COVER STORY
Giant snails swamp a Kerala district
Outlook Magazine - 16 August 2010
Democracy and secularism get a new life in Bangladesh, courtesy a Supreme Court ruling
The foreign secretary explains what happened at the failed Indo-Pak talks last month and how India plans to engage with Pakistan in future
Talks with Pakistan must continue. It is mildewy strategy that should go.
Ten elephants poached at Simlipal reserve
Democracy and secularism get a new life in Bangladesh, courtesy a Supreme Court ruling
Even separatist voices drown in the din
Avoiding India, and trouble, Lalit Modi finds solace in the lap of luxury
...Before We Knew How To Run?
Scams, bad work, missed deadlines cast shadow on the Games
The foreign secretary explains what happened at the failed Indo-Pak talks last month and how India plans to engage with Pakistan in future
The profit motive has led insurers into a rapacious overdrive
OTHER STORIES
The courts find ‘creative solutions’ for aggrieved customers
How medical insurance is flawed, from beginning to end
No one’s happy with mediclaim, neither customer nor the insurer. The morass that is Indian healthcare.
Karunanidhi raises prohibition bogey
The quest for megawatts encroaches upon wetlands and livelihoods
Amitabh took a Paris audience on a celebration of his father’s <i>Madhushala</i>
Cookbooks and food festivals are reviving the old Pondicherry cuisine
A padayatra to Bellary rouses the Congress
Tharoor and Seth: royal Hay and metre for measure
Reminds us that many humans and animals have more meaningful relationships than humans between themselves
McDonald is a story-teller, not an expert on India; nor is he particularly bothered about getting his details correct
This adulatory work offers insight into the fashioning of Adoor’s credo, but mostly apes his minimalist approach
A comic series on our war heroes puts patriotism in a gritty graphic format
The Man in the Bulb meditates on the dying of the light
Here’s another stab at demystifying—and yes, trashing—the ‘avoid carbs at all costs’ theory.
So what’s making it click big time? This year’s first out-and-out masala entertainer.
The young writer on her screenplay for the forthcoming film <i>Aisha</i>
As long as the CBI remains an arm of the government, reporting to the prime minister of the day, it will continue to be misused. Period.
I had a dream that the 2020 Olympics is being held in my home town, Nagpur...
