Cover Story

Child brides of India
by Asha Krishnakumar
by T.K. Rajalakshmi
Costly intervention in M.P.
Interview: Brinda Karat
Reluctant to act in Rajasthan
Krishnagiri's `distinction'
High social cost
Ambivalence in the law
by Siddharth Narrain

Politics
Advani's battles
NCP's ambitious project
Reliance: An empire split

Sri Lanka
A deal for cooperation
A political separation

The States
Left Front captures Kolkata
A naxalite corridor in Orissa
Uneasy calm in Bodoland
Reservation row in
Andhra Pradesh
Farmers' suicides in Maharashtra
Struggle for water in Rajasthan

India & Pakistan
A Minister and his links

Conservation
Reviving wildlife in Rajaji National Park:
by A.J.T. Johnsingh

Review Article
Our secrets in others' trunks:
by A.G. Noorani

Literature
Cervantes' dream
©New York Times Service

Health Care
For a law on blood banks
The court directive
Return of iodised salt

Science
Solar surprises:
by Bhola N. Dwivedi

Cricket
Interview:Greg Chappell

Cinema
The politics around Jo Bole So Nihaal by Aman Sethi

Bhopal Gas Tragedy
A clean-up not so clean
Interview:H. Rajan Sharma

Special Issues

The caste juggernaut
in Tamil Nadu
A tense past

Iran
A conservative victory
America's anxiety
©New York Times Service

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: News of the day
Praful Bidwai: India's global aspirations
Jayati Ghosh: The Shanghai difference
R.K. Raghavan: Securing electronic data

Books
From wood to jungle to forest
review by M.S. Prabhakara
A saga of struggles
review by Parvathi Menon
A slice of Shakespeare
© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005

Also
The English Language
Letters

Update
A blow for Common Entrance Exam
Coca-Cola's battle
Questionable rejection
IISCO-SAIL merger