COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 17 January 2000
Poor visibility hits rail and air traffic in north India. Apathy compounds the problem.
Inside a private tribal world; out in the grand, twisted mountains; politicos on their day off
Goa lived up to its hype as a millennium hotspot, but it was low-key elsewhere
What does Sunday Exports do on weekdays to justify a 320 per cent rise in its price?
The contrast between the negotiators’ cowardice and the hijackers’ daring has earned India the contempt of the world.
Man needs milestones to mark his passage through time, rituals to give shape to his life, labels to name his experiences. A 100 million dollars for the first official millennium baby to be born. Free cars, free education and innumerable gift hampers
Poor visibility hits rail and air traffic in north India. Apathy compounds the problem.
The Parsi author on Earth, the film adaptation of her book Ice-Candy Man
Longevity appears to be the hallmark of the current bull run
He’s come out from the cold, but Putin’s real tests lie ahead
Inside a private tribal world; out in the grand, twisted mountains; politicos on their day off
Goa lived up to its hype as a millennium hotspot, but it was low-key elsewhere
What does Sunday Exports do on weekdays to justify a 320 per cent rise in its price?
The contrast between the negotiators’ cowardice and the hijackers’ daring has earned India the contempt of the world.
Man needs milestones to mark his passage through time, rituals to give shape to his life, labels to name his experiences. A 100 million dollars for the first official millennium baby to be born. Free cars, free education and innumerable gift hampers
OTHER STORIES
Doubt replaces initial delight as technocrats get edgy over the government’s role in the sector
It’s not a given that the current Australian side is their best ever
It is self-delusion to attribute the series loss wholly to questionable decisions by the umpires
In theory a good side, the Indians were done in by a lack of self-belief and an over-cautious app roach in team selection
Theology is a veil for ISI activities in eastern Uttar Pradesh
The released hostages swing between sympathy for their captors and extreme fear
Four India watchers in the US spoke to <i>Outlook</i> about the implications of the Kandahar episode Excerpts:
The nation is talking accountability yet again. Considering that the hijack drama is over, there is little else one can do. Questions which are persistently being raised are: Would people in responsible positions be held accountable?
Hijack victims paint the RSS leaders as emotionless men who remained criminally indifferent during the crisis
The RSS’ insensitive rhetoric about Hindu cowardice evokes all-round condemnation
All talk of a 'soft state' is a pathetic bid to absolve leaders and transfer guilt to the nation at large.
The ISI finds it easy to push men, money and arms into Bihar through the Indo-Nepal border
The hijack deal is a body-blow to troop morale...and it may prove to be deadlier still
In the aftermath of the hijack, bilateral trade-and SAPTA-will take a beating
Both the Congress and the BJP have had links with hijackers
Jaswant Singh’s Kandahar trip has raked up controversy all around
The recent hijacking could be just setting the tone for the new century
Kamalahaasan fumes as censors snip ‘Hey Ram’ to please RSS
A delicate, subtle debut that the hype which heralded it
A book that falls short of the initial promise it holds for readers
Pankaj Mishra, author of the celebrated debut novel The Romantics, talks to Manjula Padmanabhan about his commitment to writing, his early insecurities and his search for an authentic voice:
A delicate, subtle debut that belies the hype which heralded it