COVER STORY
Bull's Eye
Why can't Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta own political teams through open bidding for Dr Manmohan Singh, L.K. Advani and others?
Outlook Magazine - 12 May 2008
Feisal Alkazi
The theatre director is back in the limelight with After Dark, the last of his trilogy on Delhi
Tashan
It's bizarre, outlandish and a crashing bore; so over-smart, smug and self-indulgent that a viewer may well say, "To hell with it"
Champagne Supernova
One rocket. Ten satellites. ISRO's PSLV triumph helps it zoom into a niche orbit.
Feisal Alkazi
The theatre director is back in the limelight with After Dark, the last of his trilogy on Delhi
The Fall Of A Sparrow
Once a common bird, now the house sparrow is perched atop extinction
Zilchonium Bomb
The UPA can afford to irk the US, not the Left. The deal's dying.
The Light's Turned Red
Set to lead a regime in Nepal, Maoists subject India ties to a revision
Tashan
It's bizarre, outlandish and a crashing bore; so over-smart, smug and self-indulgent that a viewer may well say, "To hell with it"
Men (Not) At Work
Idling too earns them wages. It's a nasty relapse of an old Left habit.
Champagne Supernova
One rocket. Ten satellites. ISRO's PSLV triumph helps it zoom into a niche orbit.
A Surprise In Stock
The brisk movement in markets shows it: 2007-08 is a bumper crop year
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
The Tally Mirage
India is in the throes of adapting to a new accounting regime
A Pass Towards Light
The brooding malignancy is out. Now we can focus on the hockey.
Democrazy & Sons
Dynasties rule the world over but nowhere more than in South Asia
Who Needs Family, We Have A Parivar
Besides the Left, the BJP has managed to resist any dynastic hold within its ranks
Borne Supremacy
The Nehru-Gandhis are India's First Family. But across the country, power is family inheritance.
Now, Who Slapped ICL?
The IPL's blemishes are born of a profit-centric, bloody-minded culture
Silence Of The Lotus
India should use its new bonhomie with Iran to crusade for the Baha'is
Slokas On The Mount
Reflecting Indian reality, the panoply of the Church is being cast in a local mould
Bibliofile
Chetan Bhagat's new book, priced at an unbeatable Rs 95, has pre-sold 2,00,000 copies, a record which even Jeffrey Archer, being flown in for his new book, will find hard to beat
Maya Memsaab
A sullenly subversive book. Divakaruni's Draupadi is at all times conscious of her power to order destiny, and oh how bored she is with it all.
A Tongue Tied
Determined to find a gentle, liberal way to be conservative, a way to be rooted without being parochial or insular.
Whole Lot Of Business Sense
A major step forward in the scholarship on capitalist development in India
'Pretty Confused', 'Pretty Sinister', 'Pretty Average'
Don't judge the book by its cover. Shobhaa De looks pretty on it but can't say the same about her book.
I'm Bad, I'm Bad, Who's Bad?
The slap on the face sets off ripples in the mulligatawny soup, but Sree's career matters more
Slapsticked!
IPL managed 'Slapgate' poorly. Now, BCCI vows fair judgement.
Down For The Count
The I&B minister, TRP checker TAM are on face-off mode. Sample survey, anyone?
Number Crunch!
There's no officer shortage, just too many non-combat seniors
The Pom-Pom Girls Save The World
Baulk at the bimbo? When it's Americana, India will learn, this too shall be.
