COVER STORY
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.
Outlook Magazine - 13 November 2017
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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.
The new breed of Bollywood directors shows promise by giving the usual formulas of melodrama a skip
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
Kavitha Lankesh pens an elegy for her sister Gauri, who was killed in cold blood on September 5
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.
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.
Is the glorification of khichdi another way of celebrating the first anniversary of demonetisation?
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Progress is being made in J&K, but don’t expect miracles
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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.
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The new breed of Bollywood directors shows promise by giving the usual formulas of melodrama a skip
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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
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Kavitha Lankesh pens an elegy for her sister Gauri, who was killed in cold blood on September 5
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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.
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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.
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Is the glorification of khichdi another way of celebrating the first anniversary of demonetisation?
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