Cover Story

Case of injustice
The rot within
Interview: Brinda Karat
In media glare
Minor offence?

Climate Change
Battle half-won

The States
Telangana demand: Talking peace
Troubled economy

Science
Large Hadron Collider: Beaming success
Indian presence
Interview: Dr Tejinder Virdee, spokesperson, CMS experiment

Essay
Kashmir questions

World Affairs
Sri Lanka: Countdown begins
China's march
Iran: Collision course
Europe: Impact of Muslim immigration
© New York Times News Service 2009
Grim anniversary in Gaza
Yemen: On the brink

Wildlife

Great Indian hornbill: Cry from the Ghats

Reports
Rights of the child: Who cares?

Gender Issues
Evaluating Domestic Violence Act

Livelihood Issues
Losing ground to an airport

Interview
John Cromwell Mather, co-winner of the Physics Nobel in 2006

Archaeology

Bateshwar temple: Restored glory
Breathtaking ruins

Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Finance, the victor?
Jayati Ghosh: Unwarranted optimism
Bhaskar Ghose: Enemy within
R.K. Raghavan: Terror averted
Praful Bidwai: Fouling up the air

Update
Blackwater let off
© Guardian News & Media 2009
New light on a lost civilisation
© Guardian News & Media 2009

Books
Lessons from crises
review by C.T. Kurien
Imperial interpreter
review by Raza Naeem
Prelude to a storm
review by A.G. Noorani