Cover Story

Ghost of 2002
Interview: Teesta Setalvad
Legal challenge
Interview: Prakash Karat
Interview: D. Raja
Marketing a myth
Stink of `development'

Obituary

Sai Baba
Miracle man

Legislation
Lokpal Bill: Trial by fire
History of deception
Democratic war

World Affairs
Libya: Mission creep
Cuba: Signalling change
Japan: Rising frustration
Nigeria: State of strife
Greg Mortenson's empty cups

Conservation

An encounter in snow

Focus: Education and Career
For a logical Babu
Interview: V.P. Gupta, director, Rau's IAS Study Circle
Interview: Dr A.R. Khan, director, Khan Study Group
Interview: A.K. Mishra, director, Chanakya IAS Academy

Essay
Identity & politics

Environment
Mumbai's botanical garden

Census 2011
Child sex ratio: Worrisome trend
Male preserve

Space
CAG report on ISRO satellites

Sri Lanka
U.N. report & responses

Politics

Scuttling PAC's investigation
DMK: In a bind

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: Public or private?
Praful Bidwai: Can n-power be safe?
Jayati Ghosh: Denying their due
R.K. Raghavan: A case for autonomy

Books
Insightful views
review by Kuldeep Kumar
Downright Doyle
review by Sarah Crown
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Racist violence
review by A.G. Noorani