Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, GE
“General Electricji, I have the perfect script. ‘Chain Reaction’ is about two gangs who fight over an N-reactor and they go at each other with cycle chains. Clever, no?”
‘The Wikileaks Material Is Incomplete, Selective And Often Misleading’
The country's foreign secretary during the period of the Wikileaks cables is nonplussed by the sound and fury
The Divided Frontline Of Asom
Congress face corruption charges, AGP old bogeys; the evenly matched parties blink at the ULFA factor
Loose Change
Battling a season of scams, the Congress sees in the five state elections a chance to silence its critics and prove that voters still have faith in it
The Call Of The American Demarche
Does India really follow the US lead as blindly as the Wikileaks cables seem to suggest?
A Land Of No Return
Shourie’s explanations do not hold water in the face of evidence that <i>Outlook</i> has accessed
Beauty Won’t Save The World
A petty turf war surrounding the Slovak curator despoils Roerich’s Himalayan paradise
The Rise Of A Passionate Schmaltziness
The widely accepted India-as-an-experience model has, alarmingly, sacrificed the specific and heightened conceit
One Degree Above
At 211 degrees F, the water is merely hot; at 212, it boils; it’s that one degree that makes all the difference.
Boarding Now
The jacket image screams, “children’s section!” but the book itself will delight young adults
Many Openings
More than mere autobiography, this book encompasses a large slice of contemporary history
The Diminuendo
A voice from inside the once-mighty DCM group owners chronicles a merger of dispute and lack of adaptability
Dongala Mutha (Telugu)
The fact that RGV’s spending more time in Hyderabad is worrisome. Bollywood, please, please, take him back.
Mumbai Diary
Prohibition has long since gone in Maharashtra. But incredibly, the ‘permit’ system remains. You need a ‘permit’ to legally consume, buy or even transport alcohol.