COVER STORY
Would-be Kingmaker
With its Dalit base intact, the BSP could tilt the balance of power
Outlook Magazine - 10 April 1996
Phoolan Devi
The Bandit Queen is on to new things. She's writing and directing a celluloid autobiography, Phoolan Ki Kasam.
It Takes Two To Tango
As China ends its war games, the stage is set for talks with Taiwan on reunification
Up, Up The Stygian Creek
For the people of Srinagar, paradise is a far-away memory. A guided tour to the ghost of a town...
The People Pay Up
Washington defaults, and personal cheques flowo the UN
Phoolan Devi
The Bandit Queen is on to new things. She's writing and directing a celluloid autobiography, Phoolan Ki Kasam.
Policing The Idiot Box
Is the Election Commission's code for the polls a paper tiger?
Will The Southerly Knock His Sails?
G.K. Moopanar's revolt signals big trouble for Rao's Congress
Toeing The Red Line
Taipei's neighbours are keen to avoid irking Beijing
It Takes Two To Tango
As China ends its war games, the stage is set for talks with Taiwan on reunification
Up, Up The Stygian Creek
For the people of Srinagar, paradise is a far-away memory. A guided tour to the ghost of a town...
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Enter, The Big League
Electrolux invests large-scale
What Price Freebies?
Why are so many white goods companies giving discounts? Because they are not giving discounts...
An Endangered Species?
With newspapers turning marketed brands, the editor is climbing down from his ivory tower
Bangalore Inc.
A Japanese management guru seeks to tap the city's talent pool
A Belated Rider
The Supreme Court clarifies communal campaigning is a no-no
A Fatal Mistake
Srinagar protests the death of lawyer Jalil Andrabi
Bloody Clean-up
The killing of 23 militants in the complex may provoke a backlash
Bacon And Bebop
A new place where you wash down your pasta with sax solos
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
The Finance Secretary talks about getting the Indian economy back from the brink, the achievements and failures, and the unfinished agenda of the first stage of the reforms.
Life Is A Jungle
Twelve hamlets battle to save the forest which sustains them
Defending The Indefensible
Soon after receiving a sentence of life imprisonment on charges of child sex abuse, an unfazed Freddy Peats defended himself, maintaining that nudism keeps the body healthy. Excerpts from an interview:
A Can Of Worms
Paedophile Freddy Peats is convicted, but is it an isolated case?
Still A Three-horse Race
The Congress is ahead in the electoral sweepstakes, with the BJP close behind. But the large number of undecided voters could hold the key
"Why Raise This Bogey?"
Union Commerce Minister P. Chidambaram believes that the country's post-reforms experi -ence with TNCs has been, on the whole, good.
The Great Cii Divide
TNC members are unhappy with Das' outburst
The Ghost Of The Bombay Club
The CII's swadeshi bogey was no doubt aimed at placating and pressuring political parties on election eve. But it may boomerang
The Wages Of Greed
The nation debates whether to slaughter its 12 million cattle stock to check the Mad Cow disease
Poll Handbook
A psephologist's delight
The Turn Of Wonder
A debut sans angst-ridden stupor...sheer, compelling story-telling
Khaleda's Surrender
The country is all set to go to the polls again in May
Skewed Vision 2000
India is suddenly in top gear. Trouble is, it never took driving lessons.
When Lyric Becomes Line
In a leap of faith towards artistic salvation, painter Manjit Bawa reverts to his Sufi Punjabi roots
Principles Be Damned
Ideology takes a backseat in a promiscuous spree of benefit-oriented tie-ups with regional parties