COVER STORY
Americans Vote For Status Quo
After a tough four years, Clinton captures the middle ground
Outlook Magazine - 20 November 1996
New Alignments At Itc
It may be just a matter of time before BAT finally takes over ITC and installs its own board
Peerless summiteer
After 25 Everest expeditions and 10 summits, Ang Rita wants to stop, but that is the only way of life he knows
Readying For A Divorce
The relationship between the UF and the post-Rao Congress is reaching the point of no return
Kapil Patil
A defiant editor takes on the mighty Sena by launching his daily Saanj Dinank
New Alignments At Itc
It may be just a matter of time before BAT finally takes over ITC and installs its own board
Cardiac Arrest
Has Princess Diana lost her heart to a Pakistani cardiologist?
Peerless summiteer
After 25 Everest expeditions and 10 summits, Ang Rita wants to stop, but that is the only way of life he knows
Operation Homecoming
Scindia’s re-entry comes as a final blighter to Rao
Maintaining A Front
The UF’s facade is cracking as internal dissensions mushroom
Readying For A Divorce
The relationship between the UF and the post-Rao Congress is reaching the point of no return
The Pool’s Drying Up
The oil sector plunges into its worst ever demand-supply crisis
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Scavenging For Morality
Is the Indian elite scouring western junkyards to find reasons for India’s moral decline?
Looking Through Glass
In a curtain-raiser to the Miss World pageant, Gauri Gill gets exclusive photographs of the contestants during their brief sojourn in Delhi
From Doldrums To The Rapids
In three months, as much foreign investment has been okayed by Murasoli Maran as in the five years of the Rao regime
'We Are Exerting Subtle Pressure'
It's a tricky issue. The pro-reforms view: the insurance sector must be opened up for consumers to get a better deal and for India to have any chance of raising the sort of long-term funds that infrastructure development needs. The Left view: that op
Trail Of Betrayal
Former Indian spies to Pakistan living neglected in Punjab move the courts to demand justice—and their dues from the State
The Stealthy Yellow Killer
The hepatitis B virus may have already infected 40 million Indians
Brewing Trouble
Vaghela seeks a national base to secure his position at home
Sinking Deeper
Satish Sharma feels the heat as investigators crack the whip
Killing For A Living
A mother and her daughters are accused of several child murders
The Indian Choke Trick
The Springbok brand of ‘Total Cricket’ shoots a blank on sudden death day
Leading From The Back
The Pakistani military still decides the fate of elected rulers
It’s Yesterday Once More
With Benazir Bhutto’s dismissal, political uncertainty once again takes over Pakistan. And many wonder if the February 3 elections will be held as announced.
Behind The Sari
Encyclopaedic information on the garment in a changing India
‘the Charges Are Political’
Even as Left Front leaders targeted the Laloo Prasad Yadav government for non-performance and corruption, the chief minister sat in his durbar munching papayas, apparently unperturbed. He spoke to Outlook on the Left and other issues. Excerpts:
Laloo On A Tricky Wicket
With corruption charges mounting against him, the chief minister’s star seems on the wane
Debut Debacle
Hegde’s party gets a drubbing on its first outing
Bay Of Death
500 die as a cyclone slams flood-hit coastal areas
Ground Realities
Private airlines’ fortunes fail, forcing many out of business