COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 6 May 2002
It's A Coup, My Lord
Men have been on to not just a good, but also a great thing all through the years of recorded and unrecorded history, bar the last 25 years...
Do You Have A Licence For The Monkey?
The old list of ping-pong-ball-headed Indian monkeys that Sellers drew on is now outdated. The time is ripe for a new typology of the urban post-modern Hindustani purush.
Lapdogs On The Backseat
Who is the real Indian male? The domesticated angry man of our films or the puppyish "suitable boys" of our soaps? Madhu Jain tries to find out.
Adam In His Garden, Alone
Under the graffito scrawled in a men's loo—"Think about it: this is the lastpreserve of men"—was the rejoinder: "Think again, signed, the cleaning lady". But there are still spheres where the female of the species are a no-no. A listing of places w
A Summer Of Scandals
One man's loot could be many a bureaucrat's loss of face
It's A Coup, My Lord
Men have been on to not just a good, but also a great thing all through the years of recorded and unrecorded history, bar the last 25 years...
Sigmund's Momma
"What about sex?" I asked. "Yeah, what <i>about</i> it?" she asked.
Do You Have A Licence For The Monkey?
The old list of ping-pong-ball-headed Indian monkeys that Sellers drew on is now outdated. The time is ripe for a new typology of the urban post-modern Hindustani purush.
Democracy
Who's she when she's at home?
Is Pop Culture Representation Of Males Bogus?
A series of running email conversations.
Lapdogs On The Backseat
Who is the real Indian male? The domesticated angry man of our films or the puppyish "suitable boys" of our soaps? Madhu Jain tries to find out.
Adam In His Garden, Alone
Under the graffito scrawled in a men's loo—"Think about it: this is the lastpreserve of men"—was the rejoinder: "Think again, signed, the cleaning lady". But there are still spheres where the female of the species are a no-no. A listing of places w
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Two`s Company
Madhu Kapparath`s zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view.
House Call 184
Sayeed's ruling on the Gujarat debate has the BJP scrambling.For full coverage, please see <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=126 target=_blank> Parliamentary Debate </a>
Overall Rankings
Rankings in four different age groups and in the four metros
Where Are The Intellectual Legacies?
A series of running email conversations.
Chic And Retro-Chic
Kishore Singh's wishlist discusses the things we would die to own, our manna and meter, in a bygone era and in the new Information Age
Motherdom's Prodigals
Khasi men are through with their matrilineal order, says Nitin A. Gokhale
What Men Say...And Mean
Obviously they are far from heeding the March Hare's advice ...
What Do Indian Men Want Most?
A series of running email conversations.
Slim Shady, Please Stand Up
He's an ill-adjusted organism in a madly careening world. Sandhya Mulchandani traces the blurry outlines of a species caught between fixed archetypes and situations sans precedents.
Men Are Like This Only
Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive...
Does The 'Sensitive' Male Exist?
A series of running email conversations.
Tall, Dark, And Can Cook!
Vacuum cleaners and home delivery systems have made the role-reversal easy. Times they are a-changing, and so are the numbers, writes Soutik Biswas
Dangerous Texts
A signed letter distributed among middle-class Hindus
Body Of Evidence
Hate pays. In this state, polarisation is near-complete as the right fringe holds out the hope of future financial rewards.
Two's Company
Madhu Kapparath's zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view. Of unconventional practices and a surprising status quo. Text: Dhiraj Singh
Catch A Rising Storm
New Delhi's woes increase as the Americans too join in the chorus of concern over Gujarat
Men Of Principles, Dead Or Alive?
A series of running email conversations.
Hedonism's Global Flotsam
Survival pressure makes the young Indian male a chronic individualist, says Ajith Pillai
Are Indian Men The Most Violent?
A series of running email conversations, moderated by Sundeep Dougal.
Devil In Short Sleeves
The Male Marauder lives on in India, says Soma Wadhwa. The brutalisation of women continues in both public and private spaces.
The Verbal Gymkhana
Ganguly-baiters ride the airwaves, but bend with the wind
Eleven Ways To Redemption
There are now more buyers for Saurav Ganguly's "strategies" and on-field "aggression" after a thrilling victory in the second Test
The Skipper's Hungry Lambs
Ganguly must be careful about his body language, and stop changing the field after almost every delivery. It shows that he's not sure of his strategy.
Summer Diversion
I dare say we will, in certain quarters, be accused of insensitivity, but life has to go on ...
It's Raining Men
In their misplaced enthusiasm, many urban women have crossed the line and have turned into men themselves...
