Cover Story

Quiet surge
Communal curriculum
Madhya Pradesh: Sacred cow
Interview: D.N. Jha
Chhattisgarh: Guardian of faith
Gujarat: From lab to field
Interview: Teesta Setalvad
Karnataka: Saffron projects

The States

West Bengal: Distress and death

Assembly Elections
Shifting sands in Goa

Industry
Interview: A. Saktivel, Chairman, AEPC

World Affairs
Pakistan: Breathing easy
Nigeria: Jehadist terror
Bangladesh: A coup foiled
Egypt: Democracy on test

Travel

Himachal Pradesh: Seductive Spiti

Art
Rumale Chennabasaviah's paintings

Focus: DRDO
Radar power

Livelihood
Andhra Pradesh: Looming disaster

Obituary
Sukumar Azhikode: Kerala's voice

Defence

Age of controversy

Column
C.P. Chandrashekar: Asia next?
Bhaskar Ghose: Search for identity
Jayati Ghosh: Recipe for disaster
Praful Bidwai: Radiation crisis
R.K. Raghavan: Probe and privacy

Update
A temple to atheism
© Guardian News & Media 2012
Fighting malaria
© Guardian News & Media 2012

Books
The state of Cholas
review article by Kesavan Veluthat
Daring hypothesis
review article by Shelley Walia
Small wonders
review article by Lawrence Surendra
Champion of unity
review article by A.G. Noorani
Is Iran or U.S. the aggressor?
review article by A.G. Noorani

Also
Letters