COVER STORY
Hema Ramakrishna
The playwright and litterateur on her play Sanctuary, a reinterpretation of the Ramayana
Outlook Magazine - 11 August 2008
Brussels Sprouts
If you're not counting calories or pennies, there's no better way for chocaholics to indulge their cravings
Bull's Eye
New Delhi should dispel hopes of early normalisation of ties with Beijing. China does not seek a settlement. It wants surrender
Sisters Of Mannarkad
In this pocket of Kerala, local myth fuses Goddess Bhagavati and Mother Mary into family
Taut As A Bow String
Vardhineni Pranitha takes aim at an archery medal in Beijing, inspires an Andhra hamlet
'Right People Are Going'
The sports minister, however, is very blase about the whole support staff controversy
Brussels Sprouts
If you're not counting calories or pennies, there's no better way for chocaholics to indulge their cravings
Bull's Eye
New Delhi should dispel hopes of early normalisation of ties with Beijing. China does not seek a settlement. It wants surrender
Sisters Of Mannarkad
In this pocket of Kerala, local myth fuses Goddess Bhagavati and Mother Mary into family
Coming Home To Africa
Thirty-nine years after Idi Amin, Indians are flocking to Uganda
Thou Shalt Not Xerox
Names count for a lot—as tooth and nail fights over trademarks show
Taut As A Bow String
Vardhineni Pranitha takes aim at an archery medal in Beijing, inspires an Andhra hamlet
'Right People Are Going'
The sports minister, however, is very blase about the whole support staff controversy
Freebooters?
Some names on the list are inexplicable
Shaper Of Souls
He is 90, but still going strong in his work
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
What's The Good Word?
Election 2009 on mind, UPA prepares a face to meet the voter who matters
Needed: A congressional miracle to seal the N-deal
It is doable but the N-deal faces some hurdles in Washington
The Split-Second Paper Chase
New Delhi needs the N-deal fast. In election-bound US, the odds, at best, point to a photofinish.
Mission Istaanbul
It makes a mockery of the tragic reality of global terrorism. It reduces every person, event and institution to a mere caricature
The Vanishing Middle
It's innovate or perish for the old financial services middlemen
Bam Bam Bambai
Moving images of a city on the move. The auteur finally gets Bombay.
Recent Booms
Some of the recent terror attacks in India
On The Dirt Track
Police say the entire operation would have needed at least 150 people to carry out
Heat From Home Fires
It's no longer the foreign hand alone in terror attacks: sleeper cells are doing it on their own
Tomorrow Is Just Another Day
Karnataka's anti-terror cell is a joke at best. The July 25 blasts too hasn't shaken it up.
The Pox And After
In the face of a mindless horror, Gujarat holds it together. The blasts probe, though, is a different matter.
Birth Of TheSeptic Fringe
The educated radical comes to haunt India and its Muslims
Cut The Nose To Cure Cold
India literally imported global inflation. Why beat domestic growth for it?
Bibliofile
So what is it between His Salmanness and Amit Chaudhuri? And between Shobhaa De and Amitav Ghosh? And the IWE and the Man Asian Literary Prize?
Plain Jane Tale
The plot is tedious, the dialogue gauche, the characters unconvincing
Critic's Isms
Indispensable to anyone seriously interested inthe films of some of our eminent directors
Before Simba BecameJust An Animatron
On the trail of the Asiatic lion, from the shikar days, the first conservationists to present-day efforts
The Multi-Layered Terrorist Cake
So warns the Pakistani author, and advocates the need for holistic solutions
