COVER STORY
Voice Of Dissent
Why Telecom Minister Beni Prasad Verma is against the bill
Outlook Magazine - 8 January 1997
Insuring A New Initiative
Shrinking British investment in India may force John Major to prise open insurance doors
Still Waiting For The Beep
Union tangles and DOT red tape leave thousands of mobile phone subscribers stranded in Kerala
The Great Mumbai Tamasha
Gopinath Munde, with a little help from Thackeray, is cornered in a sex scandal
Insuring A New Initiative
Shrinking British investment in India may force John Major to prise open insurance doors
Deepak Chopra
In Delhi for his daughters wedding, the New Age Guru shares his success mantra
Taking On Amma
Rebel AIADMK factions unite in an attempt to oust Jayalalitha
Painters' Portraits
A new sensitive serial on contemporary Indian artists
Still Waiting For The Beep
Union tangles and DOT red tape leave thousands of mobile phone subscribers stranded in Kerala
Perhaps, A Revival
Have the bourses turned the corner? Or is it another false start?
Caught In The Act
Saira Menezes visits Chaufula, Maharashtra's Tamasha town
The Great Mumbai Tamasha
Gopinath Munde, with a little help from Thackeray, is cornered in a sex scandal
Bhattal's Initiative
The Congress appropriates the Akali Dal manifesto
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Look Who's Talking
Ravi Shastri has made a brilliant crossover from cricket to commentary
Surviving Amidst Chaos
A month before national elections, the caretaker government struggles to fulfil promises
Ticket To Ride
The country's new deputy PM targets Asian immigrants
Defeat In Victory
Deuba scrapes through the second no-confidence vote in a year
Byculla Bhai
Arun Gawli, Mumbai's most feared don, speaks out on the politician-criminal nexus, Dawood Ibrahim's friendship with top politicians and the role of the police in shielding the underworld
A Stormy Beachfront
As chartered tourists multiply, small-time hoteliers have been hit, shaking up the local economy
Reconnected Wires
There's more to Israeli investment than the aborted telecom deal
The Devil's Alternative
Premier Netanyahu faces the wrath of Jewish settlers over the Hebron talks
Winter's Weight
Delhi's residents are in danger of being smothered by smog
A Damp Squib?
Raids on Bhajan Lal's house shed no light on the JMM case
Caught On The Wrong Foot
A Rs 1,000-crore scam, involving fake cobblers' cooperatives run by three barons, casts a shadow over the Mumbai market
Food Snobbery
'Laukee' is so boring, call it zucchini. The exotic is in.
A Sensual Revolution
Five decades ago, eating out required more than gastronomic daring. Anyone sighted in a restaurant had to explain for transgressing a taboo.
A Moveable Feast
Restaurants boom, cuisines multiply as the liberal Indian eats out with a vengeance
Springboxed!
The Durban debacle just shows Indian batsmen can't face pace
Sari, No Admission
A Mumbai disco refuses entry to two sari-clad women
The River Goddess
Stunning Smriti Mishra's debut film 'Jaya Ganga' opens in India
A Cerebral Journey
An ambitious travel book that realigns the global landscape
UP's Vaghela?
Not quite. BJP leaders insist Kalyan Singh will toe the party line.
Short-Sighted Approach
A tie-up with the BSP may help the BJP to come out of political isolation, but is it tenable?
Unmade In India
Indian exporters are unethical traders, lacking in creativity and insensitive to quality
The Prohibition Failure
The state's prohibition commissioner admits that the dry law has been a disaster