COVER STORY
My Name Is Shah Rukh Khan
In this essay Shah Rukh Khan wrote for Outlook in 2013, he spoke about what was it like to be a Muslim after 9/11, and how even SRK couldn’t escape the prison of definitions.
Outlook Magazine - 11 February 2013
‘A White Rocket Rose From the Water’
From under the ocean the SLBM emerged and with a low rumble shot into the sky. It arced on to blast an ‘enemy city’.
An Open Slot For Bitter Pills
Elevated selfs, trimmer figures and lighter wallets. TV’s nebulous infomercial scene.
To Number The Waves
The claims in the TRP slugfest of news channels are on incredibly shaky ground
Ragas For Late Winter
Ustad A. Rashid Khan, 105, Hindustani singer extraordinaire, Padma Bhushan
Have Mouth, Will Shoot
Azam Khan, Muslim face of SP and chief rabble-rouser
Sins Of Our Fathers
Just 10 months in, Akhilesh Yadav is already the ‘majboor’ CM
The Nandy Bully
The sorts of corruption that matter are a purview of privileged
‘A White Rocket Rose From the Water’
From under the ocean the SLBM emerged and with a low rumble shot into the sky. It arced on to blast an ‘enemy city’.
An Open Slot For Bitter Pills
Elevated selfs, trimmer figures and lighter wallets. TV’s nebulous infomercial scene.
People, The Real Estate
A new land acquisition bill readies for budget session. How will it fare?
Zero Hour Intolerance
Rushdie hounded again, gives Calcutta Lit Fest a miss
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
The Broken Image
TN overrides censor, bans Kamalahaasan’s new film. Why so touchy?
Then, Now, Thereafter
The road to the Jaipur litfest is lined with dog-ears and missed pages
No More Juice To Squeeze
Its benefit to farmers was well touted. The reality of the loan waiver is less creditable.
How To Waive Crores Goodbye
UPA’s populist trumpcard of 2008—the farm loan waiver—has fallen short of its intended target, as a CAG audit throws up
Padma’s Easy Slim Zone
Bust-shaping gel morphs into national award? Time to bust out.
Death In The Beef Market
A ray of hope in Dhule. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the police force.
Cactus To The Kamala
Why is Yeddy keen on pushing a govt already on its deathbed?
The Point Of Incision
Prosecuting Nandy for what he said is patently wrong. to not challenge him would be folly too.
How Some Gather Silver In The Fog
There are two types of scam, upper caste and lower caste. The latter kind is more visible.
Varna Of Money
Caste has nothing to do with graft. Even so, Nandy must be heard.
Cameos Adrift In The Mist
Sarna’s prose is precise and economical, as it should be in short stories. It is also elegant.
Ladders Coiled With Snakes
Covers familiar ground but significantly adds to our understanding of a neighbour near yet distant
God Flips Cigarettes To His Lips
Those who know what it is to be elevated into ecstasy by the first-day-first-show electricity of a Rajni film will hover there as they learn of who goes into its making
Sarosh Zaiwalla
The international arbitrator on setting up the first Indian law firm in Britain and his tryst with the Bachchans and Sonia Gandhi.
Listen Amaya
Doesn’t do justice to the nostalgia that it merrily plays on. A rather limp, listless and protracted narrative
Race 2
So witless, it makes you wonder why it was made in the first place.
Om Prakash Chautala
For me myself, it is a time to reflect. What is 10 years in the life of a politician?
Delhi Diary
The founding fathers displayed commendable foresight by placing "reasonable restrictions" on freedom of expression
