Cover Story

Naxal Terror
Down but not out
Interview:Varavara Rao, member, Revolutionary Writers' Association
Strategy gone awry
New battle zones
A flawed concept
Interview:D.Bandopadhyay, Chairman, Expert Group on Development Issues

Terrorism
Target Hyderabad
Roots in history

Legislation
Questions over judicial council

Sri Lanka
Human rights in peril
Nation's conscience keeper
Muffled media

World Affairs
Venezuela:Reaching out
Thailand:Civilian cover
Afghanistan:Deadly harvest
War games in the Urals
WSF at a crossroads

Art
Harmony set in stone

Special Feature: Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams

Benign benefactor
A social commitment
'Fully motivated'
Plugging into the sun
Development surge
IT-enabled darshan

Conservation
Hunt for profit

Social Tension
Haryana:Dalit rally

Campaigns
Resisting joint naval exercises

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Unravelling India's growth transition
Bhaskar Ghose: What is the national interest?
R.K. Raghavan: Tackling terror
Praful Bidwai: Sanctifying mass destruction
Jayati Ghosh: Access to farming knowledge

Books
Reinvening Hindutva
review by M.S. Prabhakara
Shocking disclosures
review by A.G. Noorani
From war to Cold War

Also
The English Language
Letters

Update
Honouring Sainath