COVER STORY
With no dearth of causes, there’s no dearth of NGOs either. And that is the problem.
Outlook Magazine - 7 February 2011
In 1984, the CPI(M)’s Prakash Karat kicked off a debate by criticising foreign-funded NGOs. More than two decades on, he takes a softer view but...
Two unrelated events point to possible links between Maoists and northeastern outfits
The confessions of NSCN(IM) leader Anthony Shimray show exactly how China is fuelling India’s northeastern insurgencies
The BJP central leadership has decided that Yediyurappa is still their best bet
In the list (submitted to the Supreme Court) of those who have stashed away black money in Swiss secret accounts, one name was deliberately kept out
In 1984, the CPI(M)’s Prakash Karat kicked off a debate by criticising foreign-funded NGOs. More than two decades on, he takes a softer view but...
As government, corporates seek to engage with NGOs, they gain new significance
Foreign policy experts are more guarded on China's 'mischief'
Why China’s meddling in the Northeast should worry Delhi
Two unrelated events point to possible links between Maoists and northeastern outfits
The confessions of NSCN(IM) leader Anthony Shimray show exactly how China is fuelling India’s northeastern insurgencies
The BJP central leadership has decided that Yediyurappa is still their best bet
In the list (submitted to the Supreme Court) of those who have stashed away black money in Swiss secret accounts, one name was deliberately kept out
The state BJP looks askance as a dictatorial Yediyurappa rages
OTHER STORIES
Hu’s US visit rakes up the issue of China’s abysmal human rights record
you could probably hold a modest litfest of all the publishers and authors from Delhi who didn’t go to Jaipur this year
Despite the numerous characters and constant changes of situation and pace, it is a gripping read
The best thing you can say about Omair Ahmad’s new novel is that it shows a few glimmers of potential.
Dr Binayak Sen resisted every effort to make this a personal story, insisting it is everyman’s
Boyle literally plants you within the film and gets you involved in Aron Ralston’s life as though it was your own
B’wood’s celebrated makeup artist on the new collection of cosmetics for the Indian woman
Hidden away in a maze of tyre shops and transport companies is a tiny place that serves the best Marwari food this side of Jaipur
Karan Johar’s commitment to family ties as a subject of his films is well known. It will find an echo in the current movies of Chennai
After taking over as minister of environment and forests with independent charge in ’09, most activists raised a toast to him. Today it’s a different story
The environment minister promised much, but his flip-flops of late raise concern
Or was it just a century that went by.... Or, maybe, a passing storm? Pt Bhimsen Joshi's life, so mobile and yet so anchored, is also a metaphor for the times he lived in
No end, it seems, to seizures from the Joshis
Insecurity envelops Balochi Hindus after a series of abductions. Many are emigrating.
A celebration of the ship of the desert amid its dwindling numbers
Films, talks, concerts featuring Kabir reinterpret him for urban India
Art acquires a new status, one that is inclusive, inquisitive and democratic
