COVER STORY
Lokpal Bill discussions are sure to see standoffs
Outlook Magazine - 25 April 2011
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Itself the outcome of a bottom-up movement, the Jan Lokpal bill ironically proposes a centralised framework against graft. Without checks and balances.
Do banks really benefit from easing corporate debt, or is it just a bailout by another name?
I see no reason why I should skip breakfast, lunch and dinner. Perhaps I’m happy being an Amul Baby.
Fasting is powerful (Anna Hazare just proved that) but as a means of weight loss, it’s disastrous.
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Itself the outcome of a bottom-up movement, the Jan Lokpal bill ironically proposes a centralised framework against graft. Without checks and balances.
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When hunger strikes after a hunger-strike...
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Do we, the Indian middle class, see the corruption within us?
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As devotees pray for Sathya Sai Baba, questions hang over his rich trust
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In politically calmer north Bengal, Mamata blows the Trinamool trumpet
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As Pakistanis police the Arab street, it must shun the sectarian whirlpool
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Do banks really benefit from easing corporate debt, or is it just a bailout by another name?
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I see no reason why I should skip breakfast, lunch and dinner. Perhaps I’m happy being an Amul Baby.
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Fasting is powerful (Anna Hazare just proved that) but as a means of weight loss, it’s disastrous.
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Ravi Singh quits Penguin. Can't think of a sweeter revenge for Davidar for last year's humiliation than luring away Penguin's key man.
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At one level Roy's prose is a dirge for the Kumaon hills. At another, a Pickwickian humour infuses it with robust charm.
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Daughters at work: Ira Pande's fluent translation, and her sister Mrinal Pande's afterword, bring the book alive
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The versatile Sudhir Kakar’s autobiography is without conceit, and dissects the self with professionalism
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The actress talks about <i>Luv Ka The End</i>, produced by Y films
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In the league of the recent gross out Hollywood comedies. The tone is loud, jokes are bawdy and scatological humour is in full flow
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We have the power capacity, but not the fuel to generate it
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Successive regimes have reduced a prudent state to a big borrower
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Things in books take on a new spatial dimension as India warms up to city walks
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Glossy magazines help fill the void for desis looking to belong
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If the US was committed to Ban Ki-moon, why did Tharoor run for S-G?
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