Usha Ramanathan, Expert on law, poverty “What BJP government is doing on UID is similar to the previous one. Even NPR is an outsourced exercise now.” current af fai r s 14 Shadow Lines In December, Thread Bared described a mass rape in Muzaffarnagar. Now we revisit the region in western Uttar Pradesh that was torn apart by riots last September. This time, seven women come forward with individual tales of horror: fresh testimonies on rape. 24 bangalore Minor rape stuns city 28 Calcutt a A death stalks the Indian Museum 32 justic e katju Inside stories 40 nda Doing a U-turn 42 congress In a tailspin 26 column Sunil Menon features 56 Free-falling Grief An accident is a terrible way to lose someone, whose life is cut off while in full flow. But aircrash victims are the toughest to mourn. With little, if any, closure, dis