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