COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 5 February 2001
It's Shear Madness
Public sector banks trying to shed flab go for VRS, which is great news for employees, not so good for banks
The Trumpcard Jokers
The VHP's dharam sansad has resurrected Ram, but will it fetch electoral dividends for the BJP?
Half-Dip For The Soul
Sonia's soft saffron play at the Kumbh uplifts party spirits, as it signals the arrival of a new, confident political actor
"I never tried to find out anything fishy in the team"
"People have a wrong impression about me. If I don't mingle with the rest of the team, nobody else does either."
Skipper At Home Port
It's a series they badly want to cap their dream 15-Test run with. But Steve Waugh's buoyant Kang aroos face a hurdle in the slender but stern prince from Calcutta.
Scripting A Failure
Polychrome dreams die fast. Five years into its fitful life, Calcutta's answer to FTII still speaks in infant babble.
It's Shear Madness
Public sector banks trying to shed flab go for VRS, which is great news for employees, not so good for banks
The Trumpcard Jokers
The VHP's dharam sansad has resurrected Ram, but will it fetch electoral dividends for the BJP?
Anoushka Shankar
On her second album Anourag
Half-Dip For The Soul
Sonia's soft saffron play at the Kumbh uplifts party spirits, as it signals the arrival of a new, confident political actor
"I never tried to find out anything fishy in the team"
"People have a wrong impression about me. If I don't mingle with the rest of the team, nobody else does either."
Skipper At Home Port
It's a series they badly want to cap their dream 15-Test run with. But Steve Waugh's buoyant Kang aroos face a hurdle in the slender but stern prince from Calcutta.
Scripting A Failure
Polychrome dreams die fast. Five years into its fitful life, Calcutta's answer to FTII still speaks in infant babble.
A New Song of the Road
Two Karnataka villages become labs for Sanskrit popularisation
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
lingua indica
Language as BJP's political whip
Utterances of a Nation
The BJP plans to coopt prevailing Sanskrit scholarship in the service of its revivalist agenda
The Dying Milkwood Tree
The white revolution may fall victim to an ongoing drought
The Necessity of Peace
Islamabad is keen on it because it wants to rein in the jehadis
Faultlines of Good Faith
The ceasefire evokes a dampened response—Kashmiris perceive no real difference on the ground
The Breaking of the Winter Chill
Hope gets an extension, but hardliners within the Hurriyat—and the BJP—might not be stalled for long
The Mutual Indian Friend
The Hinduja connection claims Peter Mandelson, but the controversy might have just begun
The Dusty Gun Trail
The Hindujas finally present themselves for questioning, but will it help the case go ahead?
The Angry Earth
What caused it is a story of many ifs. But it's one more wake-up call.
Trauma of the Undead
Among the first spot despatches from Ground Zero speaks of a devastated town.
Seismic Shock
It was one of India's worst earthquakes. As the human loss is rendered into dry statistic, other disturbing questions loom.
A Quiet Riot On the Radio
A new breed of Indian-American radio programmers begin to claim the wavelengths—nostalgia now means communing across the static
Peace de Resistance
The Hurriyat must accept that it can't set the agenda for Kashmir. That's for India and Pakistan to decide after talks begin, though Kashmiri groups will be consulted.
The Marked Of The Twain
Nepal's youth tend to be more openly anti-Indian but for the most part, many of them say they're hostile to officialdom and the Delhi media, not individuals.
Bull's Eye
On January 15, The Indian Express columnist Francois Gautier wrote: "Yet, one should remember that the Hindu 'fundamentalists' did not kill a single soul ...
Bibliofile
The Millennium Book on New Delhi; Mastermind and Zadie Smith
Monkey Business, And More...
A gentle indictment of the present-day power politics and value systems.
The Spoor of Death
An obligatory read for all who are interested in nature and its protection.
University in Diversity
Sociological study finds a new arena: the open secular institutions
The Pains of Creation
Purported to be a mega art event, the Triennale instead bares the rot in the Lalit Kala Akademi
