Cover Story

• Hanged by stealth
• Unanswered questions
• Interview with S.A.R. Geelani
• Kashmir back to the brink
• Making of a 'hero'
• Interview: CPIM(M) MLA M.Y. Tarigami
• Playing 'hard state'
• Pranab's record
• Colonial legacy

Crimes Against Women

• Suryanelli: A rehearing in Kerala
• Piecemeal approach
• Acid horror in Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

• Farmers' suicides
• Official indifference
• Orphaned infants
• Mirage of development

World Affairs

• China: In search of a dream
• Mitigated sentence for Headley
• Egypt & Iran:Ahmadinejad in Cairo
• The U.S.: America's new allies

Wildlife

• Lions of Gir

Art

• Amrita Sher-Gil's village

Events

• The Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Cinema

• 'Argo': Jingoism as history

Communalism

• Living in fear in Bhilwara

Controversy

• Ashis Nandy in trouble

Cauvery Water Dispute

• Anguish in Tamil Nadu
• Distress and death

The States

• Moral policing in Karnataka
• When Mamata stopped Rushdie

Column

• C.P. Chandrasekar:No standards, not poor
• Jayati Ghosh:Dangers of austerity
• Sashi Kumar: Art and aura

Science Notebook

• Black holes growing faster
• Unfolding of protein 'filmed'
• Curiosity drills rock for sample
• Low-arsenic rice

World View

• Catholic Church:Vacancy in the Vatican
• North Korea:Nuclear test & Western 'tremors'

The Nation

• West Bengal:Trouble brewing in the hills
• Tamil Nadu :Swayamvaram for a cause
• Domestic Violence:Violence and then biases

Data Card

• Cotton crisis

Books

• On city margins review by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
• Of life and death by R. K. Raghavan
• A bold fatwa review by A.G. Noorani
• How a mosque became a temple review article by A.G. Noorani

Also

• Letters

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Courtesy: The Hindu