Frontline Vol. 30 :: No. 01 Jan 12 - 25, 2013

Cover Story A nation outraged Western experience Crime in transit Citizens united Portrayals of rape Reluctant state Distressing chronicle Credibility deficit Data card: Women in India, a reality check Man's world Impulsive clamour Interview: Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member State of the nation Planning The NDC's diminishing role Politics PMK's sectarian poison Tamil nationalism, then and now Armed Forces Indian Army no longer an attractive career option A father's battle for justice Controversy Walmart and the business of lobbying

World Affairs India and ASEAN:Balancing relations When Thatcher planned to dismantle health service © Guardian News & Media 2013 Syria: A rebel and his ruins © Guardian News & Media 2013 Travel A trip on the Mekong Literature Interview with D. Selvaraj, Sahitya Akademi award winner Judiciary Uncertain principles Interview: Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Focus: Education Scaling new heights Corporates' choice Focus: DRDO Soaring high Collaborative research Public Health Twelfth Plan seeks a big role for private sector

Column C.P. Chandrasekhar:Plan for corporate India K. Satchidanandan:Mainstreaming the subaltern Jayati Ghosh:Congress: Dwindling giant The Nation Odisha:Vulnerable elephants Odisha: New party Delhi: Worst winter Science Notebook The LHC and a milestone Germany joins SKA Organisation Early predictor of glaucoma Learning language in utero Solving an old problem with DNA World View Egypt: Art and the revolution Sri Lanka: A new twist Pakistan: Taliban strikes © Guardian News & Media 2013 Books Foreign policy lessons review by K.P. Fabian Spirit of tolerance review by A.G. Noorani Consumerist hegemony review by Shelley Walia South Asian realities review by Ajith Pillai Unravelling history review by A.G. Noorani Also Letters