Bumpy Goat Trail To Where?
J&K has seen a number of seemingly promising initiatives. Every recent attempt has died with a whimper due to inflexibility or failure to follow up on recommendations.
Taking It Beyond Wazwaan
To the PDP, the ex-IB chief’s appointment as interlocutor is a chance to reconnect with the people. But the mainstream opposition and the separatists are not enthused.
A Winning Plot Of Fresh Frames
The new breed of Bollywood directors shows promise by giving the usual formulas of melodrama a skip
‘My Job Is To Convince J&K People About The Dangers Of Radicalisation, How They Are Misguided...’
Dineshwar Sharma, a dove in the IB if there can be one, spoke to Outlook about his new assignment as the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir
Gauri Diary
Kavitha Lankesh pens an elegy for her sister Gauri, who was killed in cold blood on September 5
Nataraja’s Artificial Intelligence
The way we’re going, machines will take over. Out of this old sci-fi hat, Dan Brown fashions a scintillating adventure with AI jostling with religion.
Talking About, Talking With Kashmir
Now that convulsions on Kashmir’s streets have subsided, the Centre makes a careful bid for talks, appointing Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor. Too late in the day, say detractors; from a position of strength, says the government. But for talks to bear fruit, all stakeholders have to be engaged, backed by flexibility from Delhi.
Khichdi Of Pulkistan
Is the glorification of khichdi another way of celebrating the first anniversary of demonetisation?
On Home Turf, A Party That Can’t Afford To Lose
With an eye on 2019 and Modi again as mascot, the BJP’s readying to do all it takes to keep Gujarat
A Rosary Of Rudraksha Beads
There exists a blur in the Tamil Christian identity. That is to smoothen proselytisation, argue critics.
Three-Legged Rebellion
After 22 years of BJP, there’s a generation in Gujarat that hasn’t seen anything else. But are the dissenters strong enough—and cohesive?
On A Board: No Permit To Rebels
The BCCI is stamping out unauthorised T20 leagues through harsh diktats. At stake is its mastery over Indian cricket.
Flotsam In The Fog Of Denial
Canada’s so-called liberal edifice is built on the debris of AI Flight 182. Though most of the 329 dead were Canadians, Khalistani sympathies still haunt the country.
The Cash Demonetisation Economy
A year on, the bluff has been called on the stated objectivesof demonetisation, especially tackling black money. A few grains of positives cannot stand up to the wrecking ball it took to the Indian economy.
The Subcontinental Menu
From an airport that closed its runway to make way for a temple procession to the Kadknath chicken that is being touted as a aphrodisiac, you have it all here