A US ground war in Iran would mark a significant escalation—but one without clear strategic clarity. The risks are immediate and tangible: a wider regional conflict, heavy casualties, and long-term instability.
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Pogge, the professor of philosophy and political science and director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University, talks about the ongoing war and what's at stake
In the fourth week of the war on Iran, the issue has moved from regime change to the territorial integrity of the nation
As the political spotlight shifts to Special Intensive Revision deletions, Mamata Banerjee gets a breather—instead of answering uncomfortable questions over her 15-year rule, she is getting to ask questions
Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee have been taking potshots at each other, including indulging in personal attacks, for over a decade now. That’s how they have kept Bengal polarised
Himanta Biswa Sarma was not placed on the throne of Assam’s governance. He arrived there, navigating parties, positions and ideological contradictions, adjusting swiftly and deftly as the political ground shifted in the eastern state. What has remained constant is his instinct for power and his ability to stay a step ahead of the politics he helps ferment
For Pinarayi Vijayan, who has ruled Kerala’s political stage for nearly three decades, politics appears, above all, to be about power: power within the party, and power for the party
M.K. Stalin has succeeded in reframing the political contest in Tamil Nadu as one between Dravidianism and its ideological adversaries
Doubts about the AIADMK’s future have grown stronger and talk of the end of the Dravidian binary has resurfaced. Will this election be another watershed like 1967?
Law colleges and schools are redefining the paradigms of legal profession with a visionary zeal. Innovative curricula and excellent faculty are empowering young minds to make informed decisions about choosing the noble profession. Outlook‘s 30 best private law institution ranking, says it all.
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The 2026 Amendment strips self-identification and ignores chosen kinship, putting trans people and their support networks at risk.
From a killing in northeast Delhi to arrests, assaults, and calls for violence across states, attacks against Muslims saw a spike during the month of Ramzan in 2026
One of the topical questions this novel raises is about the nature of information in our time. Who decides whether a piece of news is true or untrue? Whose word is taken for fact?
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief urges vigilance against “intruders”, discourages forced religious conversions
A US ground war in Iran would mark a significant escalation—but one without clear strategic clarity. The risks are immediate and tangible: a wider regional conflict, heavy casualties, and long-term instability.
Sameer Rizvi played a scintillating knock of 70 runs off just 47 balls to guide Delhi Capitals home against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana International Stadium
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Amidst Hollywood’s selective and hypocritical silence on the US–Israel war on Iran, these eight voices are choosing courage over comfort.
The intergenerational drama that has been shelved by Netflix is a harrowing portrait of duress that majoritarianism imposes.
‘The Mountain’, the latest album by Gorillaz, the English virtual band, has generated massive buzz, sparking viral acclaim for its grief-fuelled Indian fusion.
For decades, the “Tragedy Queen” label defined Meena Kumari more like containment, as though her grief was her only recognisable feature. But to look at her beyond the tragedies is to acknowledge that she was more than the many mishaps of her life.
The intergenerational drama that has been shelved by Netflix is a harrowing portrait of duress that majoritarianism imposes.
‘The Mountain’, the latest album by Gorillaz, the English virtual band, has generated massive buzz, sparking viral acclaim for its grief-fuelled Indian fusion.
For decades, the “Tragedy Queen” label defined Meena Kumari more like containment, as though her grief was her only recognisable feature. But to look at her beyond the tragedies is to acknowledge that she was more than the many mishaps of her life.
One might argue that holding actors accountable at such a time is mere distraction. But those who have profited off trans lives in India—lives already marked by disproportionate levels of violence and social exclusion—do deserve to be questioned.
The much-disparaged genre of horror has seen a stellar revival with the recent successes of Sinners and Weapons.
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Directed by M. Manikandan and B. Ajith Kumar, one of the greatest strengths of this JioHotstar series lies in its portrayal of human complexity and the many lives a person is capable of living.
'Bollywood By Choice' is Outlook's weekly column that examines the good, the bad, and the ugly of Indian cinema—Bollywood and beyond—offering praise and criticism with equal fairness to both the deserving and the disappointing.
The “indie” has long remained both an aesthetic and systemic outlier. Yet through it all, the industry endures—continually discovering creative, innovative and logistical pathways that empower the art of guerrilla storytelling.
From Waqt to Shaan, Hindi cinema once turned opening credits into spectacle. In the age of OTT and the “Skip Intro” button, these openings seem like a lost pleasure.
As the UN declares transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, Hollywood's long reckoning with slavery feels more urgent and more ironic than ever.
The documentary is a tale of how the seven have changed: how time, fame and military service have reshaped them and what that change does to the art that comes out the other side.
Presented at the Alliance Française de Delhi in March 2026, Home Away From Home (Le geste juste) explores the idea of the “right gesture”—the moment when thought becomes action and an idea takes material form.
From Indian rap and American pop to Japanese anime, paedophilic interests can masquerade as the fantasy and fetishisation of the ‘schoolgirl aesthetic’.
Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ (2026) examines the brown celebrity (and family) through a self-aware comic frame that is at once incisive and reflective.
Combining disarming soulfulness with pure smarts, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller deliver the most enthralling time at the movies this year
The redeemer of Naya Bharat is the middle-aged, ultraviolent asexual hero—a machine being that can effortlessly simulate human sexuality, but the single-minded purpose of its construction is to do away with the nation’s enemies.
Hollywood may prefer its politics fictional, but artists, the stubborn creatures that they are, keep rabble rousing. One of the first major flashpoints in Hollywood arrived in the late 1970s with Vanessa Redgrave.
Critics' Choice Awards 2026 full winners list: In the feature film category, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, which led with six nominations, won four major awards. Black Warrant dominated in the web series category.
A poem about the human costs of war and everyday resilience
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The luxury home living brand has come up with a 18,000 sqft flagship store at MG Road bringing its design-forward approach to furniture and collectibles
