From Outlook India, a cover story on Mr Chidambaram’s War: How many soldiers will it take to contain the mounting rage of hundreds of millions of people? For better or for worse, India embarked on a path that has today made it one of the world's most unabashedly capitalist places. An interview with Meghnad Desai on books on India. The Economist Syndrome: In India, modernity and tradition don't clash, they meld. English spoken here: Chandrahas Choudhury on how globalization changed the Indian novel. What the censorship of a film about India's founding father shows about New Delhi's cautious relationship toward its own history. The controversy on Pakistan’s founder by a leader of India’s Hindu right-wing party reveals the ongoing tremors of Partition. From VQR, Jason Motlagh on sixty hours of terror: Ten gunmen, ten minutes; "it's do or die"; "no hostages should remain alive"; and "by the grace of Allah". As India still seethes over the bungled rescue efforts, those who survived the 60-hour ordeal reveal the full horror of what happened. Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, Lashkar-e-Taiba remains largely intact and determined to strike India again. Much as in India, there is a perceptible divide in the Pakistani media discourse about the nation and its threats. An interview with Farzana Shaikh, author of Making Sense of Pakistan. A review of Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence by Jaswant Singh. Misrule and the modern Mughals: Little has changed for millions across South Asia — if the poor lead lives of grinding poverty, the rich ape the lifestyle of the Mughals. An interview with Daniyal Mueenuddin on books on Pakistan.