Frontline-Vol. 29 :: No. 08 Apr 21 - May 04, 2012

Cover Story Patent to plunder A big step forward Patents and the law A welcome first Western warnings Question of efficacy Interview: Shamnad Basheer Drug and duplicity The States Chhattisgarh: Battle of Bastar Odisha: Posco in limbo Industry Going for gold Interview: Rajiv Jain, chairman of GJEPC Nuclear Issues Summit fatigue in Seoul Lofty objective Communique and work plan

World Affairs Myanmar: Sweep & hope Pakistan: Bounty blunder U.S.: Politics of hate Gunter Grass' poetic strike © Guardian News & Media 2012 The poem BRICS: Coming of age Pope in Cuba Nature In Corbett country Commerce Online shopping 24/7 Interview: Sachin Bansal, CEO, Flipkart.com Essay Communist memories:Making of a thesis Awards An actor, not a star Interview: Soumitra Chatterjee

Focus: West Godavari District Formation Day Land of plenty Welfare mission Enduring presence Party Affairs The Left: Time for introspection Interview: Prakash Karat Column Bhaskar Ghose: A tale of two officers Praful Bidwai: Cloaked daggers Jayati Ghosh: Flagships adrift R.K. Raghavan: Privacy on test Books Primer to civil rights review article by V . Venkatesan Systemic ills review article by T.K. Rajalakshmi Romance of Delhi review by A.G. Noorani FBI unmasked review article by Stephen Holmes © Guardian News & Media 2012 'Terrorism has no place in Islam' interview with Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta Update U.S.: Race talk © Guardian News & Media 2012 Gujarat: Two verdicts Also Letters