COVER STORY
Mushroom Minarette
The ‘shrine’ by the Charminar offended for years as the city’s heritage bosses didn’t react
Outlook Magazine - 3 December 2012
Many Memories
A person can't be reduced to just one memory. There are many dimensions and layers that reveal over a period of time. Bal Thackeray, to me, is an aggregate of many such memories.
The Culture Of Fear
Known for his earth-shaking rodomontade, Bal Thackeray’s writ ran in Bollywood too, and perceived insults were ironed out with alacrity
Detox Not On A Winter’s Day
Know that if there is a time in the year when you can indulge and get away, it is this
The Question Hangs
It is essential that India demonstrates Kasab’s execution was an aberration, not the standard.
Then, There Was None
It’s a fallacy for the govt to assume that by hanging kasab, it showed its resolve to fight terrorism.
The Kasab Confessionaire
On June 20, 2009, Ajmal Kasab, who had earlier pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the 86 charges against him, took a sudden U-turn in the middle of the court proceedings...
So Much More To Unentangle
It’s a tricky path now for Indo-Pak relations, one that both must tread with caution
Many Memories
A person can't be reduced to just one memory. There are many dimensions and layers that reveal over a period of time. Bal Thackeray, to me, is an aggregate of many such memories.
The Culture Of Fear
Known for his earth-shaking rodomontade, Bal Thackeray’s writ ran in Bollywood too, and perceived insults were ironed out with alacrity
Detox Not On A Winter’s Day
Know that if there is a time in the year when you can indulge and get away, it is this
In A Wave Of Bullets
Ponty’s death was as dramatic as his rise
Aborting The Real Issue
Why the rage against the Irish government is misplaced
The Question Hangs
It is essential that India demonstrates Kasab’s execution was an aberration, not the standard.
Then, There Was None
It’s a fallacy for the govt to assume that by hanging kasab, it showed its resolve to fight terrorism.
The Kasab Confessionaire
On June 20, 2009, Ajmal Kasab, who had earlier pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the 86 charges against him, took a sudden U-turn in the middle of the court proceedings...
So Much More To Unentangle
It’s a tricky path now for Indo-Pak relations, one that both must tread with caution
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
‘India’s Executed The Evidence, Not Kasab’
The lawyer of LeT operative Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi says his case just got stronger
Hanging, In The Balance
Closure for 26/11, or a crucial terror link smothered? Kasab was an easy point to score, not so others like Afzal Guru.
Tooth And Claw
Whoever Thackeray or the Sena clawed, bled, be they south Indians, north Indians, Leftists, Dalits, artists and Muslims...
We Are All Thackerays
His perverse ‘identity’ politics is pervasive, it’s the new normal
The Who-Said-What Nil Nisi Bonum Test
It’s a sight, ‘progressives’ adding to Thackeray’s iconisation
Prance Of The Trickster
Bal Thackeray played a game of violent juvenile pranks as politics
Calling The Daughter
Party-wallahs in Rae Bareli have already voted
Magnets Don’t Stick?
The police don’t have much against Kazmi
‘I Was Made A Scapegoat Because Of My Background’
The journalist accused of being part of an Iranian plot to attack Israeli diplomats in India speaks up
Mayday In Maldives
GMR’s Male airport project runs into political turbulence
‘Israel Is Wrong To Focus Only On A Military Response’
Former Israeli foreign minister on the current violence in West Asia and the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations
A Kochi Canvas
The Kochi-Muziris art biennale will be a first for India
Not a Care Untended
At-home help for the elderly isn’t just about a home nurse. It’s about people who care.
Bibliofile
Jeet Thayil can have another go at a big prize, while Ram Guha enthralls audiences at book launch
Dawk’s Calling
Justly reclaims the dak bungalow’s place in the Raj’s cultural imaginary.
Not A Leader, But A Cloud
An old book parades the usual events. The psyche and motives behind Indira’s decisions lie undisturbed.
Marcia Williams
The UK-based illustrator on storytelling, her love of watercolour and children
Teen Kanya
A highly derivative plot patched together with sensationalism sourced from both reel (Hollywood horror) and real life.
Paanch Adhyay
Debutant Gupta blends cinematic traditions effectively, exploring five stages of love
Maria Sharapova
I had made certain conditions to my hosts: Like no parading around in a sari. Suppose it comes off?
Beijing Diary
The new challenge for the nascent Xi Jinping era is going to be a cascading ‘Cyber Revolution’.