Cover Story

Retail invasion
View from the Left
Jalandhar: Curious practices
Kolkata: Unique coexistence
Mumbai: Gender factor
On the streets
Bangalore: Food for thought
Chennai: Chain reaction
Regulating space

Defence
BrahMos for the Army

Literature
Knight in need of a armour
Rushdie's children

Perspective
Kerala: The LDF's one year in power

World Affairs
Palestine: Hamas prevails
Diego Garcia: Return of the native
Nepal: Democratic worries
The Philippines: Rot in the system
Chongqing, China's middle city
Corporate power in US elections

Travel
Deadbeat Detroit

Special Feature: Madhya Pradesh

Road to success
Prime concerns

Presidential Poll

Clear choice
Rough ride

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Banking on home builders
Bhaskar Ghose: 'Their' problems, 'our' solutions
R.K. Raghavan: Combating terrorism
Praful Bidwai: From myopia to disaster
Jayati Ghosh: Uses of urban land

Books
Military 'invasion'
review by Praveen Swami
Global finance first
review by C.T. Kurien
Nehru's notes
review by A.G. Noorani
Confessions of the real Yashwant
Yashwant Sinha on he BJP

Also
The English Language
Letters
Response

Update
IAEA experts in North Korea