Cover Story

The oil shock
Market frenzy
On States' shoulders
Rising resentment
Oil imperialism

Politics
Telangana on the boil again

Legislation
Communal violence: Bill of contention

The States
Karnataka: Posco in south
Licence to loot

Higher Education
Supreme Court on state's role

World Affairs
Historic win in Thailand
Bangladesh: Retaining faith
Afghanistan: Beating the retreat?
Libyan imbroglio
Desperate West
Trade Unions' call from Paris

Wildlife

Elephants on the rampage
Securing the future
Attacks in 2011

Art

A Tagore show

Social Issues
Ambedkar on annihilating caste

Labour Issues
Vague promises to domestic workers

Spotlight
Human skulls & Dharwad's puzzle

Obituary
Mani Kaul: Master of the visual

Tribute
SAHMAT show on M.F. Husain

Tennis
Making of Djokovic

Controversy
Sai Baba trust: Pandora's box?

Kerala

Hidden treasure in Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Key to history
Interview: K.N. Panikkar

Column
Bhaskar Ghose: Poor track record
R.K. Raghavan: Policing pressures

Books
Tackling insurgency
review by R.K. Raghavan
Links with the past
review by Pushpa Surendra
Policy in perspective
review article by K.P. Fabian
Studies in oppression
review by A.G. Noorani
Protest manual