Editor's Notebook: 1971 and 1894 by N.C., Pipe-dreams in Shambles by C.N. Chitta Ranjan, Nakasone Visit and After by O.P. Sabherwal, Postscript by Abu, The White Man Prowls by Abu Abraham, Threats to Stability in West Asia by Romesh Bhandari, Planning for Poverty Removal by C.H. Hanumantha Rao, Dowry and Law by Gargi Chakravartty, Importance of Conference on Women's Studies by Vina Mazumdar, Misrepresentations and Omissions by Bina Agarwal, Kamala Bhasin, Gita Sen, Rural Poor and Seventh Plan by Kamta Prasad, Reagan in China: A Candid, Testament, Tasks for Professionals, Why China went to war in Vietnam by T. Karki Hussain, Nakasone Visit: Danger Signals by Ranjan Gupta, A Platform to fight Communal Menance by Narendra Sharma, Whither Jayaswal Institute? by A Correspondent
Rajiv Gandhi; C.N. Chitta Ranjan; O.P. Sabherwal; West Asia; Poverty; C.H. Hanumantha Rao; Dowry; Feudal; Women Studies; Seventh Plan; National Convention; Left Front; China; Vietnam; Ranjan Gupta; Communal
Political Notebook: Business as Before by S.V., Postscript by Abu, The Kidnapping Saga and After by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Sikkim's Ethnic Fervent by O.P. Sabharwal, Punjab: Mobilising 'Silent Majority' by Satyapal Dang, Lisbon Consensus- US and Central America by S. Viswam, Tasks on Agriculture Front by P.V. Narasimha Rao, Theory of Communal Riots: Subtler Aspects by Asghar Ali Engineer, South Asia and India by Raj Kumar Jha, Alcohol and Health: TNCs' Role by Chakravarthi Raghavan, Menon, Nehru and Foreign Policy by K.R. Narayanan, The Dream and the Reality by S.K. Dey, Why Controvery over Jobs Reservation? by V. Lakshmi Devi, The Master Moshai by Jay Raina, Nepal Politics: Two Studies by S.D. Muni
Editor's Notebook: Twenty Years After by N.C., Punjab Crucial Choice by O.P. Sabherwal, Time to Ban Shiv Sena by Nikhil Chakravartty, Moscow- Beijing-Washington by Dev Muraka, Decline of Politics by Krishna Kant, Member, National Executive, Janata Party, India: 20 Years after Nehru by Jaswant Singh, In Recollection of Nehru by S. Viswam, Nehru's Values Nation's Touchstone by A.K. Damodaran, Contribution and Continuation by Mohit Sen, Nehru Observed by H.Y. Sharada Prasad, Cinema, Video and Television by N.V.K. Murthy, Punjab Crisis: Why? Whither? by Pramod Kumar, Manmohan Sharma, Atul Sood, Ashwani Handa, Technology and Import-Export Policy by Baldev Singh, Women and Doordarshan, National Cohesiveness: Role of Media by K.S. Duggal
Jawaharlal Nehru; Special Issue; Twenty Years; Shiv Sena; Punjab; Moscow; Politics; Janata Party; Mohit Sen; Cinema; Import-Export; Doordarshan; Media
Editorial Notebook: Punjab: What Next? by N.C., Requiem for Janata by C.N. Chittaranjan, Postscript by Abu, Belligerent Voices from Colombo by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Congress-I: Facing Realities by Narendra Shamra, NIEO in Perspective by Jayshree Sen Gupta, Communal Terrorism in Maharashtra by Niloufer Bhagwat, Implications of Punjab's Industrial Backwardness by Nirmal S. Azad, Unemployment and Planning by N.K. Sarkar, Growth, Equity and Self-reliance by S.P. Gupta, Foreign Policy and 'Power' by Raj Kumar Jha, Direct Taxes: Some Issues by Anil Kumar Jain, Dowry Deaths and Suicide Theories by Vimal Balasubrahmanyan, NATO: Plan for Hegemony over Third World? P.K.S. Namboodiri, Intellectuals Call for Conscience Remembering Siva by Amita Malik, Relevance of Old Values by Amiya Rao
Political Notebook: Punjab: Dangerous Portents by S.V., Postscript by Abu, Links with Neighbours by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, LF- Governor Brawl in West Bengal by C.N.C., London Summit: Big Failure by Girish Mishra, USSR and the Persian Gulf by Fred Halliday, Political Economy of Social Decadence by Bhabatosh Dutta, International Peace and India's Security by K. Subrahmanyam, 'The People' is You and Me by C.B. Muthamma, Militarisation of Outer Space by Muchkund Dubey, Implications of Botha's Europe Tour by H.M.L. Beri, South Africa: A Challenge by A Special Correspondent, Sex bias in Text-books by Dolly Majumder, Women and Personal Law, Industry Research and Tax Exemption by Satish Jha
Punjab; Abu; External Affairs Ministry; West Bengal; London Summit; USSR; Persian Gulf; Political Economy; Peace; India's Security; C.B. Muthamma; Militarisation; Europe; P.W. Botha; South Africa; Dolly Majumder; Personal Law; Tax Exemption
