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BJP's predicament
by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Between the Parivar and political allies
by V. Venkatesan
'Tainted' battle
by Purnima S. Tripathi
The Jharkhand boomerang
Interview: Shibu Soren
Interview: Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Criminal Justice

The Dhananjoy case
Death as penalty

WTO
On the Geneva framework
by C.P. Chandrasekhar

Banking
The collapse of Global Trust Bank

The Tehri Project
The tunnel tragedy
Interview: Sunderlal Bahuguna

The States
Manipur's protest
Uneasy truce in Andhra Pradesh
The return of Geelani
Admission muddle in Karnataka
The state of Delhi schools
Orissa's 'tainted' Ministers
Hunger and death in Orissa
A neglected lot
Delhi's power woes

World Affairs
Striking terror in Colombo
An apology to Tamils
Bleeding Sudan
Japan's pacifism on test

Interview
Noam Chomsky on U.S. hegemony and resistance

Spotlight
The long walk of the kanwarias

Reports
Progress and challenges in West Bengal:
by Venkatesh Athreya
AIDS and children
Interview: Zama Coursen-Neff

Literature
Remembering Pablo Neruda:
by Vibha Maurya
and Vijaya Venkataraman
With a political instinct

Population Issues
Growing concerns
Interview: Jayant Kumar Banthia, Census Commissioner

Tribute
The story of P. Krishna Pillai

Cinema
Censoring freedom

Focus: Eastern Railway

On the growth track
Celebrating 150 years
Interview: Shyam Kumar, General Manager, Eastern Railway

Iraq
Between death and freedom

Obituary
Francis Crick
Hiren Mukherjee
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Column
R.K. Raghavan: Criminal justice reforms
Jayati Ghosh: Liberalisation and democracy
Bhaskar Ghose: On administrative reforms
Praful Bidwai: UPA's unaddressed agendas

Books
Demystifying the IT revolution
review by Praful Bidwai
The Sino-Indian equation
review by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language
Letters
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