Cover Story
Beyond Jharkhand:
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Interview: Somnath Chatterjee
Games without rules:
by Purnima S. Tripathi
Interview: Shibu Soren
A defective law:
by V. Venkatesan
Interview: F.S. Nariman
A democracy in disarray:
by Era Sezhiyan

India & the U.S.
Condoleezza Rice in India

Corruption
The P.B. Sawant report
Sanjay Nirupam's revolt

Telecom
A setback for Reliance

Finance Commission
Short-changing the States

Expose
Savarkar's mercy petition:
by A.G. Noorani

Communalism
Assault on minorities in Rajasthan

Urban Development
A tale of two Mumbais

Nuclear Power
A message from Tarapur
What is criticality?
Interview: S.K. Jain, Chairman
and Managing Director, NPCIL

Events
The U.N. meet on women
Two inspiring voices

World Affairs
Cracks in the Bush coalition
China talks tough
Friends with India
The end of Chechen rebel
Interview: V.I. Trubnikov,
Russian Ambassador to India
Lebanon's worries
A Kosovar before the Tribunal

Travel
Australia's great ocean road:
by Tejas Ewing

Review Article
Playing with war:
by A.G. Noorani

Special Feature: Asansol Durgapur Development Authority

Groundwork for growth
Interview:Bansa Gopal Chaudhury,
Chairman, ADDA
An educative drive
A steel plant's turnaround
Expanding customer base

Special Feature: Gujarat

State of resilience
A giant in engineering
A position of power
The port regulator
Environment and industry
Serving export units

Health Care
Celebrating NIMHANS' service
A case for subsidised care

Controversy

No entry for Modi
Friends and foes

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: Time for an elegy?
Praful Bidwai: Turning victory into defeat
R.K. Raghavan: The Kanishka outrage
Jayati Ghosh: Wolfowitz at the door

Books
History for people
review by C.T. Kurien
States of the nation
by M.S. Prabhakara

Also
The English Language
Letters