COVER STORY
With millions going hungry every day, India just cannot afford to send off this staple foodgrain
Outlook Magazine - 27 July 2009
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The rice export deal is being investigated in Ghana, but ignored here, despite patent inconsistencies
Greedy exporters used ‘needy’ African nations to circumvent a ban on rice exports. An indulgent officialdom facilitates the windfall.
CPI(M) general secretary on factionalism in its Kerala unit and cracks in its Bengal citadel
Literally, food on the rocks. Sizzling on volcanic rock heated to 400 degrees, your prawns cook in exactly two minutes...
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The rice export deal is being investigated in Ghana, but ignored here, despite patent inconsistencies
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Greedy exporters used ‘needy’ African nations to circumvent a ban on rice exports. An indulgent officialdom facilitates the windfall.
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CPI(M) general secretary on factionalism in its Kerala unit and cracks in its Bengal citadel
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The Marxists face their worst crisis ever. Comrades look for a “reconnect”.
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Playing ‘Mature Nation’, India delinks terror from Pak dialogue
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The tender process for a Rs 6,000-cr coal import contract is tweaked to suit a bidder
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An ol’ Maharashtrian snack now gets the Shiv Sena stamp
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Literally, food on the rocks. Sizzling on volcanic rock heated to 400 degrees, your prawns cook in exactly two minutes...
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Here’s a film that could have been the cult classic of its times. But stops short.
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From the first page, this is a triumph of storytelling in what Chandrahas Choudhury chooses to reveal, and at what precise pace.
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A narrative of the sublime relationship the immortal M.S. and Radha Viswanathan shared enamours and educates
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A year after quota, <i>Outlook</i> finds its students do as well as others
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The Centre lays down a security regimen that many find too harsh
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A film on farmer suicides has much more
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An iconic musical instruments shop closes; while another stumbles on
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The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission says the immediate concern is to revive the growth momentum.
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A classic figure still adhering to its West side genes is getting an Indian rebirth
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A liquor tragedy in Gujarat gives its CM an image problem
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The Chittorgarh district collector knows how the system works
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Chittorgarh shows the way to affordable healthcare—generic drugs at cost price
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation exits HIV control in India, leaving it to the government
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It’s hundred years since the discovery of Chanakya’s great work from a manuscript
