ANALYSIS
India's Look East Policy
Perspectives from the political,
 economic and military lenses

Post-Cold War, India has an improved interest in South East Asia. It is competing against a formidable rival, China, on many fronts. ERIC KOO PENG KUAN analyses what factors make the Look East Policy important to India, the response of South East Asia towards India’s new economic engagement, and what advantages India can gain over China in competing for the attention of South East Asia in economic co-operation


REPORT
NRI donates $10 million
to build college in AP
Paila Malla Reddy had to contend with vested interests before his free college could take shape. For children of illiterate farm workers, college education is now a dream within reach, reports PRAKASH M SWAMY

EDITORIALS
Resurgent violence in Jammu and Kashmir
What does it mean to be a Hindu in India?
Indian Elections: Verdict 2004
Meritocracy in the private sector
War on the people
United protest in New York 
Appeal from an urban middle class devotee
Pillar of Hinduism
Nov 11 turned out like Sept 11
'Nobody is above the law of our country'
'SP has no regard for law or truth'

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HERITAGE
Perfect, stately and tall
If a temple were ever built to make a statement, this is it. USHA KRIS describes the grandeur of the Rajarajeswaram temple
 in Tamil Nadu

NEWS UPDATE
Congressional leaders oppose 
F-16 sale to Pakistan
Two prominent US Congressional leaders are running a campaign to drive home that a sale can squander opportunities to strengthen strategic US-India ties 

ONLY ON WHAT IS INDIA

South Indian Inscriptions 

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 8
Chola Inscriptions

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 12

Pallava Inscriptions

Volume 14

Pandya Inscriptions

Volume 16
Telugu Inscriptions
of the Vijayanagara Dynasty

Volume 17

Inscriptions Collected
 During 1903-1904

India warned of fiscal deficit 
States ignore Centre’s query 
India ‘mostly unfree’

Pantaloon, Indus League pact
Mumbai money capital for sure

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Syria ready to talk with Israel
Mubarakto seek 5th term 
Israel a Zionist enemy: Abbas 
Pinochet indictment upheld 
Wen reassures miner families