COVER STORY
It Worked For Us
India Shining, a story of accidents, from policy to crony capitalism.
Outlook Magazine - 10 January 2011
And The Award Goes To...
Our annual (dis)honour roll for some of the dubious distinctions during the year
Liberalisation's Children
Economic reforms brought a new set of heroes and heroines. We pick some who were born and bloomed in the Bollywood of liberalised India.
Glitterati
Some of the page 3 people, the chatterati and those who remained in news for being in the news
He Said, She Said, They Said
The Big Fights, the wars of words, the sniping, the full frontal attacks
Gadgezilla Growls
Technology purrs to life on that endless road to perfection. Last season’s hot wheels and cool screens.
Well-Thumbed & Well-Marked
In the year gone by, new releases jostled with books of recent vintage and old favourites on the reading lists of India’s prominent people.
Camera Bifida
The months and days played along predictably, then jolted with the unexpected. A few defining shots of 2010.
And The Award Goes To...
Our annual (dis)honour roll for some of the dubious distinctions during the year
Answers
Check out how well you know your 1991
1991 Quiz
On May 31 1991, an independent, quasi-judicial body took charge at India Inc. Which body?
Liberalisation's Children
Economic reforms brought a new set of heroes and heroines. We pick some who were born and bloomed in the Bollywood of liberalised India.
Glitterati
Some of the page 3 people, the chatterati and those who remained in news for being in the news
He Said, She Said, They Said
The Big Fights, the wars of words, the sniping, the full frontal attacks
Gadgezilla Growls
Technology purrs to life on that endless road to perfection. Last season’s hot wheels and cool screens.
Well-Thumbed & Well-Marked
In the year gone by, new releases jostled with books of recent vintage and old favourites on the reading lists of India’s prominent people.
Camera Bifida
The months and days played along predictably, then jolted with the unexpected. A few defining shots of 2010.
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‘A Surrender To Predators’
The outspoken former state finance minister tells us why he was always “left”.
‘Rao Was The Political Base’
A key member of India’s reform team—first from the mid-1980s to 1990 and, later, from 1993 till 2001—on the early years of reforms
September Involution
Before it became annus horribilis, 2010 was going along nicely. And then India morphed into the Republic of Scams
Tiers In Heaven
We’re better, despite a wrong-headed electorate and an enduring old order
Epicure Shrugged
Wealth and pleasures have collapsed the traditional boundaries of the middle class
Harbour Of Good Hope
Visakhapatnam’s tryst with destiny has been too long in the making
The Blurred Horizon
Our basics are in place. But are we braced for handling uncertainty?
20 Questions For 2011
<i>Outlook</i> gets experts across professions to gaze into the crystal ball
The Agenda Agents
Are our policies being dictated by the foreign privatisation lobby?
Whither Saraswati
Our ruthless pursuit of wealth at the cost of wisdom and equity bodes ill
That’s Who
From distant shores they swam right to their own sun-lit spots
365 Steps To The Arclights
Bollywood’s first-time filmmakers got a standing ovation. It was their year.
Freedom At High Noon
The great leap created wealth for some. Public policy must spread it
Before The Pixels
Digital photography is still some years away, and the image is more a function of the photographer’s skill rather than his camera or lens. <i>Outlook</i> asked some of our top photographers to share their iconic picture of the pre-liberalisation era.
Invert That Storyboard
Beefcake in bubble-baths and other Manmohanomic reversals
We Only Grow Humans
One of India’s poorest districts, Beed can’t overcome an ’80s hangover
The Mutant Superbug
A liberal trade wind laid rules, set benchmarks for today’s systemic looting
The Home Alone Boys
In the early ’90s, the ‘Bombay Club’ came together to stall liberalisation.
Stall-Warts Of Reform
Straitjacketed at home, Indian business is looking out for succour
‘The Maximum Bang’
“No one has addressed people at the bottom of the pyramid, whose hopes aren’t different....”
Future: Under Construction
Liberalisation has challenged our ossified traditional identity
The Changing Matrix
Affluence is no longer a sin and no one wants to be left behind.
The Genie In The Shadows
Why few remember that it was Narasimha Rao who initiated reforms
