COVER STORY
America’s struggling masses have made this a trickster’s finest hour
Outlook Magazine - 21 November 2016
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As poll predictions go awry and blue goes red, our Los Angeles correspondent catches the mood
A fractious polity produced the vitriol Democrats and Republicans hurled at each other. In the end, Hillary’s shaky credibility gave way under the assault of a White rage.
Economist Abhijit Sen on how Modi is planning a greater tax intake buying into the idea of a transition to a cash-less economy.
US’s European and Asian allies have solid concerns, but for India, a Trump presidency can hold many benefits
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It took no time for the swing in votes to shift the tide from Blue to Red
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As poll predictions go awry and blue goes red, our Los Angeles correspondent catches the mood
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Trump may embolden China, but India-US ties are on firm ground
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A fractious polity produced the vitriol Democrats and Republicans hurled at each other. In the end, Hillary’s shaky credibility gave way under the assault of a White rage.
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Economist Abhijit Sen on how Modi is planning a greater tax intake buying into the idea of a transition to a cash-less economy.
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Outside urban India, it is largely hard cash that has currency
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US’s European and Asian allies have solid concerns, but for India, a Trump presidency can hold many benefits
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The I&B ministry can’t be accuser, prosecutor and judge
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How urban India is coping with the sudden cashless break
OTHER STORIES
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Stability will return, but not too soon: that’s the economists’ prognosis
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Demonetisation is a dramatic Modistroke. And well-timed too, ahead of crucial polls.
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Hardscrabble economic reasons lit the ring of farm fires that partly choked Delhi
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When the smog gets into killer mode, purifier manufacturers make a killing
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What’s with the air in Delhi that a festival of lights plunged it into darkness? Can we read the signal in the smog?
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They too are part of that night sky. A brief history of one-hit wonders.
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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on the controversies that have plagued his fourth years in office and how his government has delivered on its promises
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Rahul would be taking over as Congress chief. But the question remains the same: when?
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The actor and writer on bagging his first lead role opposite Kalki Koechlin in <em>Robbin</em>, and making it in Bollywood as an outsider
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A glimpse into Bangalore's soul and Dara Singh's biography, a chatty retelling of the story of a farmer’s son who goes on to tame international wrestlers
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Manwani’s biography of a film-maker as unapologetically commercial as Nasir Husain is a pointer to the growing acceptability of books on popular Hindi cinema
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Kanhaiya’s trajectory, from village to JNU and activism, is underpinned by a firm stand against injustice
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A pioneer among Indians in Canadian politics recounts his eventful march to high office
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The theatrical presentation of the writings of Stephen Leacock, the British-born, Canadian political scientist and humourist is entertaining and engaging.
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If the poor, the underprivileged and the jobless have abandoned the liberals then it is not because the poor have become conservative but it is because the liberals have become something else.
