Cover Story

Under siege
Militant backlash
Reluctant actors
India-Pakistan dialogue in danger
Taliban threat
Conditional crutch

Presidential Election
Pratibha Patil wins big

Crime

Orissa's unborn daughters

Agriculture
Mirage in Vidarbha

Controversy
The case of Haneef

World Affairs
Russia resists
Sri Lanka: Celebrating war
Iraq: Bush sticks to his guns
Bangladesh: Minus-two formula
Cold War over oil

Jammu and Kashmir
Fragile paradise

Interview
Leela Samson on the Indian art scene

Obituary
K.K. Mahajan

Reservation
Jats as OBCs

Education
Bill on Foreign Universities

Terrorism

Mumbai blast case: On death row
Road to ruin

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Question of integrity
Bhaskar Ghose: Systems failure
R.K. Raghavan: A measure of crime
Jayati Ghosh: On the margins
Praful Bidwai: N-deal and beyond

Books
Classics with class perspective
review by Venkatesh Athreya
Renewing identity
review by John M. Alexander
War and peace
review by A.G. Noorani
Muhammad's legacy

Also
The English Language
Letters

Update
Message from Haldia