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Outlook's 2024 Independence Day issue trained the spotlight on inequality at the ground level
The Epstein files show how non-governing segments of the ruling class use the power of democratically elected leaders to enjoy privileges at the expense of popular democracy and the dignity of women.
What began as a long-running criminal investigation has grown into a transnational political and legal hour of reckoning. Fresh revelations from U.S. court proceedings have damaged reputations, ended careers, and triggered new criminal inquiries worldwide, raising urgent questions about accountability and the systems that allowed Epstein’s network to flourish for decades.
Similar orders had been issued earlier in 2025 by the Bihar Police, but implementation is lax
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From caregiving to courtrooms and beyond, this ground report, part of a special series on mental health, reveals how behind every trial is a woman managing medications, appointments, and grief, while the world moves on.
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For years, women were forced to support their passion for cricket with other paying jobs. But with well-paying playing contracts and opportunities in professional leagues, more women than ever are embracing the sport wholeheartedly
Twenty-year-old Kashvee Gautam became the most expensive player at the Women’s Premier League auction in 2023, picked by Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore
Jasia Akhtar’s journey from a small village in Shopian to the Women’s Premier League is what dreams are made of, especially those that are threatened and throttled, particularly in underrepresented areas
In a society where girls are often asked to compromise on their ambitions, Pratiksha Powar’s parents chose to stand by her. Powar’s cricketing journey is a reminder that dreams know no boundaries.
Mona Meshram rose from anonymity to attention, excelling at cricket and also balancing employment with an elite sport
A club in Siliguri, where World Cup winner Richa Ghosh took coaching for some time, has drawn crowds over the past couple of months. Children as young as 5-6 years old are joining the club in the pursuit of similar dreams.
In the once nondescript villages of Wayanad, cricket is no longer just a sport. It has become a way to dream and to rise above the limits of geography, poverty and custom
Almost three years after she first shot to viral fame, Mumal Meher has fallen out of the spotlight.The talented cricketer keeps practising, hoping to find sustained backing for her sporting journey
Women’s cricket in Jharkhand is not built on infrastructure, funding or institutional care. It has survived on endurance and sacrifice
Former Andhra Pradesh and South Zone cricketer Doorva Bahuguna on the rise of women’s cricket in India and why real progress depends less on pay parity and more on fixing the grassroots pipeline, safety systems, and cultural expectations placed on women athletes
Torn shoes with exposed soles, borrowed kits and almost no financial backing … in many suburbs of West Bengal, cricket pitches silently bear witness to stories written by girls from the margins
From villages to the national squad, India’s blind women cricketers battled disability, patriarchy and caste to win the inaugural World Cup. Beyond sport, their journeys reveal their a fight for dignity
Maharashtra Politics has seen a change yet another time, this time after the sudden death of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a tragic plane crash.
The EU-India trade agreement is an economic bonanza as it will merge two of the world’s largest economic blocs into a single trade zone
If the oligarchs return to Venezuela, the social housing will go, the public schools will go, the healthcare clinics will go, the food parcels will go, and the forests will be cut down
The Indian media fraternity appears unable to live up to Mark Tully’s standards of balance, honesty, trustworthiness and credibility
Cricket has taught Lila how to fail, recover, and begin again. A young player on setbacks, family, and the mantra that keeps her focused.
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Outlook's 2024 Independence Day issue trained the spotlight on inequality at the ground level
What began as a long-running criminal investigation has grown into a transnational political and legal hour of reckoning. Fresh revelations from U.S. court proceedings have damaged reputations, ended careers, and triggered new criminal inquiries worldwide, raising urgent questions about accountability and the systems that allowed Epstein’s network to flourish for decades.
South Africa Vs Canada LIVE Score, ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Check out the live score and play-by-play updates of the match 9 between RSA and CAN at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on February 9, 2026
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National Award–winning filmmaker Varun Tandon, known for short films like Syaahi (2016) and his latest Thursday Special (2026), reflects on his journey and creative process.
Sorrentino regular Toni Servillo plays a fictional Italian president looking back as his term winds up
‘Trijya’ shapes itself into a study of inter-connectedness and what becomes of sensitive people cornered by the chaotic order of the world.
In India, a film doesn't always get judged after release. Sometimes it's judged even before it reaches a theatre.
Sorrentino regular Toni Servillo plays a fictional Italian president looking back as his term winds up
‘Trijya’ shapes itself into a study of inter-connectedness and what becomes of sensitive people cornered by the chaotic order of the world.
In India, a film doesn't always get judged after release. Sometimes it's judged even before it reaches a theatre.
As Kumbalangi Nights marks seven years today, one is reminded of how its quiet canals, emerald stretches and lived-in community form a striking terrain to explore masculinity in its most unvarnished form.
Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award last week, Rajam ji remains humble and grounded.
Jaspal Singh Sandhu returns with a morally charged prison thriller led by Sanjay Mishra, Neena Gupta and Kumud Mishra. The performances hold firm, even when the mystery loosens its grip.
On Ritwik Ghatak's 50th death anniversary, here's remembering the visionary filmmaker through the site-specific installation exhibition curated by Sovan Tarafdar, which engages with the filmmaker’s eight feature films through dialogues with eight contemporary artists.
2016 wasn’t a golden age. It had blind spots, compromises and safe, formulaic films. Yet, in 2026, as the industry becomes more risk-averse, it’s hard not to look back at that year with a pang of longing.
Bose Krishnamachari’s Pavilion of conversations inaugurated itself on February 4th, 2026 in STIR gallery Chhatarpur, New Delhi.
Mumbai doesn't pause for poetry, it drowns it in noise of survival, rhythm, and refusing to pause.
In this interview, music composer Shashwat Sachdev reflects on his inspirations, the art of collaboration as a shared search for truth, the importance of classical music and his work in Dhurandhar.
Hemant Chaturvedi's seven-year, 60,000 km journey captures the decay and nostalgia of India's iconic single-screen theatres before they disappear forever. His only regret, perhaps, was not making a photographic record of the 400 hotel rooms he stayed in during these trips
Veteran music director S. P. Venkatesh, a defining voice of Malayalam cinema’s golden era, passed away at 70 in Chennai.
Outlook at Sundance | Olive Nwosu’s visually arresting character study of a sex worker chauffeur is half-undone by imprecise writing
In the present, the truth may get drowned out by applause but history has a longer memory. Figures like Madhavan will be remembered for what their creations came to represent at a fraught historical moment in time, technical finesse of their art be damned.
At the 2026 Grammy Awards, multiple artists used their wins and appearances to protest against ICE, wearing "ICE Out" pins and delivering powerful speeches against US immigration enforcement.
The musical play Jo Dooba So Paar, directed by Ajitesh Gupta and Mohit Agarwal, blends storytelling and qawwali to explore Amir Khusrau’s life, his bond with Nizamuddin Auliya, and the spiritual origins of qawwali.
Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated Iranian co-writer of 'It Was Just An Accident' and human rights activist, has been arrested in Tehran after signing a statement condemning Iran’s leadership.
During my recent visit to Benares, I found myself walking through a city reshaped by ambition, reordered by authority, and increasingly uncomfortable with the very rituals that had sustained it for centuries
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