COVER STORY
The Triangle Trap
Bhandari’s options are narrowing. He may have to invite the BJP
Outlook Magazine - 13 November 1996
Taking A Bolt Decision
Wooing the small investor, SEBI unleashes a lukewarm revival plan for a gasping capital market
Narasimha Rao’s In The Dock, Finally
After managing to stall for so long, the former PM makes a courtroom appearance in the St Kitts forgery case. Coming up next: the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating and JMM payoff cases
No Scams For Us, Please
A rare breed in a scandal-tainted world, a few honest politicians hold aloft the torch of high ideals
That High-heeled Sortie
A day in the life of Cheryl Dutta, chopper pilot. One of a small group of women breaking new ground, disturbing gender equations in the air.
The Colour Of Money
Indian donors to presidential campaigns come under scrutiny
Subhash Chandra
The Zee TV chief is extremely confident of taking on partners and foes
Taking A Bolt Decision
Wooing the small investor, SEBI unleashes a lukewarm revival plan for a gasping capital market
Channel Of Corruption
Satish Sharma was the main conduit in the JMM pay-offs, says CBI
Narasimha Rao’s In The Dock, Finally
After managing to stall for so long, the former PM makes a courtroom appearance in the St Kitts forgery case. Coming up next: the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating and JMM payoff cases
Bowling ’em Over
Indians are falling like ninepins to the lure of the sport’s magic
No Scams For Us, Please
A rare breed in a scandal-tainted world, a few honest politicians hold aloft the torch of high ideals
That High-heeled Sortie
A day in the life of Cheryl Dutta, chopper pilot. One of a small group of women breaking new ground, disturbing gender equations in the air.
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A Temporary Reprieve
The IMF decision to release funds to the nation gives Benazir breathing space. But for how long?
Educating Bill Gates
The Microsoft chief will have to sift through 10,000 suggestions
It’s Guns Drawn On Gorkhaland
The CPI(M) says its ally is stoking sub-nationalist feelings. The CPI counters that ‘Big Brother’ is poaching in troubled hills.
The Drug Mela
The CBI pins Mulayam-aide Balram Yadav in a Rs 47-crore scam
'No More Baths'
The phone hasn't stopped ringing at 15-year-old Piya Thakkar's Sion residence in suburban Mumbai ever since she danced with Michael Jackson. The student from J.B. Vac-hha School, Dadar, revels in her moment of glory, her dream come true:
Time To Face The Music
The show over, the Shiv Sena may reap a political cyclone
Jackoo!
Mumbai gets a first-hand taste of pop nirvana- falsetto, false nose, fire tracks and all
Terminal Illness
A big blaze destroys an airport wing. How safe are the others?
Voices In The Dark
A laudable project attempts to translate the Indian masters
Checkmate, Finally
After being outmanoeuvred by Chugh last year, BAT is just a heartbeat away from taking control
The Excise Bungle
ITC may be hard put over a Rs 799-crore notice
Estranged Bedfellows
Partners in crime, the Chitalias cleverly managed to turn the tables on ITC
"If They Do Not Cooperate, We Have Our Own Ways"
Thirtysomething Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate K.K. Kabir Panthi, commander of the biggest ever enforcement crackdown in Indian corporate history, is extremely confident of being able to prove the allegations against ITC. Excerpts fro
ITC's Moment Of Reckoning
The Government's brutal crackdown leaves corporate India shell-shocked
Selling Of A Legacy
The Indian Government may lose priceless Gandhi manuscripts
Non-playing Captain?
Sonia is back in the centrestage of Congress politics
Shoring Arms, Kesri Gets Into Combat Mode
The new Congress chief is consolidating his position and giving an assertive edge to equations with the UF. The plan is to haul up the party for a winter assault.
Trouble At The Corner
An increasing number of Indian shop-owners are going out of business thanks to the ongoing store wars
Hanging Abstractions
Raja Rao disappoints by serving up old wine in an old bottle
Pilgrim's Progress
The 1996 Booker-winning novel has echoes of Eliot and Chaucer
Getting To The Source
Foreign investors have failed to make a mature risk analysis of India, hence the dismal picture
Caste Aside
A Chettiar-Brahmin row at the Madras Chamber of Commerce
The Bodo War Cry
Gowda’s ambivalence revives the Bodos’ stir for statehood
Refining The Great Game
The Taliban’s troubles increase as it takes on the Afghan warlords and concerned neighbours