COVER STORY
The Poet Warrior
Vajpayee treads the thin line between war rhetoric and restraint
Outlook Magazine - 14 January 2002
Ole... Ole!
The march of Indian equity markets towards becoming the best and the safest in the world for investors continues firmly on.
Wax Americana
Americans lost their innocence on September 11, and joined the rest of the world in realising that they were vulnerable at home as a result of policies abroad by their government.
9/11 Wax Americana
The terrorists destroyed two buildings in a city. An entire country paid the price.
7.9 Quake, A Year Later
Relocation is tougher, what with a fatalistic people, a venal state and social carpetbaggers.
People 2001
The men and women who hogged the headlines in the year gone by - some for all the wrong reasons.
Shut The Door
War by other means -- though never the sneaky means of hit-and-run killers -- would be in order. What comes to mind is the origin of the word 'boycott'.
A Forced Advantage
It was pressured into it but the establishment's action against terror outfits is welcome
Ole... Ole!
The march of Indian equity markets towards becoming the best and the safest in the world for investors continues firmly on.
Sting Mantras
For the ends-always-justify-the-means school of journalism, it was a coming of age.
Wax Americana
Americans lost their innocence on September 11, and joined the rest of the world in realising that they were vulnerable at home as a result of policies abroad by their government.
9/11 Wax Americana
The terrorists destroyed two buildings in a city. An entire country paid the price.
7.9 Quake, A Year Later
Relocation is tougher, what with a fatalistic people, a venal state and social carpetbaggers.
People 2001
The men and women who hogged the headlines in the year gone by - some for all the wrong reasons.
Shut The Door
War by other means -- though never the sneaky means of hit-and-run killers -- would be in order. What comes to mind is the origin of the word 'boycott'.
LeTting Go Its JeMs
Islamabad insists its crackdown is not due to Indian pressure
A Forced Advantage
It was pressured into it but the establishment's action against terror outfits is welcome
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Sportsmen: New Sopranos
The Class of 2001 has fresh faces. Koneru Humpy, P. Gopichand and the junior hockey team are the heroes busy scripting a text for fans to celebrate.
Software: Hard Risks
An Indian cartel on the lines of OPEC? The industry weathers a tumultuous year, and the technology bloodbath, to stand tall amid global ruins.
Highways: Country Roads, Take Me Home
A new work efficiency, and easy funding, promises to give us what we've always only dreamt of— 6,000 km of velvety asphalt to zip on endlessly
Biotech: The Third Wave
India is on the threshold of the third technological revolution—after the industrial and the IT booms—as old-style ventures romance their biotech ambitions
Foreign Policy: Bend In The River
2001 didn't begin all too well, but it has ended better. We have graduated to becoming a quasi-ally of the US and carved a major role in Afghanistan.
Films: East Man Color
Hindi cinema in 2001 was a dismal affair, largely. But three films made us, and the world, feel good in a year full to the brim with morose tidings.
The Consumer: Sop Opera
He was king, finally. He bought one, got galores free. In the feast of choices laid before him by a Globus or a Big Bazaar, he has never been more full.
Satellite Imaging: Long Sight
ISRO is not your average space cowboy, dabbling in arcana. With its technological edge, it's making forays into newer domains of application—and the ultimate orbit of world markets, with a 20% share.
Water Harvesting: Babble Brook
From a trickle of drought-weary villages, it's now ready to deluge kasba, city and metropolis alike. Water harvesting is an idea whose time has come.
Exporting Dreams: Frontier Mail
There's more to Indian cinema than the NRI's nostalgia for home. Lagaan, K3G, and Moulin Rouge mark Bollywood's arrival on the world stage.
All The Best
This was the year Arthur C. Clarke invented for all of us. Fittingly, our millenarian fetish played itself out in macabre fashion. Yet, as we stumble onto 2002, Sandipan Deb rediscovers the unacknowledged boons of 2001.
Bleak House
It was all fullstops. The country is battling for its soul. It's been the most brutal year, by far, for Nepal's democracy.
The Ham Burger
Did Delhi Police sleuths jump the gun with the wrong one?
A Year Later...
Lane of death: A headless idol in Anjar marks the spot where a whole R-Day convoy of schoolchildren went under
Dubious Distinctions
Men -- and women -- villains -- and vamps -- and some plain bores and boors. (No, we are not talking of Osama and Veerappan types here) <br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5474 target=_blank> Free Speech: Your Take </a>
Wicked Wicket
Indian cricket, circa 2001, was like Narada's domestic bliss -- an illusion. Maya.
Mere Bushisms Won't Do
If Lashkar was Kashmiri, it would then be an insurgency group. Not so if it was to be recognised as a Punjabi unit from Pakistan.
Things Are Never What They Seem
A short piece from the celebrated author of <i>The Alchemist</i>.
Odds And Ends
The news you just may have missed -- but ought not have.
Words of Wisdom?
Some of the gems of the year 2001 -- yes, from the usual suspects.
News Quiz
So how well did you follow the news in 2001?
Adieu
Bidding farewell to those who passed away...
Calendar 2001
The year at a glance -- in news headlines...including quotes, a news quiz, and news you might have missed but shouldn't have.
Best Of TV
Seema Biswas and Jairam Ramesh pick their favourite shows. ...<br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5473 target=_blank> Free Speech: Your Take </a>
Best Of Letters 2001
Many think that the letters we publish in the print magazine are at least one of the best -- if not <i>the</i> best -- feature of the magazine. Here's why.
Best Of Music
Shankar Mahadevan and Remo Fernandes pick their best Indian and international albums....<br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5471 target=_blank> Free Speech: Your Take </a>
Best Of Films
Karan Johar and Mira Nair on the best Indian and international films -- and those Ms. Nair is dying to see ...<br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5472 target=_blank> Free Speech: Your Take </a>
Best Of Books
Amit Choudhary and Pankaj Mishra on their favourites Indian and international books of the year. <br> <a href=submain1.asp?mode=25&refer=5470 target=_blank> Free Speech: Your Take </a>
Shall We Leave It to the Experts?
"I am, apparently, a writer-activist. (Like a sofa-bed.) Why does that make me flinch?" asks Arundhati Roy. Because it suggests writers are too effete to come up with the clarity for debate. "Go and play with your toys, leave the real world to us," g
