Cover Story

Advantage China:
by Prabhudev Konana,
John N. Dogett,
Sridhar Balasubramanian

Politics

Wages of disunity
Advantage Paswan in Bihar
Lalu Prasad's eroding base
The Jharkhand imbroglio
The Congress sweep in Haryana

The Railway Budget
On the reform track

Disaster
Death under snow in Kashmir

Education
Clampdown on Chhattisgarh's degree shops

Defence
An ageing Air Force

Health Care
A protocol to prevent kidney failure

World Affairs
The turmoil in Lebanon
Bush in Europe
Murder of a crusader in Brazil
Socialist victory in Portugal
Manufacture consent, muzzle dissent:
by Vijay Prashad

Art
A new order at the Triennale:
by Suneet Chopra

Review Article
Punjab and Pakistan:
by A.G. Noorani

Gender Issues
Sexism and science, a controversy
The Indian situation

Special Feature: Maharasthra

Returning to the top
Chief Minister's message
Small ports as priority
Strengthening the base
Cheering up the farmer
Centre of nuclear power
Flood of investment

Columns
Bhaskar Ghose:The basis of governance
R.K. Raghavan:Getting at terrorism's underbelly
Praful Bidwai:Maligning the Left

Events
Chavez in Kolkata

Books
In defence of globalisation
review by C.T. Kurien
Papal reflections
review by Biswajit Choudhury

Also
The English Language
Letters