COVER STORY
Performers’ safety can only be ensured through street cred and holding organisers accountable.
Outlook Magazine - 4 October 2021
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The concept of vacuuming air in the open is not a practical solution to combat air pollution.
China, Afghanistan and the Quad are the pressing issues that form the backdrop of PM Modi’s first in-person meeting with Joe Biden
Recommendations by several commissions gather dust as successive regimes decide to play it safe.
A comprehensive count can be helpful in deciding categorical revisions and inclusion/exclusion of castes/communities in deciding reservations and redistributive policies on a scientific basis.
There is no need to contextualise Hathras. It is a standalone story. A warning, a trigger, a tragedy.
Ashes of the Hathras gang rape victim remain in a pitcher as her father waits for ‘hanging’ of the guilty to immerse them in Ganga.
From allies like JD(U), Apna Dal and Republican Party of India to opposition parties including RJD, Samajwadi Party, BSP and the Congress demand a caste census. Will the Narendra Modi Government bite the bullet?
The image of a mother and the role she plays in real life has gone through some drastic transformation, and that has naturally changed our way of looking at it in cinema, says actress Supriya Pathak
In this shape-shifting novel with a gallery of characters who don’t fit in fully, old certitudes like identity and nationalism are revealed to be in a flux
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The concept of vacuuming air in the open is not a practical solution to combat air pollution.
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China, Afghanistan and the Quad are the pressing issues that form the backdrop of PM Modi’s first in-person meeting with Joe Biden
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Recommendations by several commissions gather dust as successive regimes decide to play it safe.
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A comprehensive count can be helpful in deciding categorical revisions and inclusion/exclusion of castes/communities in deciding reservations and redistributive policies on a scientific basis.
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There is no need to contextualise Hathras. It is a standalone story. A warning, a trigger, a tragedy.
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Ashes of the Hathras gang rape victim remain in a pitcher as her father waits for ‘hanging’ of the guilty to immerse them in Ganga.
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From allies like JD(U), Apna Dal and Republican Party of India to opposition parties including RJD, Samajwadi Party, BSP and the Congress demand a caste census. Will the Narendra Modi Government bite the bullet?
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The image of a mother and the role she plays in real life has gone through some drastic transformation, and that has naturally changed our way of looking at it in cinema, says actress Supriya Pathak
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In this shape-shifting novel with a gallery of characters who don’t fit in fully, old certitudes like identity and nationalism are revealed to be in a flux
OTHER STORIES
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"I’m not on social media because it is distracting. We’re anyway addicted to our phones. Also, I find it very disingenuous to share my life with people. You get trapped in it," says Saif Ali Khan
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Prestigious tests like JEE and NEET have been breached. A few lakh of rupees can get you an engineering or a medical seat.
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The humble bicycle has become the abiding image of Bihar CM’s efforts to give women the power to carve their own paths in elections.
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The emergence of vote banks in some states may not presage a new paradigm, especially in states as riven with caste as UP.
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Political parties look for alternate social engineering to woo voters in changed scenario.
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Non-BJP parties hoping to stall the massive shift of OBCs towards the Hindutva brigade. But there are gains too for the BJP if it plays its cards well.
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A Dalit Sikh CM from the neglected Puad region is a smart move, queering the pitch for the grand old party’s rivals.
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Hindu groups target Basavaraj Bommai government over implementation of Supreme Court order to raze illegal buildings.
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Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo further dents BJP in West Bengal after the humbling assembly polls loss.
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Union minister Anurag Thakur’s frequent visits to home state fuel speculations about possible change of guard before assembly polls next year.
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NIA takes over case after four people are arrested for leaking sensitive information from DRDO’s missile test range to foreign players.
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