COVER STORY
Why I Like Outlook
What I particularly like is the amount of humour that often accompanies the articles.
Outlook Magazine - 10 November 2014
Why I Can’t Stand Outlook
I have often disliked <i>Outlook</i>’s penchant, in its attempt to be anti-establishment, for negativism, cynicism and anti-Hindu bias.
Swear By Ganesha’s Head...
We ask a cross-section of people about the prime minister’s claims, which seem to be straight out of one of Prof Dinanath Batra’s history books
Fellow Travails
Like all parties whose leaders are chosen through a sham election, the CPI(M) is cut off from the world outside.
Story Of The Czar And The Commissar
Behind the Karat-Yechury war of documents lies ambition untouched by ruin
Where Is My Clutch?
Nitin Gadkari’s mis-steps aside, he’s still the go-to interface for Modi and the RSS
Accursed County
Upriver from Benares, ask Sonbhadra’s people about the price of development. It shows on their bodies.
‘When Has Jaitley Ever Talked Of Black Money?’
The veteran lawyer minces no words when he says there is no love lost between him and fellow lawyer Arun Jaitley
Tackle The Home Front
The problem is here in India and it must be tackled here, even to bring funds held abroad back to the country.
One Leader Finds The Water Hot
A Congress leader was unhappy with P. Chidambaram. Now, he sets hope on Jaitley.
Why I Can’t Stand Outlook
I have often disliked <i>Outlook</i>’s penchant, in its attempt to be anti-establishment, for negativism, cynicism and anti-Hindu bias.
Swear By Ganesha’s Head...
We ask a cross-section of people about the prime minister’s claims, which seem to be straight out of one of Prof Dinanath Batra’s history books
Fellow Travails
Like all parties whose leaders are chosen through a sham election, the CPI(M) is cut off from the world outside.
Story Of The Czar And The Commissar
Behind the Karat-Yechury war of documents lies ambition untouched by ruin
Where Is My Clutch?
Nitin Gadkari’s mis-steps aside, he’s still the go-to interface for Modi and the RSS
Accursed County
Upriver from Benares, ask Sonbhadra’s people about the price of development. It shows on their bodies.
‘When Has Jaitley Ever Talked Of Black Money?’
The veteran lawyer minces no words when he says there is no love lost between him and fellow lawyer Arun Jaitley
Tackle The Home Front
The problem is here in India and it must be tackled here, even to bring funds held abroad back to the country.
One Leader Finds The Water Hot
A Congress leader was unhappy with P. Chidambaram. Now, he sets hope on Jaitley.
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Black Takes Game?
After all the talk, the NDA’s vacillation on black money gives the SC a reason to bite
Biztro
Business in bitesizes
Burns Units
Tensions had been simmering for a while. An East Delhi colony explodes on Diwali.
Everypoet’s Howl
Words, deeply conveyed, make slam poetry
Kaththi
It is impossible to watch this movie without a sense of cynicism creeping up on you
The Jiggety Jig, Jig
New Vijay starrer <i>Kaththi</i> gets mired in TN’s venal political scrabbling
A Lamp’s Glare
2009: A one-hit star. By 2014, Deepika outshines all. Her story is a real rocket.
Seven Days
The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt
Choice Of Warrior Fare
Even the Terracotta Warriors would have blinked and shouted “Gambey!”.
Bibliofile
And now a war of words between Girish Karnad and filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli.
Notes On The Margin
Highly recommended reading, not only for those who are part of the media in India but those who are not as well.
The Diary Of Dorrigo Evans
A visceral plunge into Japanese POW camps in Burma examines the dehumanising nature of war and the ultimate endurance of love. This is a truly great novel.
Pallavi Singh
The 23-year-old psychology student teaches Hindi to foreigners
Happy New Year
It held the promise of making fine art out of stupidity, yet went back on it.
Roger Federer
I take the family along wherever I go. They create the proper environment for my game.
Delhi Diary
I am glad the prime minister has taken my advice! Now, before I am stoned to death, let me read that again...