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To Stop The Next Kasabs: 10 Years After 26/11, Is India Any Safer?

The 26/11 frame is an apt one to survey and take stock of India’s readiness and/or vulnerabilities today. Sheer shock and awe ensured it was a day of reckoning for India’s internal security apparatus: its strengths and weaknesses were on public display.

Nov 15, 2018

| Ushinor Majumdar
Cover Story

A Decade After 26/11 Attack, Justice Remains Elusive For Tukaram Omble's Family

Tukaram Omble was an Assistant Sub-Inspector who was killed while confronting Kasab.

Nov 15, 2018

| Neel Shah
Cover Story

'After He Has Gone, We Have Only Him To Talk About': Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's Parents

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, a NSG commander, was killed during Operation Taj.

Nov 15, 2018

| Ajay Sukumaran
Cover Story

Armour For The People

To illustrate what has changed since 26/11, Outlook creates a hypothetical scenario to understand the most glaring gaps .

Nov 15, 2018

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Cover Story

How A 26/11 Victim And Her Family Are Earning A Living

Devika was one of the few teenage witnesses whose testimonies led to Kasab’s conviction and ultimately his execution. But being victims and witnesses of the 26/11 terrorist attacks carried a strange stigma for the family.

Nov 15, 2018

| Ushinor Majumdar
Cover Story

How Parameters In India-Pakistan Relations Changed After 26/11 Attack

A running sore between India and Pakistan, 26/11 is a reference point for both terror and talks

Nov 15, 2018

| Pranay Sharma
Opinion

Behold The Brother’s Keeper

Pakistan cannot finish off the Islamic State and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan without doing the same to groups the government is comfortable with

Nov 15, 2018

| Ayesha Siddiqa
Opinion

When FBI Killed Naipaul A Decade Before He Died

David Headley was one of the weakest links, but Indian authorities failed to sniff him out. That’s an important lesson in how to avoid another 26/11.

Nov 15, 2018

| P.K.H. Tharakan

Name Game

Allahabad To Prayagraj: The Politics Of Name Change

BJP’s renaming frenzy—Hindu-friendly names in war against Islamic ones

Nov 15, 2018

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora
Poll Peaks

Mizoram Elections: The Ten Commandments

Every church sings its own soft part. In Mizoram, the faithful looks up to it for guidance and for free and fair polls.

Nov 15, 2018

| Anupam Bordoloi
- Congress Is Crumbling, MNF Will Form Government: Zoramthanga
Poll Toll

Why Dalits And Elite Castes Are Unhappy With BJP In Gwalior-Morena

The BJP is on the backfoot in Gwalior-Morena, where Dalits and elite castes are both a disgruntled lot

Nov 14, 2018

| Preetha Nair
Pinned Stripes

Tigress Avni's Killing: There's A Need To Curate Big Cat Eco-System

Tiger conservation is not about numbers. It seems to be a complex, uphill task, involving a multitude of stakeholders, requiring rigorous engagement and massive consensus building.

Nov 14, 2018

| Salik Ahmad
Disorder

Killed While Wandering, Mentally Challenged People Are Victims Of Kashmir Insurgency

Among the victims in Kashmir is a special category: people with mental issues, dying while wandering

Nov 14, 2018

| Naseer Ganai
Opinion

Nihilipilified On The Hill: Sabarimala, Congress And The Pilgrim’s Regress

In its ‘Hindu Lite’ avatar, Congress has abdicated on one of the biggest issues of our times when it could have been of genuine use.

Nov 15, 2018

| Sunil Menon

Reverse Sweep

The Gavel Holds Up Democracy

The supreme court deals the Sirisena-Rajapaksa duo a blow

Nov 14, 2018

| Pranay Sharma

Greeting Cads

Thrill Or Inspiration: What Drives People To Send 'Good Morning' Messages On WhatsApp

WhatsApp greetings blight our dawns. Their synthetic piety is like catnip to do-gooders.

Nov 14, 2018

| Salik Ahmad
Fan-cy Dress

Just ’Cos We Like To Play

It’s performance art for the fandoms. Cosplay—dressing up as fictional characters for events, for money, or just for fun—has arrived in India.

Nov 15, 2018

| Lachmi Deb Roy

Tough Call

Should He Or Shouldn't He? Raging Debate On Dhoni's Inclusion In 2019 World Cup

Plunging into the debate on M.S. Dhoni’s future and his inclusion in the Indian team for the 2019 World Cup

Nov 14, 2018

| Qaiser Mohammad Ali

Books

On The Racks

Nov 14, 2018

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Poll Stars

Alms And The Superman

The Tamil film Sarkar stirred uproar and protest. It’s only the latest of actor Vijay’s political forays.

Nov 14, 2018

| G.C. Shekhar
No Kidding

A Can Of Sardines

Indian stand-up was out of line even before #MeToo

Nov 15, 2018

| Arshia Dhar

The Insider

Deep Throat

A regular column on the essential buzz

Nov 14, 2018

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Last Page

Srinagar Diary

In this week's diary, author Shabnam Minwalla tells us her recent visit to Kashmir during Bookaroo Srinagar and how she wishes the Valley could heal again.

Nov 14, 2018

| Shabnam Minwalla
In & Around

The Subcontinental Menu

In The Subcontinental Menu this week, read about Assam’s state health department which released a list of promotions featuring name of a registrar who had died and at why few contractual employees at Tirupti temple decided to smuggle out laddus.

Nov 14, 2018

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Review

How Everest Colonised

An engrossing mesh of elite Anglo-Bengali literariness, adventure, war and change

Nov 14, 2018

| Oyndrila Sarkar
Review

GDP On A Reckless Aston

Crony capitalism oils the wheels of politics, which then bestows on it the benefits of power. Modern India’s ‘growth’ is thus unpicked in these stories.

Nov 14, 2018

| Sudhirendar Sharma
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