What they said to us ravi paul, harried resident of a border village “Border areas should be classified as ‘backward’ so that our children can get concessions for government jobs.” Regulars 4 letters 12 seven days 14 polscape 50 biztro 68 books 70 fine living 72 glitterati 74 DIary Cover Design: Bishwadeep Moitra curre n t affa irs 20 In No Man’s Land Even as some laud India’s ‘tough’ stand vis-a-vis Pakistan, residents of border village battle a daily skirmish with mortar shells 10 Photonews In the Eye of a Storm 16 gujarat cops The Honoured vs The Hounded 18 column Ashish Khetan 26 quotas Column by Hugo Gorringe and Suryakant Waghmore 32 profile Kailash Satyarthi 36 column Francois Gautier business 28 Search for a CEA Bibek Debroy, Arvind Panagariya, Jahangir Aziz Who will be the next chief economic advisor to the Indian government features 58 Shiva 25 Revisiting the Ram Gopal Varma-directed Nagarjuna-starrer that went on to become a cult film in the Telugu industry and Bollywood