COVER STORY
The Plumber Arriveth
The FM has been boldest in plugging social sector leaks
Outlook Magazine - 14 March 2011
‘GST, DTC Should Follow Global Norms’
The ICRIER head finds enough to cheer about—with caveats—on taxation reforms
How To Add Up A Zero Sum
No major reform-related proposals, no measures to check corruption and inflation. Hopes pinned on growth.
Vote For Baba Ramdev?
It’s not really the joke it seems. The yoga guru is voicing a mass sentiment. It’s getting him attention, if not votes.
A. Raja From Tihar Jail
Suddenly, I remembered Adolf Hitler. Like him, should I seize the day, write my own ‘Raja’s Kampf’?
Welfare Must Walk The Talk
Social priorities have received scant fiscal attention
The Rupee Has Slimmed Down
Outlook Money offers a primer to make the most of these testing times.
Dieting Before The Binge
It’s the missing link between prudence, pork-barrel politics
‘GST, DTC Should Follow Global Norms’
The ICRIER head finds enough to cheer about—with caveats—on taxation reforms
How To Add Up A Zero Sum
No major reform-related proposals, no measures to check corruption and inflation. Hopes pinned on growth.
A Desert Fox In Tripoli
Bluster framed with cunning, Col Gaddafi is not Reagan's 'mad dog'
Caesar’s Salad
The SC rap of the tainted CVC is another body blow for the UPA and Manmohan
Vote For Baba Ramdev?
It’s not really the joke it seems. The yoga guru is voicing a mass sentiment. It’s getting him attention, if not votes.
A. Raja From Tihar Jail
Suddenly, I remembered Adolf Hitler. Like him, should I seize the day, write my own ‘Raja’s Kampf’?
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Not Beyond K-K-Kiran?
In Bollywood, stammerers are rarely portrayed realistically
Streaming Syllables
People who stammer are taking heart from celebrities who found clear speech
The Slo-Mo Verdict
India may hate it, but the DRS empowers the fan, cuts out errors
Flight Plan
On flat World Cup tracks, spinners have struck back
All Sooted Up
A thermal plant threatens a rich wetland
State Your Cause
All opportunities for talks with Maoists have been squandered
Count Dracula
The army’s parallel census in Sopore is leaving its people fuming
Their Master’s Image
With news channels of their own, politicians become the medium
54% Say AIADMK Alliance Will Come To Power
Price rise (72.5%) trumps corruption (18.7%) as the main issue in elections
A Flaneur, A Bomb. But Teekh-Taakh
In piquant, masala-encrusted England, a British-Pakistani meets an explosive ideal
Know India: Learn The Alphabet By Heart
The raised-as-American Giridharadas has a steady eye, but his set-pieces are a patchwork in a big book
True Grit
A good old revenge saga set in the wild, wild West, the second adaptation of Charles Portis’s novel
Anand Giridharadas
Anand Giridharadas, on his book <i>India Calling</i>
Kochi Diary
How do you live in Mumbai? You should have time for friends, live very close to nature and have a good meal on the table...
The Whisky King o’Blighty
On how the Sawhneys became big purveyors of fine spirits
