Cover Story

Bridging the gap
A new approach
Terror blowback
High vigil
Death for Kasab

Spotlight
Capital punishment: Justice or revenge?

Scandal

The rot in Medical Council

The Judiciary
No to narcoanalysis
The Khushboo case: Objection overruled

The States
Assam: Hopes of peace

World Affairs
Deadly spill in the Gulf of Mexico
U.S. & Japan: Unequal equation
Russia: March of memories
Drones on the rampage
Sudan: Historic elections

U.K.: Unlikely allies

Conservation
Parambikulam: Securing a sanctuary

Art
Colours of reality

Hazardous Waste
Importing trouble

Child Rights
Audit shock

Jammu & Kashmir
The Valley's pride
Interview: Shah Faesal

Social Issues
Khap panchayats: Outside the law
Deeper malaise

Terrorism
The Hindutva hand

Census 2011
The caste factor

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Resources & rights
Bhaskar Ghose: Corrupt to the core
R.K. Raghavan: A near miss
Praful Bidwai: Yawning nuclear gap
Jayati Ghosh: European project in peril

Books
Defying stereotypes
review by Raza Naeem
Roots of malaise
review by A.G. Noorani
Rebels and the state
review by V. Venkatesan
Fateful handshakes
review by A.G. Noorani

Update
Kim in China
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