Outlook Magazine - 25 July 2011

Murder 2
Sex, skin and gore: unfortunately, all it eventually adds up to is quite a big bore.
BY Namrata Joshi 25 July 2011
‘Supreme Court Order On Corruption Is Difficult To Support’
Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of India explains the thin line between overreach and intervention
BY Anuradha Raman 25 July 2011
Order! Lances Atilt!
Have recent SC orders trespassed on the executive’s turf and waved the pennant of ideology?
BY Anuradha Raman 25 July 2011
The Growth Of Doubters
The ‘neo-liberal’ tag comes at the worst time for a reforms agenda
BY Pragya Singh 25 July 2011
Bloodied Diamonds
Bull’s-eye painted on Mumbai’s diamond hub
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Built For Speed...Them?
Crisis control has improved, but not by much
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Maximum Seismicity
As his city becomes a recurrent victim of terror, the Mumbaikar sinks deeper into fatalistic acceptance
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Enhanced Speakers
A new survey is to take stock of all our languages
BY Debarshi Dasgupta 25 July 2011
A Speakeasy Panorama
Bol exposes the religion-addled sores of Pakistani society. It’s also a call to action.
BY Amir Mir 25 July 2011
A Deep Paper Cut
Britain rages; the News Of The World perishes; Murdoch manoeuvres
BY Saptarshi Ray 25 July 2011
Was There A Choice?
Interrogation reports reveal the mind of young Maoist recruits in Chhattisgarh
BY Saikat Datta 25 July 2011
Twenty Dishes Too Many
Kashmiris have always been prone to profligate weddings
BY Showkat A. Motta 25 July 2011
The Year Of The Goat
With the guns silent, Kashmiri weddings are back to the ritz and glitz of old
BY Chander Suta Dogra 25 July 2011
An Earthly Eclipse
Karunanidhi finds himself beleaguered on the political and the familial fronts
BY Pushpa Iyengar 25 July 2011
The Drip-Dope-Drip Irrigation System
Coaches and officials run an assembly line for doping and cleaning up
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Trash That Poverty Register
We must find more imaginative ways to take aid to the poor
BY Neelabh Mishra 25 July 2011
Doc, Please Talk To My Dad
Breaking the sex ed taboo is raising awareness in kids—and parents
BY Advaita Kala 25 July 2011
Epicurus Has A New Joint
A Mumbai icon expands. It just shows you never can have too much of a good thing
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
In The Army Eye
The army’s move to control ITBP stokes ire
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
An Untitled Tale
An unpublished Kannada short story of A.K. Ramanujan which was discovered in a stack of papers by his wife
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
The Aperitif Made Redundant
This little Churchgate joint is a miniature social history of Mumbai.
BY Anvar Alikhan 25 July 2011
Bibliofile
To all the authors feeling stranded by this unending game of musical chairs, our only advice is: hang in there, it’s got to get better...
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Cleft Stick
Nag prefers to steer away from opinion and stick safely to facts. It's a quick run-through of the issue for outsiders.
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Hot Air Beneath A Layer Of Subcutaneous Fat
Adiga resurrects a Mumbai staple: the grasping builder versus an idealist, parcelling it in comically fustian prose
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Sonia Gandhi
One must admit that there’s some truth to Moilyji’s statement that “vested interests” got him out of the law ministry!
BY Ajith Pillai 25 July 2011
Chillar Party
An apology of a plot and an utterly clumsy attempt at story-telling
BY Namrata Joshi 25 July 2011
Shatrughan Sinha
The actor on promoting the Bhojpuri language through Ke Bani Crorepati
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Mumbai Diary
In the monsoon, that old journalistic idiom--dog bites man is not news, man bites dog is news--changes to man fells tree is not news, tree fells man is news.
BY Anil Dharker 25 July 2011

Murder 2
Sex, skin and gore: unfortunately, all it eventually adds up to is quite a big bore.
BY Namrata Joshi 25 July 2011
‘Supreme Court Order On Corruption Is Difficult To Support’
Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of India explains the thin line between overreach and intervention
BY Anuradha Raman 25 July 2011
Order! Lances Atilt!
Have recent SC orders trespassed on the executive’s turf and waved the pennant of ideology?
BY Anuradha Raman 25 July 2011
The Growth Of Doubters
The ‘neo-liberal’ tag comes at the worst time for a reforms agenda
BY Pragya Singh 25 July 2011
Bloodied Diamonds
Bull’s-eye painted on Mumbai’s diamond hub
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Built For Speed...Them?
Crisis control has improved, but not by much
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Maximum Seismicity
As his city becomes a recurrent victim of terror, the Mumbaikar sinks deeper into fatalistic acceptance
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Enhanced Speakers
A new survey is to take stock of all our languages
BY Debarshi Dasgupta 25 July 2011
A Speakeasy Panorama
Bol exposes the religion-addled sores of Pakistani society. It’s also a call to action.
BY Amir Mir 25 July 2011
A Deep Paper Cut
Britain rages; the News Of The World perishes; Murdoch manoeuvres
BY Saptarshi Ray 25 July 2011
Was There A Choice?
Interrogation reports reveal the mind of young Maoist recruits in Chhattisgarh
BY Saikat Datta 25 July 2011
Twenty Dishes Too Many
Kashmiris have always been prone to profligate weddings
BY Showkat A. Motta 25 July 2011
The Year Of The Goat
With the guns silent, Kashmiri weddings are back to the ritz and glitz of old
BY Chander Suta Dogra 25 July 2011
An Earthly Eclipse
Karunanidhi finds himself beleaguered on the political and the familial fronts
BY Pushpa Iyengar 25 July 2011
The Drip-Dope-Drip Irrigation System
Coaches and officials run an assembly line for doping and cleaning up
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Trash That Poverty Register
We must find more imaginative ways to take aid to the poor
BY Neelabh Mishra 25 July 2011
Doc, Please Talk To My Dad
Breaking the sex ed taboo is raising awareness in kids—and parents
BY Advaita Kala 25 July 2011
Epicurus Has A New Joint
A Mumbai icon expands. It just shows you never can have too much of a good thing
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
In The Army Eye
The army’s move to control ITBP stokes ire
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
An Untitled Tale
An unpublished Kannada short story of A.K. Ramanujan which was discovered in a stack of papers by his wife
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
The Aperitif Made Redundant
This little Churchgate joint is a miniature social history of Mumbai.
BY Anvar Alikhan 25 July 2011
Bibliofile
To all the authors feeling stranded by this unending game of musical chairs, our only advice is: hang in there, it’s got to get better...
BY Outlook 25 July 2011
Cleft Stick
Nag prefers to steer away from opinion and stick safely to facts. It's a quick run-through of the issue for outsiders.
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Hot Air Beneath A Layer Of Subcutaneous Fat
Adiga resurrects a Mumbai staple: the grasping builder versus an idealist, parcelling it in comically fustian prose
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Sonia Gandhi
One must admit that there’s some truth to Moilyji’s statement that “vested interests” got him out of the law ministry!
BY Ajith Pillai 25 July 2011
Chillar Party
An apology of a plot and an utterly clumsy attempt at story-telling
BY Namrata Joshi 25 July 2011
Shatrughan Sinha
The actor on promoting the Bhojpuri language through Ke Bani Crorepati
BY Outlook News Desk 25 July 2011
Mumbai Diary
In the monsoon, that old journalistic idiom--dog bites man is not news, man bites dog is news--changes to man fells tree is not news, tree fells man is news.
BY Anil Dharker 25 July 2011