COVER STORY
"The inmates are forever swatting mosquitoes. Mom, does this amount to cruelty?"
Outlook Magazine - 13 April 2009
On the launch of his new film <i>8x10 Tasveer </i>starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia
India's outgoing ambassador to the USA, the high point of whose tenure was no doubt the N-Deal, talks about his various diplomatic assignments
Till interval it's quite an affecting and poignant film and then dips inexorably to downright mediocre
A smattering of Thai dishes, and real Chinese food that's not Indi-Chinese.
Railway bookstalls undergo a makeover
Some leaders and some parties may pay a heavy price for selecting "winnable" candidates.
A 10 crore-strong votebank. Parties are going all out to woo the young 'uns.
On the launch of his new film <i>8x10 Tasveer </i>starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia
India's outgoing ambassador to the USA, the high point of whose tenure was no doubt the N-Deal, talks about his various diplomatic assignments
A national law school sets no standards
Till interval it's quite an affecting and poignant film and then dips inexorably to downright mediocre
Jaipur's Albert Hall Museum is brought back from the dead with expert care
OTHER STORIES
It won't be the same, but South Africa's IPL hopes to seduce crowds with Bollywood allure
The love of food brims over, conquers the blogosphere
Will its tardiness cost the TDP dear?
It's Congress vs Laloo-Paswan
PMK's exit is a blow to Congress-DMK
The NCP chief is plotting to have his cake and eat it too
Candidates will feel the sting of the gaze
The farm is greener than five years ago, yet the bounty is hyped
The suicide chain can't be broken
It's time to add to the land bank
Opportunity, 'bias' make and mar
A good PDS keeps farmers above water
A social safety net props up the people
Cash crops keep the agro economy happy
Farmers find new ways to prosperity
There's substance to the rural story. The agro economy is on a strong pitch, but will the vote from the farms oblige?
The new RSS chief puts in place a brook-no-difference oligarchy
What did Penguin pay for Aatish Taseer's first novel, <i>The Temple-Goers</i>, after signing up Ramachandra Guha for Rs 97 lakhs?
Exploring roots is a familiar theme but it is the manner in which Amrita Kumar does so that sets this work apart
A self-identifying, dispiriting tour of Islam's extremities inlaid with personal history
Celebs put their strength behind citizen's movements to mobilise voters
Alas, the liberal chic that LSE/SOAS imparts is not Varun's to claim
Did an all-relaying media create the Varun Gandhi effect?
There is also a streak of masochism, the desire to hurt oneself, in Varun's mother's family
Some clues to what may have kindled his sulphur
In exalting Gandhi, we've elbowed Sri Aurobindo into the shadows
