Footprints To Pakistan
The Mumbai police have a case. But will it clinch the charge of state patronage?
Nayi Neralu
Just because it deals with the Hindu idea of rebirth, it need not be damned as another bid for honours or just more Indian exotica for foreign film festivals.
Nothing Furtive About It
From opaque to obscure to very obvious, it's been a great trip......the fixer has come of age. And outlived his ambitions.
The Lens With Bite
Some 36 crore news stories a year, but how many are really news? You need new weaponry to put the sting back in the tale.
Can't Skirt The Issue
They didn't know the hemlines from necklines then......now it's all hip and businesslike. Even in the newsroom.
Sound Is An Image
This gadget has gone from select luxury to mass necessity in no time. Only to get charged with ever newer paradoxes.
The Spiral Of Reason
What's fascinating is how his oeuvre has developed......but without ever losing sight of its main concerns
Hands On The Button
He made our phones step out of our houses......now his gaze is upon old economy—agriculture
The Night-Errant
BPOs... Despite the screeching Qualises, fake accents and all, this sunrise industry gave us a bustling netherworld. The worry, though: what when it shifts house?
Daughter Of The Dust
It was her agitation for minimum wages in the '80s that's become the RTI campaign as we know it today
Song Of The Road
It's almost a runway, wide enough for an airbus—no longer a tale of burnt clutches, overheated engines, or traffic jams
The Big Sellout
The mall does not make us modern. The middle-class covets the 'big box' as it insulates them.
Ploughman's Blue Farm
You could say he brought the sky down to earth... ...but in fact he'd like everyone to fly, economy class
Poles Attract
Post-Pokhran, Kargil led America to warm up towards India. The bonhomie is still on, though, ironically, Pakistan is one glitch.
Friend Or Freud
In the globalised world, the Guru needs no miracles......s/he allows for the lateral thinking our society needs
Swim In A Bubble
P3 doors have opened wider to allow the reapers of the new economy. And the media ensures it occupies our interest.
High Priest, Heretic
A forced mid-career recess, ironically, did the trick... ...it only made Buddhadeb wiser as a chief minister
Our Pie In The Sky
Change isn't the city's property; the country owns it too. <i>Outlook</i> photographers went looking for images that dispel the rural stereotype. And found it in unlikely places. What binds these images is openness, enterprise: the spirit of 11 yea
Living Statues Of Liberty
Liberalisation has made the middle class assertive. Now shed cynicism, and it can produce model citizens.
It's Cold In Cyberia
The pen became an abstract blade. And as it slashed through the undergrowth, the vegetation kept changing.
And The Winner Is...
...non-fiction. In this crossover decade, the fig leaf of fiction dropped off facts, and elevated the genre to bestselling heights.
The Quiet Italian
From a non-entity to a skilful manager of power and responsibility, the Gandhi bahu has come into her own
Wonderland's Warts
Eleven is a lonely number. Especially if you-know-who is celebrating thirty. Our eleventh anniversary special looks at the tectonic and the trivial...
Still Standing After All These...
Those fickle '90s...but there are some things we still can't do without
Outta Sight, Outta Mind
VCRs, audio/video tapes, floppies, aluminium antennae, Bajaj scooters, Amby, the bakelite telephone, the Remingtons...
Top Of The Shelf
Eleven years can be a life-changing affair in anyone's existence. <i>Outlook</i> recaps all that's changed us. First, here's what we gained.
Fission And No Fizz
N-power status put India back a notch on all counts. What saved us from the hole: the economy.