COVER STORY
Raj Thackeray
My focus today is on M.F. Husain. He is neither a Marathi manoos—though he was born in Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra—nor is he an Indian anymore.
Outlook Magazine - 15 March 2010
‘Cutting Food Subsidy To Reduce The Deficit Is Reprehensible’
The economist and political commentator who was appointed to a four-member team of the UN to recommend reforms to the global financial system critiques Budget 2010
‘Growth Allows Spending With Fiscal Prudence’
The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission spoke to Outlook soon after the budget.
Incest At The Vaudeville
Govt/media/industry. It’s a closed, cosy club of technocrats.
Old Hat, And A Missing Dog
Right noises, honest numbers can’t save the budget from weaknesses
‘Cutting Food Subsidy To Reduce The Deficit Is Reprehensible’
The economist and political commentator who was appointed to a four-member team of the UN to recommend reforms to the global financial system critiques Budget 2010
So Coy At The Altar
The spirit is willing for reform but the foot isn’t off the brakes
Cacophony Of Mavens
Does Budget day matter anymore? Are the guys on TV playing us?
The Give And Take Guide
How the budget proposals impact you—and a plan for life after Budget 2010.
The Khaas Aadmi Budget
It’s time people got—or took—direct charge of budget-making
Scrape The Barrel
Forget the rhetoric, the FM’s left little for core social sectors
‘Growth Allows Spending With Fiscal Prudence’
The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission spoke to Outlook soon after the budget.
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Pranab’s partymen and allies come around to the petrol price hike, but only grudgingly
'Where Is The Question Of Abandoning The Aam Aadmi?'
A relaxed, and occasionally combative, Pranab Mukherjee caught up with Outlook during the heat of the price rise debate
The Alphonso Syndrome?
UPA-II’s first full budget has shown welfarism the door
Sent Message To The Infidel
Saba Naqvi on the pitfalls of a Muslim byline, and on taking more than her fair share of ‘hits’
Hector Is Back In Town
The Muslim liberal has no one in his corner. Is state policy responsible?
Music In The Desert
India warms up to the Arab world—vital in itself and in its effects
Kung Fu Biting
The walls are clad in Japanese-style pop art. The menu has funny faces. Chopsticks come with instructions on how to use them to eat, and imitate a walrus...
Karthik Calling Karthik
From a romance to a thriller to one of Bollywood’s recently fashionable (but fake) trysts with fancy illnesses, KCK doesn’t know which way it wants to go
Nasreen Munni Kabir
Author and documentary filmmaker on her book <i>The Dialogue of the Film ‘Mother India’</I>
Bibliofile
“The two most depressing words in the English language are ‘literary fiction’”
Cold Comfort
For an anthology that contours the most life-affirming of relationships, this is a cold, bleak book.
Everycity
To see Dharavi as a self-renewing organism that is changing, upgrading its own structure of accommodation, is the great gift of the book.
Shakespeare Baboo
Pavan Varma’s inveighing against a baleful colonial influence is rooted in the Hindi sphere’s fragile ego
Mussoorie Diary
In spite of the discomforts of a long road journey, I prefer it to other forms of travel... The romance has gone out of rail travel. And as for flying, there appears to be a general reluctance on the part of planes to take off.
See, No Powder
A state government helps farmers go organic
The Shame Of It
Monetary help for rape victims is stuck
Jab We Millet
The humble grain soars as it enters the red book of healthy diets
Piquant Punch
In the dark cyber alley, satirist gangs poke fun at the passing world
Just Ektu Kachhe
Hindi-borne impurities irk Bengali language purists
All Farsi To You?
Our new realities call for new language skills
Astroturf On Bleachers
How has it come about that the elite has so taken to the hockey World Cup? Mostly a fad, it seems. And patriotism.
