COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 31 August 1998
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A battered Clinton tries to live up to his Energiser Bunny image—bouncing back from the Zippergate scandal with an abrupt bombing
A scientific understanding of the destructive forces of nature can help avert landslide disasters
The casualties in the Kumaun region could have been minimised if the MEA had been far-sighted
Resurgent India Bonds spell gains for the NRIs and the government, but what of the economy?
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A battered Clinton tries to live up to his Energiser Bunny image—bouncing back from the Zippergate scandal with an abrupt bombing
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A scientific understanding of the destructive forces of nature can help avert landslide disasters
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The casualties in the Kumaun region could have been minimised if the MEA had been far-sighted
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His show moves from Zee to Star. Its not because of Subhash Goel, insists Shotgun
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The Army reconnects a part of India—in a heroic 20 days
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Indian-Americans invest in RIBs but see them as short-term solution
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Resurgent India Bonds spell gains for the NRIs and the government, but what of the economy?
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The British Telecom chief maps the future of the infotech world
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Terrorism in Kashmir has a different colour for the US
OTHER STORIES
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The US strikes may hurt Pakistan more than the Taliban
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Montek wanted to think and write. Now he can wield the pen. N.K. Singh isn't much of a writer, and he will continue to wield power. In economics, that's called comparative advantage.
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Diplomats will have a hard time explaining our shifting posture on CTBT. We will have to counter the inference that our concern for justice lasted until we joined the haves.
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The vicious circle must be broken somewhere. If Pakistan wants to start with Kashmir, why not? What is more urgent than cross-border terrorism? Pakistan must choose between proxy war and talks.
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It is when one or more of the institutions of democracy—the legislature, the executive and the judiciary—stop performing their task scrupulously, that the latent role of the President gets activated.
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The Arvind Mills' success may egg on other businesses
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Thanks to Enterprise Resource Planning, a CEO now knows every detail of his firm.
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The Centre may be saddled with 43 million unfit polio vaccines
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Renowned economist Amartya Sen, 65, has been called a prophet of his times. In an interview to Sagarika Ghose, the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, reiterates his commitment to public welfare:
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Speech is action. And when the President speaks—in measured, Nehruvian tones—critics say it's political action.
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Yashwant Sinha brings in A new reform-oriented team as part of an image-boosting exercise
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But the PM's ex-advisor, son-in-law and secretary will have none of it
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BJP bids to split the party provoked Jayalalitha
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Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi
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Sonia may be reluctant but the Congress is weighing its options
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If the AIADMK pulls out, a set of unpleasant choices faces all political formations in Tamil Nadu
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Pressure builds up on Vajpayee to snap ties with a belligerent Jayalalitha as the numbers game becomes crucial
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Which team for the C'wealth games? BCCI, IOA pick up a fight
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A government panel set up to 'review' curricula wants to incorporate India's composite culture, not its 'Hindu' heritage alone, to the Sangh's chagrin
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High-voltage theatre actors from Delhi dazzle Bollywood
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M.T. Vasudevan Nair's localised dramas have universal appeal
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Life for Laxman is a linear path, remembered minus ambiguity
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A spate of fratricidal killings shakes up the ULFA hierarchy
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A group of ULFA and Bodo rebels surrender—and try to start life afresh in the paramilitary forces
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The Sophia Loren of India and the neo-classical dancer. They careened wildly through life, deliberately choosing uncharted pathways. With their passing the world is a drabber stage.
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Russia arms its frontiers, Iran rubbishes Taliban's 'Islamic' credo
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The bombing complicates the Afghan scenario, but India fears the Taliban may now look east