Cover Story

Woman as victim
At the receiving end
Interview: Malini Bhattacharya, member, National Commission for Women
Lacunae in law
Interview: Brinda Karat,
vice-president, AIDWA
Structures of insecurity
Interview: Shamita Das Dasgupta, Co-founder of Manavi

Sri Lanka
Colombo crackdown

World Affairs
Iran: Nuclear hoax
Message to Kim Jong-il
Sham summit at Annapolis
Putin power
Setback for Chavez
South Africa's tragedy

Art
Living rocks of Mamallapuram

Essay
Kabir & Sachar

Governance
Choosing a CAG

Litigation
Uphaar theatre fire: Tragic errors

Focus: Tsunami & Rehabilitation

Rebuilding lives

Defence
Now, interceptor missile

Development Issues
Towards millennium goals
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Politics
Gujarat: Falling back on Hindutva
It is not new
Hate speech and the law

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Too little, too late
R.K. Raghavan: Guns & rights
Praful Bidwai: The great decline

Books
Silence as virtue
review by Shelley Walia
Raw intelligence
review by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language
Letters

Update
Hi-tech oppression
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