry; Trade Unions
Editor's Notebook: At Twenty-One by N.C., Birthday Greeting for Mainstream: Personality of Its Own by Prem Bhatia, Coming of Age by M.V. Kamath, No Mean Achievement by V.N. Gadgil, Dignity and Dedication by Chandra Shekhar, A Minor Miracle by Inder Malhotra, Abu's Thoughts on Zia, India and a New World Order: Contributions of Gandhi and Nehru by G. Parthasarthi and A.K. Damodaran, India's Intellectual Influence on West by P.V. Narasimha Rao, Punjab's Cultural Unity by Krishan Kant, Task Before the Nonaligned by Dinesh Singh, India and the Commonwealth by K. Natwar Singh, From the Diplomatic Bag by S.Viswam, Foreign Economic Policy of India by C.P. Bhambhri, Public Funds in Private Sector by Dr. S.K. Goyal, The Intellectual and the Revivalist Veil by O. Chinnappa Reddy, Public Interest Litigation in Tenancy Issues by Vasudha Dhagamwar, Area Studies in Regional Cooperation by M.V. Desai, Doordarshan and its News by G.N.S. Raghavan, One Cheer for Motherhood by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan, Assam: Time for Decisive Moves by A Correspondent, IAS and Politicians by Satyapal Dang, New Vistas of Child Welfare by Tara Ali Baig, Changing View of Inter-dependence by Jayshree Sengupta, NIEO: A Strategy for the Nonaligned by Sulekh C. Gupta, Responsibility of Indian Press by Som Benegal, Where India Should Head? by Mohit Sen, Political Economy of Energy by M. Zuberi, What Price Human Life? by Nandita Haksar, Communication: Hiren on Halliday
Mainstream; Annual Issue; Birthday Greetings; Prem Bhatia; M.V. Kamath; New World Order; G. Parthasarathi; Intellectual Influence; West; Punjab; Cultural Unity; Nonaligned; India; Commonwealth; Diplomatic; Foreign Economic Policy; Policy-Making; Funds; Private Sector; Revivalist; Public Interest Litigation; Tenancy; Regional Cooperation; UNESCO; Doordarshan; National Broadcast Council; Assam; AASU; Mathrubhumi; Satyapal Dang; Child Welfare; Inter-dependence; NIEO; Indian Press; India: Nature of Society and Present Crisis; Political Economy; Kisan Movement; Hiren Mukerjee; Punjab; Commonwealth
