Give Us Our Daily Butter
Freshly churned butter is an undervalued essential fat, therapy actually, in our Indian diet
'Today There Is No Respect For A Journalist'
Earlier there was not a care. One is nostalgic as that halcyon, carefree light-hearted era has more or less vanished.
'Phone Calls At Odd Hours'
I have never faced any major issues, but it would be wrong to say that problems don't exist
1984: Two Months
What kept us going was a challenging and exciting profession, which I felt was enough of a shield for me.
'Our Very Presence In Public Places Angers Men'
The only answer is for more women to be in public places and more men in private spaces. More freedom is the answer, not less.
'Are Your Married...?'
'Why don't you have sindoor on your maang?' might be a common question, but even more distressing is how we are threatened by male peers in our own profession
A Trial By Fire
A woman journalist invariably faces anger that degenerates into abusive language with sexual overtones.
War Zones
Were the deadliest war zones safer for women journalists than are moving buses, isolated warehouses and the mean streets of India today for young women?
The Cynic As Daydreamer
Jinnah drove the idea of the first country created in the name of Islam. Then, he chanted secularism.
Clipped Speech
Jinnah's 'secular' speeches are pieces of history, trapped on elusive spools. <i>Outlook</i> tracks down two of the three master recordings that Pakistan wants from India.
People’s Verdict
Nine out of 10 cases of failure of justice do not come to the SC’s notice because people can’t afford the cost.
Scalpel Of Truth In The End Credits
Old aides join in to make Rituparno Ghosh’s unfinished film, <i>Satyanweshi</i>, seaworthy
Post-Industrial Gothic
Will the mill lands, once Bombay’s pride, remain only a sepia-tinted reminder of the past, even as it is stalked by the evils of the present?
The Bloodless Vampire Glow
Affordable, non-invasive beauty treatments are the new rage. They come with strange names.
The Keeper Of The Lingual Flame
You don’t need formal education to have a feel for the language. Ask Govardhan Panda.
‘Even God Wants Him (Modi) To Lead’
The VHP leader hopes the Gujarat CM will lead a revival of the Hindu nationalist movement
Bit Players’ Scripts
Modimania is tempered a bit by some questioning. But will this take away any of the vigour?
On The Sea, The Open Sea
This is an interesting misadventure. Sudarshan is a fine writer who holds readers’ attention, but up to a point.
What Katya Did In Vidarbha
Finally, a novel on the farmer suicides of Vidarbha,a tragedy ignored in mainstream fiction
State In The Making
Experts size up Bihar’s advances, its many failures, offer strange cures, weigh hopes, and hark back to a golden past
Saskia Rao-de Haas
The Delhi-based Dutch cellist on her unusual tryst with music and deep love for India
Tasher Desh
In a market crammed with films about sensual liberation, it is among the most aesthetically sensitive
Portugal Diary
The surge in the number of Goans applying for Portuguese citizenship has caused consternation in Britain