Cover Story

Project Orissa
Communal card
Maoist hand?
Shock and pain
Uncertain future
Parivar's plans
Being a minority
Interview: Asghar Ali Engineer
Conversion debate
Hindutva's second laboratory

Politics
Shibu Soren's return
Change of guard in Puducherry
Maharashtra: Rane's resignation drama

World Affairs
Shanghai solidarity
South-East Asia: Tale of two democrats
American terror in Afghanistan
Remembering Mossadegh
Minor parties of the U.S.

Art
Blend of faiths

Essay
Why Jammu erupts

Social Issues
State of Muslim women

Special Feature:
Madhya Pradesh

Surging ahead
Road to development
Grain of truth
Developing social sector
Destinations galore

The States

Tamil Nadu: NREGS woes
West Bengal: Singur siege
Interview: Nirupam Sen

Nuclear Deal
The hidden side

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Signs of stagflation
R.K. Raghavan: Children at risk
Bhaskar Ghose The nature of India
Jayati Ghosh: Microeconomic myopia

Update
Uniting Cyprus
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Shadow of the West
review by Shelley Walia
Lost opportunity
review by A.G. Noorani

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