Walk through, and the city morphs. Lanes shrink. Dharavi, once branded a slum, now gleams on real estate flyers. But inside its labyrinth, where the city keeps its secrets and its sewage, no one counts people's lives.
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In a joint letter addressed to PM Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party President Mallikarjun Kharge stated that there was no precedent in the past when a state had been downgraded to a Union Territory.
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In Delhi’s punishing summer, a community is left to sweat through legal battles and power cuts, with no relief in sight.
Rutte oversteps diplomatic protocol as he tries to pressure Russia’s friends to weight in on Putin to stop the fighting.
There are over 10 writ petitions challenging the Election Commission’s order to conduct a special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls months ahead of the state elections in November. The SC has said the cases go to the root of democracy.
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The death sentence in India is more about poverty than justice, says lawyer Yug Mohit Chaudhry.
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What does the future hold for Indian students in a country where dissent is being policed and foreign students are being labelled? What other options do they have? Are there comparable courses available in countries other than the US, or within India?
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Ideological deportations aren’t official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
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Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed.
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Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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In an email exchange with Saikat Majumdar, Ashoka University professor and former faculty at Stanford, Satish Padmanabhan of Outlook raised a few questions.
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With students from India’s tier‑two and tier-three towns filing out to foreign campuses, a cottage industry of visa‑and‑advice agencies and specialist coaching centres has sprung up
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Many Kashmiri students choose to study in Iran due to a combination of affordability and cultural familiarity. A degree in medicine is the most preferred option
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During COVID-19, while the economically privileged students from urban and semi-urban areas adapted to an online system of education, it was soon evident that the country was not equipped to take up such a challenge, even after the government’s chest thumping of 'Digital India'.
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Understanding the maze of metrics and the meaning behind the rankings of professional colleges in India helps aspiring students and their parents make more specific and informed decisions.
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As aspirations surge and state resources strain, private players emerge as pivotal architects of India's educational future.
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Outlook-ICARE’s ‘Exclusive Academies of Exceptional Abilities’ celebrates institutions excelling beyond rankings—rural impact, inclusivity, innovation, and more. Because true excellence transforms lives, not just scores. Nominate inspiring stories today
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As academic publishing battles fraud and falling standards, restoring ethical integrity becomes not just necessary, but urgent.
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Are you looking for the best government engineering institutes in India? Check out Outlook-ICARE's annual ranking of India’s top 25 government engineering institutes for 2025 to make an informed choice based on multiple parameters.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said after the airstrike in a post on X that the “painful blows have begun.”
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On his birthday, here is reflecting on the cinematic oeuvre of the Thai auteur, whose debut arrived 25 years ago with a peculiar, playful riff on storytelling.
In the past, Glastonbury was organised alongside the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which shaped its ideological anti-militarist stance. But their shifting politics with the recent performances by Kneecap and Bob Vylan leaves us wondering—when does art become too political?
One of the earliest pan-Indian heroines, B Saroja Devi was a bonafide star across four Indian languages
Even fifty years after Madan Mohan’s passing, the lasting impact of his work stands as a testament to the reasons we need artists like him.
In the past, Glastonbury was organised alongside the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which shaped its ideological anti-militarist stance. But their shifting politics with the recent performances by Kneecap and Bob Vylan leaves us wondering—when does art become too political?
One of the earliest pan-Indian heroines, B Saroja Devi was a bonafide star across four Indian languages
Even fifty years after Madan Mohan’s passing, the lasting impact of his work stands as a testament to the reasons we need artists like him.
Looking back, Jagga Jasoos feels like a road not taken—the one that could’ve led to a more playful, meta, narrative-rich, visually daring Bollywood. Instead, we got stuck with a resurgence of toxic masculinity, lazy biopics, and franchise fatigue.
Indian cinema’s depiction of older man-younger woman pairings often crosses the line from romance into unequal desire
“It was never my dream to be an actor,” Kani Kusruti tells Tatsam Mukherjee, reflecting on her early days in theatre and her gradual move into cinema.
The Atypical Protagonist is an interview series by Outlook India exploring the evolution of the protagonist in the Hindi mainstream over the last decade, where actors have been able to carry a project without necessarily bowing down to the homogeneous notions of a ‘lead character’.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic version of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel is remembered through its songs—the songs endure, and only through them does the romance endure.
Between the silence of memory and the swell of a symphony, Maria Badstue has found her home in conducting orchestras. Born in India, raised in Denmark, and carried across continents by rhythm and resolve, she conducts not just orchestras, but the echoes of belonging, identity, and grace. In a conversation with Outlook's Pritha Vashisth, Badstue opens up about her layered inheritance, the solitude of adoption, and the power of a baton to bridge what words sometimes can’t.
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Guru Dutt Birth Centenary | Alpana Chowdhury pieces together snippets from a conversation with Dev Anand, on his friendship with Guru Dutt.
Despite the vibrant action and scattered charm, Superman fails to re-establish the emotional core the DC franchise once had. It stretches itself thin trying to be everything, yet leaves behind very little that lingers.
Starring R.Madhavan & Fatima Sana Sheikh, Aap Jaisa Koi carries an enduring impulse to restore innocence, longing, and groundedness to love and by extension, love stories which it accomplishes partially as it quite gets in its own way.
Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s films raking it in at the box office speak of a bigger problem
If there ever was a memo going around for tentpole Hindi films, it’s never been clearer than this. Historicals/mythology, patriotism and hypermasculinity seem to be the flavours of a nation.
Guru Dutt Birth Centenary | A peek behind the scenes of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Dutt’s legendary cinematic adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s novel
Anna Wintour’s influence was huge, but so was the pushback. The Vogue editor-in-chief has stepped down after 37 years in 2025. She will reportedly continue as Vogue’s global editorial director and as chief content officer for Condé Nast, but we are yet to see if this marks the end of a defining chapter in fashion history, or if she continues to have a stronghold.
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In Paris, Gucci doesn’t just unveil High Jewelry or High Watchmaking—it performs a carefully choreographed evolution of Italian craftsmanship, heritage, and new-world collaboration
