Priyanka Tupe is Assistant Editor at Outlook. She is based in Mumbai and covers politics, culture and human rights in western India.
As NDA seems to gain clear mandate according to early trends of counting in Bihar, Nitish Kumar's popularity as 'Bihar ka Matlab Nitish Kumar' started popping up on banners in Bihar. Amid rising popularity of Kumar, there was once an era of Lalu Prasad Yadav, a not so 'funny’ politician of Bihar and India who strengthened social justice in Karpoori Thakur's soil, The Lalu who didn't join NDA for power.
Amid mounting political tension, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has announced that the Pune land deal by his son Parth Pawar’s firm has been cancelled.
Mumbai, India’s financial capital, is witnessing a growing crisis of forced evictions and homelessness as urban redevelopment and “anti-encroachment” drives displace thousands of families.
Around 30 million labourers migrate to different states from Bihar every year according to the recent media reports. The people who spoke to Outlook say they are interested in politics but lack of jobs and money keep them from casting their vote.
On November 2, 2025, the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai pulsed like a living heart, and when captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s fingers closed around the final catch, the roar that followed was a nation exhaling 47 years of wait and longing. For India, cricket isn’t just a sport — it’s a shared emotion
At an election rally in Begusarai, the Bihar Chief Minister accused the Yadavs of focusing on family interests and highlighted his government’s progress in jobs, infrastructure, and women’s welfare.
Banjaras are currently holding rallies across Maharashtra for their inclusion in ST quota
RSS’ Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram works in the fields of education, health and rural development. However, the cultural homogeneity of tribals as Hindus is at the core of its agenda
Indian Human Rights activist Sudhir Dhawale, imprisoned under UAPA in Bhima Koregaon case, exposes India's prison mental health crisis: overcrowding, absent psychiatric care, caste-based labor, and systematic erosion of dignity. Watch the full interview.
Bende and other cotton farmers in Maharashtra say that with new harvest season coming up dipping cotton prices are leaving them impoverished
Signup for Outlook and get curated content to your inbox everyday.