Political Notebook: Offering Solace to Sikhs by S.V., Religion, Politics and Parties by C.N.C., Postscript by Abu, New Hopes on Sri Lanka by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Punjab: Lessons and Prospects by B.D. Singh, Eyewitness at Amritsar by Satyapal Dang, International Monetary System and Developing Countries by M. Narasimham, Need for Creches and Day-care by Gargi Chakravartty, Social Science inputs in Exam Reforms by A. Sreekumar, Western Sahara Struggle in Perspective by Sumit Chakravartty, US Perceptions of Soviet Military Power by Jasjit Singh, What Have We Done for India's Children? by Tara Ali Baig, Why Ails Punjab by D.R. Goyal
Sikhs; Religion; Sri Lanka; Punjab; Amritsar; Monetary System; Developing Countries; Gargi Chakravartty; Exam Reforms; Western Sahara; Soviet; US Perception; Punjab
Political Notebook: Assam: No More Drift by O.P. Sabherwal, Postscript by Abu, Punjab: Temple Doors Open by S.V., BJP's Poll Dilemma by Narendra Sharma, Pakistan has the Bomb? by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Group of 77- Genesis, Achievements, Challenges by Chakravarthi Raghavan, Jackson Mission to Rescue US Foreign Policy by A.W. Singham, Backwardness in Indian Society- Context and Indicators by Baren Ray, Seventh Plan- For Elected Oligarchies or for People? by P.C. Suri, Educational Policy in Context of Development by Kripa Shankar, El Salvador- What will Durate Do? by Girish Kumar, Black Money Menace in India by Sobhan Banerjee, Punjab Crisis: The Realities by Girish Mathur and S.V., JNU Professor on Punjab Lessons
Mainstream; Assam; Punjab; BJP; Pakistan; Genesis; Jackson Mission; Foreign Policy; Indian Society; Seventh Plan; El Salvador; Black Money; JNU
Editor's Notebook: Crisis Management by N.C., Sri Lanka: No Commitments by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Punjab- Police and Terrorists by Satyapal Dang, Crack-up after Crack-dowrn? Jyoti Jafa, Lesson from Golden Temple by Ranjan Gupta, South Africa's Liberation Struggle by E.S. Reddy, Seventh Plan for Whom? - II by P.C. Suri, Group of 77: Challenges Ahead-II by Chakravarthi Raghavan, Group of 77: Twenty Years, CMEA Summit Declaration, Pakistan's Arms Build -up
Crisis; Sri Lanka; Punjab; Golden Temple; South Africa; Seventh Plan; Soviet View; Pakistan
Editor's Notebook: Not so White by N.C., Postscript by Abu, Moscow Looks at West and East by Dev Murarka, Centre- State Relations in Finance and Planning by P.K. Gopalakrishnan, Right to Information by V.R. Krishna Iyer, Tough-going in Labour Market by B. Murali Dhar, Action on Poverty: Signals for Seventh Plan by Tarlok Singh, CMEA Summit Statement, Crisis of Identity among Mizos by B.K. Roy Burman, Soviet View of Star War by E.P. Velikhov
Punjab Agitation; Moscow; Finance; Labour Market; Seventh Plan; CMEA Summit; Mizos; USSR; Star War
Editor's Notebook: Search for Stability by N.C., Postscript by Abu, SARC: Road to Summit by Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Punjab: A View from Lahore by Ayaz Amir, New Zealand: Significance of Labour Victory by Ranjan Gupta, NDC- Seventh Plan Approach Document by Girish Mishra, Unemployment among the Educated by L.K. Jha, Unemployment and Planning by Surendra Kumar Sharma, Rapid Deployment Force by Amitav Acharya, Centre-State relations in Finance & Planning- II by P.K. Gopalkrishnan, Challenges on the Job Front by Gargi Chakravartty, European Parliament Election 1984 by Jeetendra K. Kapila, Self-reliance in Defence Production by M.S.N. Menon, Muslim Family Law- Some Misunderstood Aspects by Asghar Ali Engineer, Reagan Policy hits American Farmer by Observer, Tripura: Tension in the Melting-Pot by A Special Correspondent
Amritsar; Punjab; Golden Temple; New Zealand; NDC; Unemployment; Centre-State; European Parliament; Self-Reliance; Muslim Family Law; Ronald Reagan; Tripura
