Outlook Magazine - ParaDime Shift - 01 April 2026 Issue

To mark 250 years of the United States, a new dime quietly drops the olive branch—the oldest emblem of peace. The US-Israel attack on Iran travels swiftly across oceans and enters homes elsewhere. In India, the war has come through empty gas cylinders, long queues, and kitchens struggling to function. The Strait of Hormuz suddenly become central to everyday life. In Outlook’s April 1 issue, ParaDime Shift, Zenaira Bakhsh and Mrinalini Dhyani, document the LPG crisis from Delhi, Priyanka Tupe reports shortages from Mumbai, Ishfaq Naseem writes on dwindling supplies in Kashmir, Asghar Khan reports on food crisis in Ranchi hispitals and Ashwani Sharma writes on Himachal shortage Mohammad Ali traces how the Strait of Hormuz has translated into a domestic energy crisis. Snigdhendu Bhattacharya examines the dangerous resurgence of religious rhetoric, Seema Guha analyses India’s apparent recalibration of foreign policy alongwith a commentary on diplomacy by Manoj Jha. In our elections section on states heading to the polls N.K. Bhoopesh reports from Tamil Nadu and Kerala , Suman Nath and Agnideb Bandyopadhyay examine West Bengal while Ashlin Mathew writes from Assam. Tanvir Aeijaz writes on Governors and Nizam Pasha examines the controversy over new NCERT text books. A book review by Sreemanti, a piece on war from Naveen Kishore and a diary from an Iranian rock musician rounds it up. Pick up this power packed issue now!