COVER STORY
Early dinners—that should be thy focus. A fruit in the morning will not make your system ‘heavy’, late dinners will
Outlook Magazine - 23 April 2012
This unrepentant Marxist, writer, journalist, filmmaker and political campaigner is still searching for socialism with a human face.
Aided by exacting laws, protected by the state, Hafiz Saeed, terror’s grand imam, flourishes still
How we, the saabs and memsaabs, the didis and bhaijis, see and perceive our help.
What is it that makes the Indian middle class treat their domestic help with such derision and abuse?
The judiciary and Parliament seem to think they could do with less coverage
This unrepentant Marxist, writer, journalist, filmmaker and political campaigner is still searching for socialism with a human face.
Aided by exacting laws, protected by the state, Hafiz Saeed, terror’s grand imam, flourishes still
Can India temper firmness on 26/11 with some goodwill to Pakistan?
How we, the saabs and memsaabs, the didis and bhaijis, see and perceive our help.
Baby Halder, the help-turned-author, at home
Return of favour: tales of abuse, even murder by the hired help are on the rise
What is it that makes the Indian middle class treat their domestic help with such derision and abuse?
Absolution for Modi? Maybe a visit to the Ajmer dargah could help.
OTHER STORIES
Scholar or devotee? A schizoid split? Aurobhakts are torn over Peter Heehs.
Will there be two army chiefs on May 31?
India seems hardly prepared to provide care for its rapidly aging population
Justice Katju deems nearly all Indians to possess spotless minds. How far does the echo go?
No ordinary kickabout, slum football is a whole new ballgame
Himachal CM answers the charges of being more than generous in giving away chunks of his state
Using discretionary powers, the government gives away hillsides to the rich and powerful
A vitiated RS poll shows that electoral pollution is all-pervasive
Why was Ambedkar’s critique of caste anathema for Indian Marxists?
Israel’s anti anti-Semitic vigilantism must not muzzle free speech
Krishan Partap Singh’s <i>Delhi Durbar</i> uncannily plots a coup attempt by a megalomaniac army general angry with corrupt politicians...
A must-read for those interested in literature from the Other India
Though the author makes it clear where his sympathies lie, he is sensitive to the faultlines in the Anna movement.
These superb tales explore layered journeys—spatial, spiritual, linguistic—and state a startling femininity
The veteran Bengali actor on the killing he made as assassin Bob Biswas in <i>Kahaani</i>
A sort of tribute replete with references to Ray, sewn together with spoofs, puns, humour, songs and dances.
Beyond the loud slapstick, it does have interesting situational humour but it gets more kiddish than genuinely mad
Very soon we shall have Taj Tirumala, Oberoi Tirumala, Hiranandani Tirumala, Vilasrao Tirumala and so on
Democracy tourism has come to Myanmar. Most Yangon hotels had signs offering a day trip to watch Suu Kyi vote