Should we fear this new superpower? | Arundhati Roy on violent resistance | Alan Rusbridger: how the scandal broke

Weekly Online Newsletter 14 July 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   Editor's Choice IN THIS WEEK'S NEW STATESMAN: India This week's New Statesman features a special package on India in which we ask: will we like the world's newest superpower? In our cover story, Patrick French charts the rise of India's female politicians. Sophie Elmhirst profiles the writer and activist Arundhati Roy, who accuses the elites of "colonising the lower sections of society who have to pay the price for this shining India". Also, Jon Bernstein travels to India's hi-tech cities, and Siddartha Deb discusses the troubled religious fight against corruption. The magazine also features sharp analysis of the phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News International. The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger gives the inside track on how the story broke in the Diary Column, Alice Miles remembers the night that Rebekah Brooks made her cry, and Alex Preston analyses the wider financial repercussions of News Corp's crisis. Elsewhere, Mehdi Hasan applauds Ed Miliband for breaking ties with the Murdochs, and Rafael Behr warns that there are only so many times that a prime minister can afford to be completely wrong. All this, plus Dominic Ponsford on the five "families" that control the British media, John Gray on the conclusion of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast saga, and Ryan Gilbey on the latest Indian blockbusters. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Mehdi Hasan's and James Macintyre's ED: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader when you start your annual subscription today for just £87. New Statesman Jobs Job of the Week: Policy Adviser (Financial Services) for Major Charity Central London Up to £35,000 Opportunity to change the lives of cancer sufferers through successful financial services policy development. Recruiter: Electust Sign up to New Statesman Jobs now     This Week's Issue Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.