India: the economic miracle implodes, by William Dalrymple, Sophie Elmhirst profiles the next guest editor of the NS, the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei plus much more

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Current affairs and newspaper magazine of the year In this week's issue: India: the economic miracle implodes FEATURING William Dalrymple, Jonathan Powell, Mehdi Hasan, A M Homes, Laura Kuenssberg, Douglas Hurd and Ed Smith   Don't miss: -  India: the economic miracle implodes, by William Dalrymple -  Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff under Tony Blair, reviews Kofi Annan's memoir -  Sophie Elmhirst profiles the next guest editor of the NS, the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei -  Mehdi Hasan makes the left-wing case for reducing the abortion time limit -  The American author A M Homes on growing up in Nixon-era America -  Laura Kuenssberg, the ITV correspondent, reviews The Fatal Debt, a Wall St thriller PLUS Douglas Hurd reviews Mark Mazower's history of global governance, Kate Mossman on the enduring star power of Mick Jagger, Linda Grant reviews Colm Toibin's new novel, Christopher Reid considers Samuel Beckett's Collected Poems, John Burnside writes the nature column on the colour green and Ed Smith's column on how Ed Miliband has learned to be himself Find the issue, cover dated 12th - 18th October, on sale for £3.50 in all good newsagents in London on Thursday and the rest of the country on Friday. Or buy the issue in digital form here - ideal for those living outside the UK. Trial a subscription to the New Statesman and receive 12 issues for only £12  (UK only) delivered straight to your door - that's a saving of £2.50 on the usual cover price! Don't know what to give that person who has everything? Give the gift that keeps on giving - a gift subscription to the New Statesman International and national readers can also call +44 (0)207 936 6459 or click here to obtain a print copy. New Statesman LTD, registered in England No. 03143654, John Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London, EC4Y 0AN. 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. 2010. 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.