COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 24 May 2021
Transferred For Not Serving Biryani? Sonali Kumar, First Lady IAS Officer In J&K, 'Unmasks Kashmir'
According to the publisher, the book is a fresh perspective on the vexed Kashmir problem from the eyes of a career bureaucrat, who spent more than 37 years in the J&K cadre of the IAS trying to understand its people.
Here Is Derek O'Brien's New Strategy For Opposition Parties To Fight 2019 Polls Against BJP And Modi
'Padmavati' Row: Fringe Group Announces Rs 1 Crore Reward For 'Burning Deepika Padukone Alive'
Asked about Bhuvneshwar Singh's threatening remarks, Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sahjawan said a report had been sought in this regard.
Manushi Chhillar Winning Miss World Crown Shows Success Of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao': Haryana Minister
The chief minister said it was a matter of great pride that girls of the state were getting success in all fields.
Indira Gandhi Fought For Secularism, Opposed Those Dividing India Over Religion: Sonia Gandhi
The former prime minister fought not for her personal ascendancy but for her principles and against vested interests, the Congress president said.
Transferred For Not Serving Biryani? Sonali Kumar, First Lady IAS Officer In J&K, 'Unmasks Kashmir'
According to the publisher, the book is a fresh perspective on the vexed Kashmir problem from the eyes of a career bureaucrat, who spent more than 37 years in the J&K cadre of the IAS trying to understand its people.
'Padmavati' Row: Fringe Group Announces Rs 1 Crore Reward For 'Burning Deepika Padukone Alive'
Asked about Bhuvneshwar Singh's threatening remarks, Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sahjawan said a report had been sought in this regard.
Manushi Chhillar Winning Miss World Crown Shows Success Of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao': Haryana Minister
The chief minister said it was a matter of great pride that girls of the state were getting success in all fields.
Indira Gandhi Fought For Secularism, Opposed Those Dividing India Over Religion: Sonia Gandhi
The former prime minister fought not for her personal ascendancy but for her principles and against vested interests, the Congress president said.
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After Pradyuman's Murder, Delhi Govt Issues 'Zero Tolerance' Student Protection Checklist To Schools
Among the points listed are school safety committees, monthly safety walks to identify loopholes in security in the premises, securing boundary walls with grills, CCTV surveillance, maintaining records of every entry into the school and restricting visitors.
ISIS Claims Its First Attack In Kashmir, Govt Says It Takes Note Of Reports
Three militants in a car opened fire on a police team at Zakura crossing on the Srinagar-Ganderbal road, killing a sub- inspector and injuring a SPO on Friday.
Padmavati's Makers Viacom18 Says It Has Voluntarily Deferred Film's Release Date
The film is based on Rajput queen Padmavati and was scheduled to release on December 1.
More Than 200 Central & State Govt Websites Illegally Displayed Details Of Aadhaar Beneficiaries, Reveals UIDAI
The Aadhaar issuing body added, in response to an RTI query, that it took note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites.
Education Tour For Rajasthan Students: A Fair Where They Learn About 'Love Jihad', 'Christian Conspiracies'
In the fair, pamphlets on "love jihad" were distributed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad members, that talks about Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan leaving Hindu wives and then again “ensnaring” Hindu women.
The Real Solution To Ending Sexual Violence Is A Law That Moves Swiftly Against Offenders
The government’s data says that 99% of Indian victims of sexual violence do not report the crime to the police. Even in the United States, only about a third or so of victims report.
Daughter’s Diary
A doctor in London. She’s also a daughter, with her parents in Chennai. Corona has come home, but home is far away…. Ruminations from the edge, on the intimate and the universal.
‘My Book Is About My Making, Breaking & Remaking’
Kabir Bedi talks about his autobiography, Stories I Must Tell, his successes as an international star, his torrid love affairs, and a lot more.
Rising Above The Octopus
Rituparna Chatterjee puts together a cross-genre memoir where the tale of childhood abuse is transcreated through touches of magical realism
Khan’s Market
Salman’s <em>Radhe</em> gets a hybrid release this Eid—in theatres, and on OTT and D2H platforms. Will it change the game for Bollywood?
The Go-Getter, Downsized
To the western press, Modi was once the man who got things done. This larger-than-life image is now in tatters—a fallout of Covid’s second wave.
False Face Must Hide What The False Heart Doth Know
The pandemic is moving into a hinterland that has already been made barren by an uncaring government
At Least The Black Market Is Working!
As the government’s health system collapsed, merchants out to profit kept the oxygen moving, making a killing from the killing
The Illusion Of Eternity
The Central Vista project is not only hubristic and anti-people, it robs India of the advantages of a shared global heritage
The People’s Prime Minister
Those who keep dreaming of dislodging Narendra Modi from power have no idea of his single-minded focus on serving the people, and the goodwill he generates from it
‘Modi Brought India To Its Knees’
BJP government pushed the National Disaster Management Act and brought it under the Epidemic Act. The states can do nothing. We told them a year ago that we will buy the vaccines, but the Centre refused to give permission, says Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra
Union Of Federal Uncooperative
Despite the rhetoric, the Modi years have seen relations between Centre and states going south. At stake is India’s delicately balanced federal structure.
Jantar Mantar Is Just A Sundial. Period
It’s an Indian travesty that movements and institutions—launched and designed with best intentions—fail to resist those trappings we know so well as ‘caged parrots’
The Complete Covid Chargesheet
Shashi Tharoor reads it out, point by point. The long list of missteps, gross errors of judgement, and active sins of commission—from the first lockdown to the present catastrophe.
The Seventh Seal
The number seven isn’t proving so auspicious for the regime. Forget critics on the outside, even voices within the BJP are disquieted by the pandemic mishandling…and Modi’s style.
The Empire Of Cruelty
The Covid pandemic has brought an acute crisis of legitimacy for the Modi regime—not its first, but certainly its biggest. Where does it stand in terms of performance and popular perception as it completes seven years?
The CROWN Fits
Ambitious, efficient and ruthless—Himanta Biswa Sarma represents the new-age BJP leader as the party continues to dream of complete domination of the political landscape
Subaltern Dignity Not Hindutva
The BJP may have lost in West Bengal, but it has grown. Why? Because it moved into a gap in the polity: caste. And the poor are not brainwashed sheep.
First Bloom Of Lotus
The BJP marks its presence in the land of Periyar
Wonder Woman As The Masked Crusader
BJP wants to restrict potential challenger Mamata to the state and away from the Centre, as a unified Opposition begins to coalesce
Mixed Shots
Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there
The Techie Who Led Jats
Ajit Singh was a bit of an enigma—a computer engineer taking over the legacy of a revered farmer leader. He prospered, but the legacy withered…till a last flicker.
A Viral Shake-Up
A scam in bed allocation? Bangalore was caught off-guard by the second wave. But Tejaswi Surya was a wave all by himself. This was a different virus.
Barbed Wires In Bihar Friendship
The Bengal election results have rubbed off on the neighbour, from the looks of it. Nitish is flexing his muscles, mostly through a proxy, and BJP is giving it back.
The NEWS
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
Twice Orphaned
Why did we—I and you—not end up in a random crematorium? Thank providence, and the many good samaritans out there. The government, for all its bluster, had abandoned us.
