Frontline Vol. 29 :: No. 20 Oct 06 - 19, 2012

Cover Story Roots of discontent U.S.: Fear and hatred West Asia: Hitting back A spring hijacked Pakistan: Storm after the lull India: Straining to be heard Mountaineering Profile: Mark Inglis Frontline Special Pepper cultivation:Never-before decline in Kerala Life Story: Hardy graft Memories  World Affairs China: Uncertain transition United States: The missing third force West Asia: Remembering a genocide Syria: Spillover effect

Heritage Buddhist art: Dynamic forms Theatre Reshaping the world Literature Michael Madhusudan Dutt:Poet of the past, present and future Science Interview:Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, President, Pakistan Academy of Sciences Public Sector Devalued ratnas  Plight of workers Politics End of an alliance Live Bites: Om Prakash Mishra Surjya Kanta Mishra Obituary G. Kasturi: A complete Editor Thilakan: Portrait of a patriarch Media Frontline relaunched

Column C.P. Chandrasekhar:Asian debt mountain Sashi Kumar: Clash of exceptionalisms Jayati Ghosh:Beethoven's last quartets The Nation Maharashtra Power play Delhi The plot thickens KarnatakaUnsettling tribes Tamil NaduPreventing child marriages AchievementsIndian Nuclear Society award The Media A temporary gag Science Notebook Healing peel Arsenic in rice Sun power in Europe Seismic shift Cosmic Life World View Iran: U.S. doublespeak Colombia: Peace talks again South Africa: Tutu spurns Blair Greece: March against austerity © Guardian News Service Data Card Sugar decontrol and its implicatons Books Economics of the crisis: review by V. Sridhar Ladakh's charm: review by Ajith Pillai Coalition lessons: review by A.G. Noorani Also Letters