Cover Story

Fishermen at sea
by S. Viswanathan
For a bio-shield
An ongoing tragedy in Kanyakumari
by R. Krishnakumar
Living on the edge
by V. Sridhar
Interview: John Kurien, Fisheries economy expert
For a reliable warning system
by R. Ramachandran
The Indian proposal
The Pacific model
Coastal concerns
by Lyla Bavadam

Assembly Elections
Bihar: Friends as foes
Haryana's dilemma
Jharkhand: Advantage Opposition

The States
Evangelists vs Sangh Parivar
Against reason
Kashmir's winter of violence
Reviving the autonomy debate
Orissa's NGO factor

Litigation
BCCI: Not above board

Right to Information
A Bill and a half:
by Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar

World Affairs
Pakistan's nuclear nightmare
Iraq: Faking democracy
Palestine's choice
Emails from terror's edge
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005)
The peace deal in Sudan
CIS caught in a cold war:
by Charu Singh
Cuba's sporting prowess

Art
Mithila's pride
Changing with the times

Review Article
The diplomat's integrity:
by A.G. Noorani

Public Health
Birth control in disguise

Cinema
Honour for Mrinal Sen

ICHR
A scathing indictment

Special Feature: Coimbatore

A buoyant economy
Enterprise and industry
Textiles looking up
A foray into IT
Infrastructure advantage
Strides in education, medical care
A wave of sympathy

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: The other side of the fence
Praful Bidwai: Behind the Godhra fire
Jayati Ghosh: Waiting for the boom
R.K. Raghavan: An unseemly controversy

Books
The silence of snow
review by Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
The Holmes enigma: review by Alfred Hickling
(© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005)

Also
The English Language
Letters