COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 9 May 2016
The Grand Auction Symphony
He has paid the bail, his properties are being sold and he claims to have paid off investors. Subrata Roy may win a breather from the court.
How Not To Xinjiang
India’s granting, then revoking, visas for Chinese Uighur dissidents is a double snafu
Jhandewalan Can't Bully Us Into Silence
PhD scholars Umar and Anirban talk about their experience of JNU and why joining the dots is the key right now
Pink Palace Firmaans
JNU students suspect that the punishments are coming at a time calculated to isolate and divide
Did They Brush By Each Other?
An old allegation from Michel: that Indian and Italian PMs struck a deal.
Biztro
Business in bitesizes
Cutting It Short
Can shorts break the revenue jinx to stay their alter-course?
Himalayan Tremors
Where do you go when the knives are out and cuffs on?
The Grand Auction Symphony
He has paid the bail, his properties are being sold and he claims to have paid off investors. Subrata Roy may win a breather from the court.
How Not To Xinjiang
India’s granting, then revoking, visas for Chinese Uighur dissidents is a double snafu
Jhandewalan Can't Bully Us Into Silence
PhD scholars Umar and Anirban talk about their experience of JNU and why joining the dots is the key right now
Pink Palace Firmaans
JNU students suspect that the punishments are coming at a time calculated to isolate and divide
Did They Brush By Each Other?
An old allegation from Michel: that Indian and Italian PMs struck a deal.
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It's As Clear As Fog
It’s difficult to believe that Sonia would accept bribes from any defence dealer after her husband’s Bofors experience.
Bofors-2 Comes A Chopper
One note purportedly naming people to be managed in India. Is that all it takes to bring a bribe charge home?
Who Stole My Data?
A netizen’s exasperating encounters with wifi ‘plans’
"Wireless Internet Cannot Provide Robust Bandwidth"
TRAI chairman Ram Sevak Sharma on how India can improve its internet experience
Bullock Cart Bitcon
As India prefers mobile internet over fixed-line, a heavy rush of users cram-packs the digital highway, making slow and erratic the online norm
Exodus And Thereon
After 1947, Bagdadi Jews were not sure of their futures in India and many opted to emigrate
Masterpiece Incorporated
The Bombay-born Reuben brothers remain reclusive, razor-sharp and acquisitive as ever. And now they are taking over London.
At The Head Of The Table
With a new CEO, a chastened BCCI initiates structural changes
Nine Acres Of A New Green
An SGPC initiative helps make a healthier way to produce food more popular among Punjab farmers
"I'm A Believer. I Don't Follow Any One Religion."
Ex-cricketer Sreesanth, now a BJP candidate, on politics, religion and controversies
The Seam Is Upright, But No Swing Yet
There’s talk of a vote surge and Shah creates a ripple with Sreesanth, but will Kerala turn to BJP’s spin?
And Also
This is the first time that the show’s creators have overtaken the novels written by George R.R. Martin
Sankhachil
Shows how the hurt of Partition continues to haunt the present, drawing into its abyss new victims.
Nil Battey Sannata
May be simplistic in its solutions to the problem of poverty, but that does not take away from its sincerity
Eat, Pray, Live
A new chai place in Delhi that has a desi menu with a firangi accent on top.
The Sked
A reason to rejoice for music lovers in Mumbai, the Saksham Theatre Festival and Bangalore's weekend of endless laughter
Trivandrum Diary
Everyone wanted to lead a good life and they knew they could have it by working hard on their chosen professions.
Deep Throat
A regular column on the essential buzz
In Praise Of Sunny Leone
For showing more chutzpah in charting her career than her more accomplished compatriots.
Either Side Of The Border
Analysts point to government complicity or inaction as the key factor in the increase of attacks in both India and Bangladesh
Ashwin Sanghi
The businessman-author talks about his fourth book, The Sialkot Saga—a business thriller about two men from different backgrounds, linked to an ancient secret.
Bibliofile
Two books about two of India’s biggest TV networks, Shiv Shankar Menon's book on China and Graham Greene on Cuba
Slow Life Along The Meghna
A recollection of childhood. Funny, honest and perceptive
Sweeping, Short Maps
A vast swathe of stories speak of Tamil life and its loud silences
Seven Days
The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt
Par Avion
A random sample from the British periodicals