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Essays
From a strong contender in March 1995 for the ‘Editor Who Has Lost the Most Jobs’ category to the 15th Anniversary of Outlook...
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Introduction
Journalists who live in glass houses must throw stones at others
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interview
The man NYT called “arguably the most important intellectual alive” finds the media in Pakistan more vibrant than it is in India
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ESSAY
A mega sellout! Journalism outspaced, it was time to put my pen down.
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ESSAY
Pay and they will publish you. It’s a short stop to doomsday from here for our media.
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ESSAY
There will always be a market for analysis. But will marketers see that in the inkblot?
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interview
The CEO of media colossus Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) on brand-building, media ethics, controversies and critics
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ESSAY
The media would do well to heed political and world events than affaires d’amour
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Family ownership of media has a big plus: big egos can be shamed into idealism
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You heard it on this channel first. On every channel actually.
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The media ignores basic facts about the Northeast, J&K in its insurgency chatter
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ESSAY
The Sangh parivar, once a media pariah, is now a master at turning the tale on its head
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ESSAY
Reasoned, informed talk is out of place on the idiot box. TRPs set the agenda.
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ESSAY
India’s sports journalism is marred by TV jingoism, camp voices
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ESSAY
The screen now has a conscience and the media is its favourite new villain
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ESSAY
It’s primped up in the fluffy rouge of PR, but Indian news media is actually at its ruddiest
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ESSAY
Nothing hits home better than sharp wit. The comic strip is an illustrative example.
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ESSAY
Globalisation and its belief systems have streamed into reporting in, and from, Asia
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ESSAY
The ‘new’ in news is lost. Coverage, signifying lists, baulks at asking questions.
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ESSAY
The price of truth has gone up grievously, paid for with the lives of our reporters
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ESSAY
Not just a saviour of print, web journalism contains the future in its illimitable depths
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The Outlook Journey
Beyond ready labels like ‘liberal’, ‘secular’ or ‘left-of-centre’ to the nuances and specifics
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Reverse Gear
Stories that broke new ground and strongly impacted public debate, discussion and, in cases, policy
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Reverse Gear
The verdict of the bazaar— our best and worst selling issues
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reverse gear
They aren’t called men of letters for nothing: argument, counter-argument and everything in between
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Reverse Gear
A great photo by itself does not make a great cover. Nor does a headline.
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essays
Graphic experiment’s completely eluded Indian magazines
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Best of Letters
We've done ‘the best letters’ several times over. An offbeat selection this time.
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Books
Outlook’s best reviewers have never been overawed by the heft of an author on the literary scales. Read and savour.
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Diaries
If ‘last but not the least’ ever needed an exemplar, this would be it. A small sampling
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ReVerse Gear
15 years, 22 photographers... At the old going rate of 1,000 words, the following would weigh in at 22,000 words...
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ReVerse Gear
There are 19 of us here—led by editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta—who were part of Outlook’s original gang. A few stories from our early years....
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The Outlook Journey
15 landmark events, seen through Outlook’s eyes.
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Reverse Gear
15 of our oldest subscribers do a candid recap to give us their story
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Reverse Gear
Along the way, a dhaba that crossed our path has grown up
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REVERSE GEAR
They too have moved on...and how
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reverse gear
Moments of great cartooning, extreme positions, quotable headlines, wordplay etc etc etc
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appraisal
Fully loaded magazine? Not if it’s only short-range fire.
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appraisal
Pungent criticism, great reviews and diaries. Pays well, too!
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Reverse Gear
You, as a citizen, also have a responsibility that goes beyond paying for what you buy
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