COVER STORY
‘Afghanistan’s Future Is Linked With That Of India’s’
Afghan foreign minister on Indo-Afghan relations and the challenges before Afghanistan.
Outlook Magazine - 14 May 2012
Put My View On The Table
Dalits, OBCs in India’s colleges are using beef as a symbol of a resurgent identity
Who Strains On A Short Leash?
Much of our serious journalism involves being dictated to by the powers that be. So why all the fuss?
Shootout On Fleet Street
Alarmed by its proactive role, the three ‘pillars’ of our democracy set out to weaken the fourth estate
Abominable Snowmen
Kayani’s steep climbdown on Siachen awaits an Indian response
Wielders Of Terror
Drunk on power, RWAs are exceeding their brief
With A Pinch Of Doubt
Double fortified salt is a good idea but...
Put My View On The Table
Dalits, OBCs in India’s colleges are using beef as a symbol of a resurgent identity
When The Mirror Looks Back
A sock on the jaw or a warm hug depending on whose side you are on
Follow The Ticker
In its second avatar here, will Al Jazeera play down its viral style?
Watched On Our Watch
The media must take a hard look at how it has conducted itself
Who Strains On A Short Leash?
Much of our serious journalism involves being dictated to by the powers that be. So why all the fuss?
Shootout On Fleet Street
Alarmed by its proactive role, the three ‘pillars’ of our democracy set out to weaken the fourth estate
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Age Of Exuberance
There is not going to be any curtain call to Zohraji’s act; she shall remain an inspiration for ever.
Laugh, Riotous Politics!
A first look at <i>‘Wit and Wisdom’</i>, a new compilation from ‘The Parsee Punch’, a London ‘Punch’ clone, published from 1854 to the 1930s.
The Very Picture Of Self-Reliance
The older Ambani bahu goes through an image makeover. Not only is she looking the part, she is also playing it to the hilt.
To Silence The Salangai
There’s an ill wind blowing in Kalakshetra. Does it portend a blighted season ahead?
Midstream In Situ
Gappers swim against the current. But it isn’t the call of Bohemia they heed.
We Are All Xenophobes
The Northeast must not internalise victimhood even as it fights racism
After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This...
Mathew Samuel, the journalist behind Operation Westend which felled Bangaru Laxman and George Fernandes, on how it upturned his life
The Stunguns, In Silhouette
An extremely readable attempt to capture the spirit and evolution of our Hindi films through essays on its superstars
Third Man Talking
Pico Iyer’s fevered imagination effetely harps on Graham Greene, nourishes a father complex, in this prolix effort
Except A Pavlova Pirouette
Anglo-India has just made a culinary comeback in unsuspecting Indiranagar, Bangalore
The Avengers
After a long time, here’s a Hollywood film that gets wolf-whistles and catcalls in Indian theatres
Jim Clifton
The Gallup CEO, on India’s falling poll scores
The Bofors Ghost
No, I am not in the same category as Banquo’s ghost or Caesar’s ghost, nor am I the title of an unfinished Shakespeare play...
Alibag Diary
What a farmhouse is to the well-heeled of Delhi, a house in Alibag is to Mumbai’s.