'The Government Should Help Smaller Retailers'
Dr Mathew Joseph he controversies around the FDI debate killed the government's will to reform retail.
Doubling The Deal
The security establishment’s inability to honour the deal it may have struck with Yakub will seriously erode its credibility.
All The President’s Hangmen
Presidents have by and large dilly-dallied on mercy petitions. Not so Pranab Mukherjee.
‘Does A Man Drown Peacefully? It’s His Right To Try.’
Former special TADA court judge P.D. Kode on questions his verdict as 1993 Bombay blasts trial judge raised.
‘I Hope We’ll Be Able To Declare A Constitution In A Month’
Former Nepal prime minister Prachanda on Maoism, the mistakes he committed as prime minister and the lessons he learnt
My Disruption Is Democracy
The BJP was a champion filibusterer once, but is the Congress right in its tactics?
A Cat With Nine Lives
At 25, she was the youngest MLA and minister in Haryana. She has since been chief minister and a Union minister twice, but Sushma Swaraj, 63, has never completed a full stint of five years.
The Flowers Of Papa Francesco
Hindu religious leaders might draw a page or two of sense from Pope Francis’s encyclicals on poverty, inequality, climate change
The Corner Reaches You
Look around, kirana stores are changing—enticingly laid out and extending an app-ed hand
Calling Agent Hanuman
For a while Pakistanis have suffered the paradox of <i>usi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kaafir par dum nikle</i>...
Pakistan Khush Hua...
Long the villain of the piece, Pakistan becomes another character in Bo llywood with <i>Bajrangi</i>
Jaggery, For All Times
This is what the weight loss and diet world have turned us into. People who eat because of the science instead of the reality.
Why I Love Outlook
It’s never stepped back from taking a stand on issues it believes in and continues to defend free speech and liberal values.
Why I Love To Hate Outlook
It has chosen to justify the sexist pieces as ‘satire’, which is simply dishonest.
Bibliofile
Legendary artist Ram Kumar's plans to write an autobiography and the next hot non-fiction of the season.
Travels To Other Dawns
Illuminates history, offers fresh perspective, pares the onion that is a place to reveal its quintessence.
Emperor State Building
A study looks at Ashoka’s extant, physical heritage and celebrates his ideals as essential to the idea of India
Bela Sheshey (Autumn of Life)
The directors explore universal themes, localising them with details of Bengali life.
Hanoi Diary
From the main thoroughfares to the maze of back alleys, Hanoi throws up a surprise at nearly every corner.