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

Former I&B minister Manish Tewari talks about how TRP numbers have always been suspect in India, if fraud or...

Rolls Of Dice

A bodice ripper leads readers up a familiar path

'Can't Be Aatmanirbhar By Being Hostage To Import Procurements': Lt Gen Subrata Saha On Ban On 101 Defence Items

Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Subrata Saha (Retd) tells Outlook that the Defence Ministry's...

De-escalation Doesn’t Really Work In Our Interest In Long Run: Historian And Author Srinath Raghavan On LAC Standoff

Historian and war books author Srinath Raghavan says if there is any lesson to be learnt from 1962, it is...

TikTok Has Been Spying In India And Sending Data To China: Chingari Co-founder Sumit Ghosh

Soon after Chinese video app TikTok was banned in India, a similar homegrown app Chingari saw a sudden rush...

It's Lovely That A Billion Dollar Whitening Industry Suddenly Wants To Be Fair: Nandita Das

Nandita Das says HUL's move to rename its 'fairness cream' is a step in the right direction, but the fact...

‘Mask Up, There’s No Silver Bullet Yet’

'Would You Like To Start With Bat Soup?'

Here’s some truly infectious words and phrases to live by in these troubled times.

'Where The Hell Is Seelampur?'

'I think it’s the slum you see from the Akshardham flyover.'

Art And Culture

24 Hours In Life Of K.R. Vancheeswaran: Of Plantations, Sustainable Tourism And A Big Slice Of Nature

K.R. Vancheeswaran is the president of Wayanad Tourism Organisation. Not just paddy, coffee and spices, the...

Mykonos Diary

Those In The Centre Of The National Debate Must Speak Out: Amish Tripathi

Author Amish Tripathi talks about his new book, Raavan, the third in his Ramachandra series, after Ram and...

Google: The Nemesis of Socrates

Google is like this abominable cousin who used to be called a ‘walking ­encyclopaedia’—it piles on...

The Oval Diary

In Cricket World Cup season, a diary from Oval.

The Slow Violence Of Climate Change Goes Unreported: Amitav Ghosh

After his acclaimed Ibis trilogy, author Amitav Ghosh returns with his new book The Gun Island, a powerful...

Music In Rue Dumas

A slim volume engagingly rounds up all the quirky cosmopolitanism of Pondicherry

Lok Sabha Elections: In Uttar Pradesh, Stray Cattle Keep Farmers Awake And Parties Quiet

Some villages have gaushalas built, but in most cases, like here in Roshanchak near Barabanki, it's just a...

Kolkata Dispatch: How Mamata Banerjee Gets Crowds Rousing With Anti-Modi Rhetoric

Witnessing Modi-bashing at Mamata Banerjee's blistering rallies: a glimpse into West Bengal polls before...

Narendra Modi Won't Become PM Again, Says Mamata Banerjee

"Those who talk about horsetrading should be shown the door," she said.