Cover Story

Bush minus
A deal's progress
Wages of Iraq
New power brokers
The economy: No-win situation

Iraq
Saddam: Victor's justice

Politics
Mixed signals from Uttar Pradesh

Agriculture
Resisting Bt rice

Election Commission
Case for reform
Interview: Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary

Education
FDI and false hopes

The States
Restricting rickshaws
Jharia's burning issue

World Affairs
Ortega's return
Sri Lanka: Rights and wrongs
Beit Hanoun massacre
Strained alliance in South Africa

Wildlife
Many moods of Kanha

Cinema
Focus on environment

Essay
Fractured democracies

Debate
Capitalism recycled

Taxation
Poor man's burden

Special Feature: Industry in Kerala

Interview: Elamaram Kareem, Minister for Industries
Success unlimited

Social Issues

Dalit blood on village square
Land of trouble

Column
R.K. Raghavan: For victims within four walls
Jayati Ghosh: Being your own boss
Praful Bidwai: Combating Muslim exclusion

Books
Peopling history
review by Shonaleeka Kaul
Exposing Israel
review by Shelley Walia
The U.N.'s future
review by A.G. Noorani

Also
The English Language
Letters