16Another Poll TangentWith every caste grouppitching for a stake in theGujarat elections, a look athow the ‘tribal’ question willunfold in the days to come22Burying the StonesThe state government’s decisionto withdraw casesagainst Kashmiri youth,many of them still teenagers,may prove fruitful in gettingover the anger in the Valley46Fatally FumblingThe havoc wreaked byCyclone Ockhi exposesKerala’s pathetic state ofdisaster management52The Isolated UnrestThe Kashmiris’ response tothe Babri Masjid demolitiontells what drives their unrest