Cover Story

Vanishing jobs
Losing ground
High and dry
Ground reality
In reverse gear
No jobs left
Mental meltdown
Grim in Kerala
Interview: M.K. Pandhe, President, CITU
European winter
American nightmare

Sri Lanka
India's offer
Rajapaksa's electoral gains

Organ Trade
Thriving kidney market in Chennai

Science & Technology
Funding agency for research

World Affairs
Venezuela: Socialist triumph
Zimbabwe: Chance for unity
Iran: 30th anniversary of the revolution
Israel: Right on top

Wildlife
Close encounters in the Western Ghats

Reports
ILO's wake-up call

Livelihood Issues
Rights and forests

Awards
On Romulus Whitaker & Moji Riba

Cinema
"Dev D": A twist in the tale

Spotlight: Haryana
Education drive

Interim Budget
Crisis, what crisis?
Editorial: An exercise in sophistry

Controversy
AIIMS: Ailing institution
Interview: Dr. Ramakanta Panda, cardiac surgeon

Obituary

V.G. Kiernan

Column
R.K. Raghavan: Taliban threat
Praful Bidwai: India must decide
Bhaskar Ghose: Lack of action

Books
Feudal milieu
review by Raza Naeem
A little dying world
Interview: Daniyal Mueenuddin, the author of "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders"
by Raza Naeem
Cerebral soldier
review by A.G. Noorani
Profile of a rebel
review by Shelley Walia
Bengal's sorrow
review by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language