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The Missing Gunj

The Missing Gunj

Mar 20, 2023

Although it features in the name of the film, the movie 'A Death In The Gunj' focuses more on the death and the events leading up to it and not so much on the gunj itself.

Is The RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Comments On Muslims And Hindus ‘At War’ A Return To Its Hard Line?

Is The RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Comments On Muslims And Hindus ‘At War’ A Return To Its Hard Line?

Jan 13, 2023

Are the recent comments by the RSS a return to its hard line against the minorities? Is it an indication of what is to come in the election rhetoric of right-wing parties next year?  

The Year That Was At Outlook: How We Stood Out

The Year That Was At Outlook: How We Stood Out

Dec 30, 2022

After many brainstorming sessions, we felt the best way to give the Outlook reader something unique, something of value and substance, something interesting was to take up a theme, deep-dive into it with all our reportage and analysis force.

Diary: First Dates, First Pizzas, First Sundaes At Delhi's Iconic Nirula's

Diary: First Dates, First Pizzas, First Sundaes At Delhi's Iconic Nirula's

Oct 13, 2022

Satish Padmanabhan, Managing Editor of Outlook, reminisces about Delhi’s iconic Nirula’s on the passing away of its founder Deepak Nirula.

Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children, The Film, And Why Everything Is Not Tickety-boo

Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children, The Film, And Why Everything Is Not Tickety-boo

Aug 31, 2022

Deepa Mehta’s film bravely attempts to transpose Salman Rushdie’s unfilmable book onto the screen, with some great moments and some flaws.

Friendship Day: Hindi Cinema And Its Many Stories Of 'Dosti'

Friendship Day: Hindi Cinema And Its Many Stories Of 'Dosti'

Jul 27, 2022

Dosti, Dostana, Yaarana...Bollywood friendship often comes in similar shades

Bombay Meri Jaan: Films That Reveal The City’s Soul, And Its Underbelly

Bombay Meri Jaan: Films That Reveal The City’s Soul, And Its Underbelly

Jul 24, 2022

The quintessential Mumbai of slums, chawls, BHKs, the underworld, the uber rich as portrayed by the city’s other unique institution—Bollywood.

Leena Manimekalai's Searing Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In 'Maadathy' Is Powerful Cinema

Leena Manimekalai's Searing Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In 'Maadathy' Is Powerful Cinema

Jul 07, 2022

Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s 2019 feature film 'Maadathy' is about patriarchy and misogyny within the Dalit community.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Bal Thackeray Is Unidimensional, The Film 'Thackeray' Is A Missed Opportunity

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Bal Thackeray Is Unidimensional, The Film 'Thackeray' Is A Missed Opportunity

Jul 04, 2022

'Thackeray' is a missed opportunity to delve into the mind of a complex man, with so many contradictions within him, and the other political leaders of that time, Morarji Desai, Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Yashwantrao Chavan, George Fernandes, and Indira Gandhi, are mere caricatures.

Pride On Screen: Love and Loathing On Brokeback Mountain

Pride On Screen: Love and Loathing On Brokeback Mountain

Jun 27, 2022

This Pride Month, here are a few recent gems from world cinema on LGBTQ themes that are heartbreaking, visceral and humane.

Skin-Deep Scary: The Cult Of Sleaze As Horror

Skin-Deep Scary: The Cult Of Sleaze As Horror

Apr 06, 2022

Hindi horror movies of the ’80s were meant to titillate. Anyone scared in the process was purely incidental.

UP Election: Notes Of A Parachute Journalist

UP Election: Notes Of A Parachute Journalist

Mar 11, 2022

Journeying through Uttar Pradesh in poll season and trying to make sense of the sounds and sights

Diary Of A South Indian Growing Up In The Hindi Heartland

Diary Of A South Indian Growing Up In The Hindi Heartland

May 19, 2022

I could never get into the South Indian film milieu like some of my friends who had gro­wn up in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore or Cochin. I missed a lot of great films as well as the buzz around many filmmakers of that time. But it had its pluses too

Satan’s Birth To Masks That Kill: 7 Horror Films That Crawl Under The Skin

Satan’s Birth To Masks That Kill: 7 Horror Films That Crawl Under The Skin

Apr 11, 2022

The best horror films play on our minds rather than make us jump out of our seats. Here is a sampling, most of which are available on YouTube and OTT platforms.  

25th March 2020: A Time To Remember, A Time To Forget

25th March 2020: A Time To Remember, A Time To Forget

Mar 25, 2022

Everyone who had a house would be talking about quality family time. We would be gushing about blue skies and birdcall and fresh breeze. Those who didn’t were walking. Walking to bus terminals and railway stations, to go to Motihari and Muzaffarnagar and Mayurbhanj.

UP Elections: I Am Not Inclined Towards Any Party, Says BSP Supremo Mayawati

UP Elections: I Am Not Inclined Towards Any Party, Says BSP Supremo Mayawati

Mar 03, 2022

Speaking to media including Outlook in Varanasi amid ongoing UP Assembly Elections, BSP supremo Mayawati said that BSP did not copy others and added that other parties like SP are now copying her style.

Ahead, The Horizon, Love & Longing

Ahead, The Horizon, Love & Longing

Oct 25, 2013

We asked 18 top authors to write about being 18

Magazine Diary | The Printed Word Is Still The King In A World Of Digital Drama

Magazine Diary | The Printed Word Is Still The King In A World Of Digital Drama

Dec 29, 2021

The internet has certainly liberated news. But it negates the training of a correspondent, the endless discussion in news meetings, the polishing of copy and fact-checking by the desk.

Canacona Diary: A Bed On A Tree, Awash With Feni And Filter Coffee With Coconut Milk

Canacona Diary: A Bed On A Tree, Awash With Feni And Filter Coffee With Coconut Milk

Sep 29, 2021

From food to ambience, southern Goa's pristine beaches are not only romantic but exotic in all aspects.

To Everything There’s A Season

To Everything There’s A Season

Sep 08, 2021

In a deft inversion, Tarantino turns Once Upon A Time In Hollywood into a novel. Overlaying the two, we get insights on film-making, his pet themes and glory in his immersion into the late ’60s.

How I Will Miss The Merry Kanwariyas On Delhi’s Streets

How I Will Miss The Merry Kanwariyas On Delhi’s Streets

Jul 23, 2021

What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.

How I Will Miss The Merry Kanwariyas On Delhi’s Streets

How I Will Miss The Merry Kanwariyas On Delhi’s Streets

Jul 23, 2021

What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.

Definitive Guide On How to Muzzle Fanatic Followers Of The Game

Definitive Guide On How to Muzzle Fanatic Followers Of The Game

Jul 13, 2021

Here’s a toolkit to restore Britain’s place in the world as a melting pot of multiculturism

Chuck The News, Gimme Yack Yack

Chuck The News, Gimme Yack Yack

Mar 13, 2015

Field reporting is passe, chat shows have come to rule the programming roost

If There’s Evidence Of TRP Manipulations, I&B Ministry Can Cancel Channel's Licence: Manish Tewari

If There’s Evidence Of TRP Manipulations, I&B Ministry Can Cancel Channel's Licence: Manish Tewari

Oct 09, 2020

Former I&B minister Manish Tewari talks about how TRP numbers have always been suspect in India, if fraud or cheating is established, the top CEOs and anchors of TV channels can be arrested, and much more.

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