Freedom and belonging are both vital, but rarely easy to balance. Choosing one often means sacrificing a part of the other. Naresh Kumar, who has journeyed from Patna to Paris to Bombay, understands this tension intimately and captures it in his latest exhibition, Act of Republic.
Several leaders in Ladakh said that 'they welcome the appointment', adding that they hope that the new LG would 'fulfil the political and developmental aspirations of the people.'
What is happening in West Bengal is not just a legal battle. It is a moral crisis. It is a slow, quiet erasure of backward Muslim and Hindu castes from public life
Jaishankar’s warm outreach to China in meetings with foreign minister Wang Yi and vice president Han Zeng signals a fresh diplomatic start after the 2020 stand-off. Is Delhi set to return to the pre-Galwan days of frequent high-level exchange? Too early to say but the signs are promising.
Family after family mourns the loss of loved ones—children orphaned or swept away, the elders buried under debris, and homes reduced to rubble.
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.
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?
Ideological deportations aren’t official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed.
Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
In an email exchange with Saikat Majumdar, Ashoka University professor and former faculty at Stanford, Satish Padmanabhan of Outlook raised a few questions.
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
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
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'.
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.
As aspirations surge and state resources strain, private players emerge as pivotal architects of India's educational future.
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
As academic publishing battles fraud and falling standards, restoring ethical integrity becomes not just necessary, but urgent.
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CM Omar Abdullah climbed the iron fence to jump down and pay his respects to the people, whose death saw the formation of the party he represents as vice president, which was named the Muslim Conference before it got christened as the National Conference.
Trump announced a rejuvenated pipeline for American weapons to reach Ukraine along with the tariff threat.
ICC WTC Points Table After India Vs England Lord's Test: The result triggered a swift reshuffle in the World Test Championship standings. England, who came into the Lord’s Test with a points percentage (PCT) of 50, jumped to 66.67 after the win, moving into joint second place alongside Sri Lanka. They now trail only Australia, who continue to lead the table with an unblemished record in the ongoing WTC cycle
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’.
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.
Dead on arrival, Pulkit’s directorial is agonising to endure
On his 116th birth anniversary, here’s looking at what made the women in Bimal Roy films so unique and self-reliant
For India-born Danish conductor Maria Badstue, music is the one space where she truly belongs
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
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
The world in Guru Dutt's films, like Pyaasa, keeps getting darker and intensely rejects the idea of time as decay and destruction.
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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The British luxury carmaker officially launches operations in India through Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd., marking a new chapter in the country’s premium automotive landscape
