COVER STORY
The World’s Most Populous Nation and the Myth of a Jobless Utopia
It’s intellectually lazy and dishonest to think that a universal basic income will fix the discontent arising from widespread unemployment
Outlook Magazine - Slow Death of It Sector Jobs - 22 June 2026 Issue
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
CBSE OSM Evaluation Controversy: Technical Glitches, Blurry Answer Sheets and Students’ Distrust in Digital Marking
The CBSE’s on-screen marking (OSM) system, introduced to make evaluation faster and more transparent, has instead triggered allegations of blurry answer sheets and crashing portals, sparking a larger debate over the future of high-stakes public examinations
India’s Health Report Card 2024: How the Nation Scores on Key Healthcare Metrics
The sixth edition of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2023-24 by the Union health ministry, provides a snapshot of health, nutrition and family welfare indicators across the country
Outlook Cover StorySlow Death of IT Sector Jobs: How AI Layoffs Are Reshaping India’s Tech Workforce and Middle Class Dreams
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
AI Threat to India’s New Middle Class: How Automation Is Reshaping IT Jobs, Gender Roles and Social Mobility
Artificial intelligence-based systems are not socially neutral; they are already exposing existing socio-cultural realities
The Transformer: How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Skills and the Future of Work in India
The future of work in India will depend less on whether AI replaces jobs and more on how the country prepares to utilise AI and its workforce to work alongside it
Representation vs Reservation in UP Politics: BJP, SP and the New Backward Caste Battle Before 2027
Uttar Pradesh may be entering a second-generation Mandal moment
Tamil Nadu’s New Coalition Era: Can Vijay’s TVK Redraw Dravidian Politics?
It is difficult to slot Chief Minister Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam into Tamil Nadu’s established political binaries
Maharashtra’s Double-Engine Government: Big-Ticket Infrastructure, Vadhvan Port and the Battle for Central Support
As metro corridors rise and bullet train tunnels bore through hardy landscape, the Mahayuti alliance is asking whether the Centre is keeping pace with the state’s infrastructure ambitions
India-Bangladesh Border Fencing, Illegal Migration and BJP’s West Bengal Win: What’s Next for Bilateral Ties?
The BJP’s electoral success in West Bengal underlines a significant political shift in the largest state bordering Bangladesh. It is time to fence the border to counter large-scale illegal immigration
CBSE OSM Evaluation Controversy: Technical Glitches, Blurry Answer Sheets and Students’ Distrust in Digital Marking
The CBSE’s on-screen marking (OSM) system, introduced to make evaluation faster and more transparent, has instead triggered allegations of blurry answer sheets and crashing portals, sparking a larger debate over the future of high-stakes public examinations
India’s Health Report Card 2024: How the Nation Scores on Key Healthcare Metrics
The sixth edition of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2023-24 by the Union health ministry, provides a snapshot of health, nutrition and family welfare indicators across the country
- Outlook Cover Story
Slow Death of IT Sector Jobs: How AI Layoffs Are Reshaping India’s Tech Workforce and Middle Class Dreams
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
AI Threat to India’s New Middle Class: How Automation Is Reshaping IT Jobs, Gender Roles and Social Mobility
Artificial intelligence-based systems are not socially neutral; they are already exposing existing socio-cultural realities
The Transformer: How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Skills and the Future of Work in India
The future of work in India will depend less on whether AI replaces jobs and more on how the country prepares to utilise AI and its workforce to work alongside it
Representation vs Reservation in UP Politics: BJP, SP and the New Backward Caste Battle Before 2027
Uttar Pradesh may be entering a second-generation Mandal moment
Tamil Nadu’s New Coalition Era: Can Vijay’s TVK Redraw Dravidian Politics?
It is difficult to slot Chief Minister Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam into Tamil Nadu’s established political binaries
Maharashtra’s Double-Engine Government: Big-Ticket Infrastructure, Vadhvan Port and the Battle for Central Support
As metro corridors rise and bullet train tunnels bore through hardy landscape, the Mahayuti alliance is asking whether the Centre is keeping pace with the state’s infrastructure ambitions
India-Bangladesh Border Fencing, Illegal Migration and BJP’s West Bengal Win: What’s Next for Bilateral Ties?
The BJP’s electoral success in West Bengal underlines a significant political shift in the largest state bordering Bangladesh. It is time to fence the border to counter large-scale illegal immigration
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Delhi Health Minister on Heatwave, Dengue and Emergency Care: ‘We Are Ready for Any Emergency Response’
Delhi’s BJP-led government outlines its strategy to tackle heatstroke, dengue and climate-linked illnesses through disaster-management protocols, Ayushman Bharat reimbursements, newborn screening under the ANMOL scheme, expanded MRI and CT access via PPP, stricter EWS compliance in private hospitals, and an upcoming EV policy aimed at cleaner, more accessible public health and governance.
Amma Ariyan at Cannes Classics: Restored Malayalam Cult Film, John Abraham’s Vision and Legacy Revisited
Discover the journey of Amma Ariyan from a crowd-funded Odessa Collective experiment to a Cannes Classics showcase, as editor Bina Paul reflects on John Abraham’s avant-garde language, the film’s mix of documentary and fiction, its Naxalite and humanist themes, and its legacy in Malayalam parallel cinema.
Managing Income Volatility: Financial Planning for Gig and Freelance Workers
For freelancers and gig employees with erratic income, the biggest challenge is to navigate unpredictability and chalk out an effective savings and investment plan
Sacred And Sublime: Exploring Sikkim’s Buddhist Landscapes, Monasteries and Prayer Flags
A road trip through Sikkim reveals how prayer flags, meditation caves and mountain monasteries weave Buddhism into the landscape
Delhi Diary: Inside the Deadly Heatwave Turning India’s Capital into a Furnace
Explore how an unprecedented Delhi heatwave is reshaping life in India’s capital—from collapsing ecosystems and overworked gig workers to literary depictions of oppressive summers—and why vanishing green cover, rising mercury and poor urban planning are pushing the city toward a climate crisis.
