COVER STORY
Meen Deviation
The cooks at Mahesh's Juhu branch, opened 25 years later, need to take some lessons at the original restaurant in Fort.
Outlook Magazine - 9 March 2009
Bull's Eye
Shouldn't the government appoint a high-powered special investigative team to probe the missing children? Or are poor children expendable?
'Democracy Is A Sin, Infidelity'
He was once a violent cleric. Now, at the age of 77, he talks peace, grabbing headlines worldwide for the Swat deal he stitched with the NWFP government.
Diva On Her Tracks
Four decades on, the Howrah Rajdhani Express chugs along, shinier, but at the same pace
Bull's Eye
Shouldn't the government appoint a high-powered special investigative team to probe the missing children? Or are poor children expendable?
'Democracy Is A Sin, Infidelity'
He was once a violent cleric. Now, at the age of 77, he talks peace, grabbing headlines worldwide for the Swat deal he stitched with the NWFP government.
Perfect Cemetery?
Pak society and media stand sharply divided on the Swat deal
Ahead... Slow Zone
Few may acknowledge it, but the SEZ story is coming undone in Punjab and Haryana
Diva On Her Tracks
Four decades on, the Howrah Rajdhani Express chugs along, shinier, but at the same pace
In Self-Praise
A poll-minded UPA launches an ad blitz
'With Us, There's Due Diligence'
On National Pension Scheme -- concerns, issues and prospects
Pick Your Rainbow
An ambitious pension scheme promising a safety net for retirement a month away
Horizon Crosser
Work begins on indigenous aircraft carrier
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Plodding, facile and fails to connect. A deadpan Pitt does not help either but you can keep staring at him
House Of Crafts
Tangled lines of interest lie behind Meera Shankar's US appointment
Kashmir Rifles
Thousands of Valley youth turn up to enlist
The Next Flight Home
The death of the Gulf boom could prove to be a socio-economic crisis for some states
Welcome To The Flip Side
Dubai's bubble has been on burst mode for some time now. And with a global recession, there is panic setting in.
Helix Shielded
India's human gene bank will pre-empt biopiracy
Tipu In Transit
An unkind cut for Mallya
M.K., The SpringCollection
A Gandhi memorabilia auction meets official torpor, private concern
Jingle-Jangle Morning
Free of cultural colours, Rahman's music rings to global ears
At Which Time Dilip Became Rahman
The Music and the Maker, the maestro's faith in Islam has found the twain makes for perfect consonance
A Mono Fugue
He had no airs about him despite being one of most sought-after sessions players in the Tamil film industry
'There's Work To Do With Kylie Minogue And Pussycat Dolls'
He's audibly ecstatic and unusually forthcoming. A quick phone interview in the middle of a hectic first day back home in Chennai
A Slum Is A Slum
However many Oscars India might collect, we should never lend legitimacy and romance to scars which should make us hang our heads in shame
Rahmaniat
And so it is that a shy, diffident man arrives on the world stage with a bang
Verdict: To Hang
Our higher courts are snowed under by unresolved cases
A Pricey Scrip
The Congress prefers splendid isolation
Bibliofile
What is it with Indians writing in English and the Sahitya Akademi? Who describes his books as "Bengali written in English"?
Fair Servings
These short takes are easy reads. Hopefully, the series will continue.
Fags' End
At last a voice given to all those who were miserable at school.
Inner Ring Road
A furious itinerancy extracts both past shadows and extant charms from Delhi's forgotten nooks and crannies
Sister Jesme
The former nun exposes the dark face of the church in <i>Amen: An Autobiography of a Nun</i>
