Cover Story

Deals and doubts
by John Cherian
Behind the bargain
by R. Ramachandran
Waiting, with caution
by T.S. Subramanian
A document of deviation
Giving more and taking less?
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Politics
A reprieve for Advani
Battles in Bihar

Spotlight
A smart operation in
transport sector
A digital Pandora's box
The security factor
The curious footnote

Power Sector
Reviving Dabhol

World Affairs
The London bombers' trail
The Pakistan connection
Retribution in kind
by Walden Bello
Iraq: Escalating bloodshed
A mechanism restrained in
Sri Lanka
Japan: A big stride in privatisation
Distributing the balance in
East Asia
Weakening welfare
by Vijay Prasad
A Bolivarian alternative

Travel

Lost cities of the Roman empire:
by Sudha Mahalingam

Review Article
The promise of reason:
by John M. Alexander

Analysis
Jinnah in India's history - I
by A.G. Noorani

Legislation
Seeds of despair
A law for the domestic domain
Probing judges

Telcom
Reform in reverse:
by E. Siddarth Rao
A fund for fixed lines

Opinion
Plachimada's right:
by V.R. Krishna Iyer

Social Sciences
Stifled by saffron agenda

Controversy

A claim to the Taj
The order and the law
The Imperial waqf
Interview: Irfan Habib
Distorting history

Industry
Storm in tea gardens

Essay
Resistance, in a time of terror
by Aijaz Ahmad

Column
Praful Bidwai: Sanctifying atomic apartheid
Jayati Ghosh: Sacrifice for a strategic tie?
R.K. Raghavan: Challenges before London police
Bhaskar Ghose: Violence and the human spirit

Books
From crisis to crisis
review by Praveen Swami
The Magic of love
review by Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta

Also
The English Language
Letters