'Vision 2001'
The party plenary sweeps the growing dissidence under the carpet and prepares its strategy for the next general elections
Canada Can't Decide
The cliff-hanger results of the Quebec referendum may have kept the secessionists at bay, but wider issues remain
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
India's most talented English writer may be a reclusive Anglo-Indian ensconced in Dehradun
Knot For Long?
Barely six months into her dream marriage with Imran Khan, speculation is rife whether golden girl Jemima will survive it
Kashmir As Catalyst
Our real problem is not Kashmir. It is Indo-Pak hostility. If the two nations cooperated, the subcontinent would become a veritable fortress.
Fare Most Fowl
An FRAC chemical analysis of a KFC food sample commissioned by Outlook, shows illegal levels of mono sodium glutamate
Picture Perfect Politics
Realising the power of images, politicians are sprucing up and getting increasingly television savvy
"I Am Happy, Very Happy"
FAROOQ Abdullah reiterates that Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India is final. But he insists that the state must get the autonomy promised at the time of the Delhi Declaration.
A Failed Gambit
The Centre's loss of face in Kashmir could be Farooq Abdullah's gain. He may have redeemed himself by standing up to the Rao regime
"The Bsp Is A Party Of Upstarts"
IN an interview with Outlook, Biju Patnaik, head of the Janata Dal committee on electoral alliances, says there is no question of any electoral understanding between the JD and the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh. He brushes aside talk of dissen
Playing The Referee
V.P. Singh brings about a consensus over the issue of electoral alliances in a party pulling in different directions
Good Morning, Mr President
Oswald Pereira hitches a ride on the Internet at the newly-opened Cybercafe at Delhi's Maurya Sheraton Hotel.
Long Trek To Cyber Pass
Despite all the wide-eyed hoopla, India is just an electronic backlane on the information superhighway
Bogged Down
The dispute over the Ganga waters remains deadlocked as India and Bangladesh stick to their rigid positions
In The Name Of Development
Unaccounted funds from abroad have become a major source of concern for the Government
Women Of Substance
Only the overweight are catered to at designer Yamini Zaveri's exclusive fashion boutique
'All Investors Can't Be Accommodated'
IN an exclusive interview to <i>Outlook</i>, Chief Minister H.D. Deve Gowda defends his government's role vis-a-vis investment in the city. Excerpts:
Bangalore Going Bust
The silicon rush is over. India's paradise city is cracking under all the microchips on its shoulders.
Who's Afraid Of Rushdie?
The Booker Prize, it is said, is somewhat like a lottery. Besides the recognition and the award money it brings, sales shoot up and the book sells anywhere between 5,000 to 4,00,000 copies.
On The Jehad Trail
As the Pakistan-backed Taliban closes in on Kabul, its leader Mulla Mohammad Umar plans to enforce a strictly Islamic system
The Man And The Medium
In the advertising world, the information-packed '90s is the Decade of the Media Planner