Cover Story
Mufti's turn
by Praveen Swami
For a role for the Army
A profile of the Chief Minister
A rock and a hard place
Congress(I)'s experiment
by Purnima S. Tripathi
Jammu's case for regional autonomy:
by Balraj Puri
The distress of the displaced
by Naunidhi Kaur

The States
Coalition trouble in U.P.
Cauvery state-of-play
Silence over Nagappa
Massacres in Assam
Court order on begging
Gujarat: The electoral battle
Supreme Court's view
A time of trauma
Slaughter of Dalits
A campaign for clean villages
Kerala kidney trade probes

World Affairs
North Korea's nukes
Terror in Moscow
by Charu Singh
Nepal's unending crisis
by Rita Manchanda
Bangladesh and Al Qaeda
Trinidad's elections
by Shubha Singh
Brazil's new era:
by Walden Bello
Irish vote and after
Spy story with a difference:
by Vijay Prashad
Fidel Castro Balart speaks
Iraq: A search for fig-leaves
A battle-ready nation

Landmarks
A tale of two libraries

Review Article
The Siachen impasse
by A. G. Noorani

Awards
Yann Martel, Booker winner

Analysis
Defining development:
by Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Health Care
The diagnostic rip-off
Medical cyclotron project

Development Issues
Credit for conservation

Labour Issues
Longshore workers' strike

Social Issues
The battle against dowry

Focus: ECIL
A phenomenal turnaround
Boosting IT education

Events
COP-8: Consensus, conflicts
Tough targets, hard bargaining

Politics
Parivar dissonance

Minority Rights
Supreme Court on MEIs

Sri Lanka
From guns to roses

Column
K. Natwar Singh: A century's lament
C.P. Chandrasekhar: No reprieve from slow growth
R.K. Raghavan: Moscow hostage crisis lessons
Praful Bidwai: The case for animals in research
Jayati Ghosh: Food insecurity, a global concern

Books
For sustainable agriculture
review by Lawrence Surendra

Update
Amendments upheld
Probe report on Erwadi
Swamy on Sonia's citizenship
A heroic life