The Company's Stock Takes A Hit
The Dubai police finally decide on a clean-up, but only after blood is spilled and with some external pressure from neighbours <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=69>More Coverage </a>
Playing For Six & Out
Even if he is no McGrath, there is a certain exactitude to his bowling these days in that he uses a tape measure to mark a run-up of 21.3 metres.
Li'l Tweenie Learns To Bop
They are seven going on 18...leapfrogging from crayons to perfumes and tattoos. What gives?
State Gazette
The four pillars of grandeur and their unstable ground; Reckoning's vicious circle; Tipped by land lines; A sweeping survey; Breaking the sound barrier and The capital extravaganza
Writers' Blocs
Politics maligns the literary world of the Sahitya Akademi as elections to its top post divide the writers into rival camps
Wooing The Law
Is the government doing the VHP's work in the courts? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=37>More Coverage </a>
When Hawks Soar And Doves Cry
It's you're either with us or against us again. And nobody wants to be against the US. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=25>More Coverage </a>
Reality Bites With Images
Television in India is on the threshold of its second boom. And this time news will call the shots.
Fireballs In The Sky
Initial investigations suggest the insulation that came off during lift-off may be responsible <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=89>More Coverage </a>
Shubho Muhurat
A refreshing change in the arid world of Bengali cinema, particularly for a clash of histrionic skills between Sharmila and Rakhee.
Mohandas Gandhi, Who?
India's freedom was chosen not by the satyagrahis, but the Americans, suggests a new TV series
Thoughts For The Pathless
One option is for all public discourse to be single-minded about issues of governance, in the hope that the topic can be changed.
A Time For Nic Pic-king
The dormant National Integration Council gives way to a new body. Can it deliver?
A Leaf Out Of Nehru's Book
He wouldn't brook communalism in any form, says Bipan Chandra. A lesson there?
Worship is Work...Pray, What's That?
In pre-poll mode, most Congress states are more into symbolism than local issues
Three Horns Of A Dilemma
From lip-service to Nehruvian idealism to card-holding Hinduism, the wheel has come half-circle for the Congress. How will it complete the arc?
Tripping On Potholes
If the Kiwis refuse to play Kenya, Carl Hooper's boys may edge past them for the Super Six round. Statistically speaking, it will only help India.
In Her Own Orbit
Did that touring moon-rock ever make it to Karnal? I doubt it but it stays with me—she made it closer to the moon than I ever will.
Man On The Dartboard
The 1998 attack on Kurds that gave Saddam his 'monster' tag has now been shown to have been an act by the Iranian army.
Speaking Stage Fright
As an observer of cricket, Waugh shows the same depth that made him one of the finest batsmen. He will cover the World Cup exclusively for Outlook.
The Siphon On Top
Living standards and corruption are directly related to each other. India ranks 124 on the HDI index, in the corruption ranks it scores a lowly 2.7 out of 10.
Bull's Eye
In one sense the assessment of the post-poll fallout of the Gujarat elections made in this column has gone horribly wrong. As predicted, Prime Minister ...
Bibliofile
"Anyone heard of Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy and Upamanyu Chatterjee?" RSS chief K.S. Sudershan asked the Sangh members.
Triple Sundae
This engaging novel, unselfconscious of barriers, definitions and changing boundaries, is a coming-of-age of Indian diaspora writers.
Odd Accents
Part II of this novel is so superior to Part I that I would prefer to think of it as a separate narrative altogether.
Birds On Wires
Despite India's hard talk, the illegal immigrants issue has both sides vexed, with few solutions
Estranged Pilgrims
The fuzzy border on the east again crackles with acrimony, but it all ends quietly. Or does it?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=146>More Coverage </a>
The Day After The Cheese-Off
Mother Dairy floats joint ventures with state cooperatives—and its 'progenitor' Amul isn't just crying over spilt milk either