COVER STORY
'It Was A Defining Moment, I Went To Art School'
Satish Gujral turned 13 in 1938
Outlook Magazine - 20 October 2008
Despite Prophecy
Is 13 a lucky or unlucky number for me? You decide on that, but I definitely think it is lucky.
'Crowds Greeted The Indian Army And Hurled Stones At The Retreating Nizam's Batt
Shyam Benegal turned 13 in 1948
First I Wanted To Win The Race, Then Break Records: P.T. Usha
In a special column for Outlook, P.T. Usha recounts her experience in a sports school she got admitted to after she turned 13 in 1977.
The Stolen March
Suicidal or scapegoat? Mamata's politics fails the dream.
Small Cartwheel
Modi pulls off a coup, Nano will roll out from Gujarat now
Despite Prophecy
Is 13 a lucky or unlucky number for me? You decide on that, but I definitely think it is lucky.
Bowstringed
Pushed it may be but the Congress isn't banning Bajrang Dal on its own
'Crowds Greeted The Indian Army And Hurled Stones At The Retreating Nizam's Batt
Shyam Benegal turned 13 in 1948
'Having Lived On Watery Gruel, School For The First Time Meant Three Meals'
Gaddar turned 13 in 1952
'India In The Subconscious'
Mark Tully turned 13 in 1948
'A Foreboding, And A Longing For Something Soft And Pretty'
Nayantara Sahgal turned 13 in 1940
First I Wanted To Win The Race, Then Break Records: P.T. Usha
In a special column for Outlook, P.T. Usha recounts her experience in a sports school she got admitted to after she turned 13 in 1977.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
'I Had Shot My First Panther Before I Turned Thirteen'
Gayatri Devi turned 13 in 1932
'Miss Budden Remarked In My Report Card That I Could Make It As A Writer'
Khushwant Singh turned 13 in 1928
And Clay Was Cast
For these eminent people, that first teenage year shaped ripening dreams
The Thirteenth Floor
The inauspicious, unsold floor became a favourite hub by the time buyers came
Potted History
Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Congress neta, AB Vajpayee, LK Advani, Hindutva
Star Struck
We asked some of our stars and filmmakers how they see the more mundane, everyday world around them, their very personal take on familiar scenes...
And The Image Clicked Back
Thirteen stars, people on the other side, scout the streets to capture the defining image of India on their lenses
The Awkward Age
Thirteen is the odd man out. Was it ever that way, when did it ever stop being so?
The Very Craziest Lists Ever
The 13th time it's happening. You haven't heard the last of it....
My Witness Wakes Up
The observer inside me today is that 13-year-old on a summer vacation in Kerala
Numero-illogical!
Indian society needs to challenge humbug and lay down a rational foundation
'I Wanted To Go Out With Dignity, On A Winning Note'
Barely hours after announcing his retirement, Dada said he was at peace with himself
1960: Business
...the instrument for progress was the PSU
1960: Economy
It was the time of big dams, new universities and colleges
1960: Sports
In the 1960 Rome Olympics, most of the spectators had never seen a Sikh before
1960: Pakistan
The Indus Water Treaty was the last piece in the long divorce between India and Pakistan
1960: Goa
India had imposed an embargo on the province, and even torn up rail tracks
1960: Art
...painting was genteel, and not meant to hurt; it was a part of being 'cultured'
1960: Samyukta Maharashtra
...movement to create a Marathi language state with Mumbai as its capital was at its height
1960: Trends
...the time when austerity was coming to an end
1960:Dalit Politics
... was very young, divided and orphaned
1960: Broadcasting
Those were radio days.
1960: Politics
The big question at that time was, "After Nehru, who?"
1960: Cinema
These were happy times for Indian cinema
1960: China
...issue slowly overwhelmed everything else
Young And Restless
Was the past another country? Or were the portents of India 2008 already visible when the country turned 13, in 1960?
When The First Dew Had Just Evaporated
The unsure steps into teenagehood marked a year of lost illusions. It laid the foundations of the modern state and determined India's role in global politics.
A Million Shards Now
The fragments or the whole. In the new India, the former is finally claiming its space.
81% 13-year-Olds Don't Want To Be In Their Parents' Profession
We pontificate about them, get anxious about them, and live our dreamsvicariously through them. But how often do we get the news directly from the minds of thirteen-year-olds?
N-Tape: Side A, Side B
The deal is needed, but India had better be honourable about testing
Blind Man's Bluff
The meltdown holds up a mirror to market fundamentalists
Late-Night Demons In The Rearview Mirror
It's a nightmare on Delhi streets for women who have to stay late at work
Shadow Hunts & Stick Figures
One more investigating agency would have us believe its Indian Mujahideen narrative
Is 13 The New 18?
The sexual, emotional precocity of 13-year-olds are contrapuntal to life's insistent demands
Power Cuts For The People
Bodo-Muslim clashes are not new. Vested interests, though, are pinning the latest round on NDFB.
