COVER STORY
Madhuri Gupta, caught spying for Pakistan, comes out as complex in her ordinariness
Outlook Magazine - 10 May 2010
Unauthorised phone-tapping is a violation of our fundamental right to privacy. Personalities from across the spectrum express concern.
A few senior intelligence officials agreed to speak to us on how the tapping raj actually works
In a follow-up to its exclusive on phone-tapping, <i>Outlook</i> brings details of how the surveillance raj works.
The subject deserves all attention, the treatment leaves you feeling drained and disconnected
The lead singer of Indian Ocean on his music and the biopic on the group, <i>Leaving Home</i>
It’s amazing what a little extra helping of food can make. Ah John, Ah Dory, Oh, to dine in Sicily.
“It’s like undressing a reluctant girlfriend!” That was Mani Shankar Aiyer, struggling with the giftwrap that bound Annie Zaidi’s <i>Known Turf</i>
The fast-paced narrative and the scary scenario it conjures make up a very good read, especially for those who love conspiracy theories
Unauthorised phone-tapping is a violation of our fundamental right to privacy. Personalities from across the spectrum express concern.
A few senior intelligence officials agreed to speak to us on how the tapping raj actually works
In a follow-up to its exclusive on phone-tapping, <i>Outlook</i> brings details of how the surveillance raj works.
The subject deserves all attention, the treatment leaves you feeling drained and disconnected
A crime thriller that fails to thrill - it certainly can’t be called a whodunit
The lead singer of Indian Ocean on his music and the biopic on the group, <i>Leaving Home</i>
It’s amazing what a little extra helping of food can make. Ah John, Ah Dory, Oh, to dine in Sicily.
“It’s like undressing a reluctant girlfriend!” That was Mani Shankar Aiyer, struggling with the giftwrap that bound Annie Zaidi’s <i>Known Turf</i>
The fast-paced narrative and the scary scenario it conjures make up a very good read, especially for those who love conspiracy theories
OTHER STORIES
Much of this is familiar ground and most of the writing is pedestrian, though there are flashes of brilliance
Jungles bristling with danger—as seen by Nimrods, many from an age before Corbett, and nature-struck enthusiasts
I feel it’s my duty to share a few thoughts on a subject so close to my heart
“Knock, knock”, “Who’s there?”, “Ramalinga Raju”, “Ramalinga Raju who?”, “See! You’ve forgotten already.” Poor Raju!
People in Maoist-affected areas live lives lacerated by the brutality of both state and revolution
The Infosys czar trains his focus and funds to an Indian classics project at Harvard
Sania-Shoaib try to regain the grace they lost in Pakistan. Still, a spurned public sulks.
Deft census jugglery renders STs a minority in their home
India sees an explosion in culinary writing: an epicure’s paradise awaits
An NGO sounds the warning bell on infant mortality
From their safe distance, metropolis analysts can play either/or
The IPL stood for a new India. The mess it’s in turns the clock back.
Beware the growth of business influence on vital areas of policy
The <i>Ghajini</i> factor and universal themes makes for a season of South remakes in Bollywood
South side superhunks are making a fresh raid on Bollywood
With the new tracking device in mobiles and cars, you can’t be lost
Exchange rate as a tool to fight inflation? Don’t bet your rupees.
Inflation is on a high and the UPA government looks clueless. Only the rain gods can save us.
The former Indian captain on IPL and the silence of the cricketers in its governing council.
Modi is skewered. What about the culpability of the firing squad?
