Cover Story

Volte-face on Iran:
by A.G. Noorani

Natural Disaster

Flooded out in Tamil Nadu
Bangalore's woes

Jammu and Kashmir
A turning point

Crime
Transfer of
Jayendra Saraswathi trail

States
Communal fire in U.P.
Assam: Violence in the hills
West Bengal: A project and some protests
Karnataka: Politics of infrastructure
A breather for Mumbai
Narendra Modi vs SEWA

Death Penalty
A presidential dilemma

Obituary
Rosa Parks
© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005

World Affairs
China's space venture
Iraq: Divisions over Constitution
The trail of Saddam Hussein
Syria under pressure
Endless blockade in Cuba
Consolidating a coup in Haiti:
by Justin Podur
The fall of Saigon:
by D. Rao
Agent of death:
by S. Chatterjee

Review Article
Tamil Nadu's Dalit saga:
by C.T. Kurien

CD Review
Epigraphia Carnatica

Nobel Prize
The paradigm shift in physiology
Ground-breaking synthesis

Special Feature: Maharashtra Kaleidoscope

Everybody's Mumbai
Chief Minister's message
Brand appeal
Staying on course
The maker of modern cities
TIFR: Making bright ideas happen
New-age banking services
Dramatic growth of telecom
The off-road automobiles
Reinventing the retail sector

Column
Jayati Ghosh: Shostakovich revival
Bhaskar Ghose: Making prosperity accessible to all
Praful Bidwai: The 'Ayatollahs' are here
R.K. Raghavan: Making sense out of crime fluctuations

Books
About a lost paradise
review by Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Changing diplomacy
review by Hamid Ansari

Also
The English Language
Letters