COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 22 August 2011
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You can’t dodge the question, for there are far too many scams that need answers. Therein lies the kernel of the ‘negativity’ debate.
A policeman in Andhra steps out of the line to serve the friendless dead, support orphans, and give shelter to the aged poor in their lives’ gloaming
Scotching the urge to self-censor, the press must report ‘bad news’—to guard the guards, empower the citizen, and usher in change
Criminality? Elitism? Erosion of authority? Britain really shouldn’t have been shocked.
While netas continue to moot steps to counter agricultural wastage, enterprising UP farmers are not about to let their hard work go to seed
A couple—armed with ideas, patience and a Fukuoka blueprint—come to a withered Andhra district. Then the earth responded.
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You can’t dodge the question, for there are far too many scams that need answers. Therein lies the kernel of the ‘negativity’ debate.
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A policeman in Andhra steps out of the line to serve the friendless dead, support orphans, and give shelter to the aged poor in their lives’ gloaming
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Scotching the urge to self-censor, the press must report ‘bad news’—to guard the guards, empower the citizen, and usher in change
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So thought Britain, till the hoods came out in London and beyond
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Criminality? Elitism? Erosion of authority? Britain really shouldn’t have been shocked.
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While netas continue to moot steps to counter agricultural wastage, enterprising UP farmers are not about to let their hard work go to seed
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A couple—armed with ideas, patience and a Fukuoka blueprint—come to a withered Andhra district. Then the earth responded.
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A Pakistani Malayali and a political activist
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And markets across the globe fell. How India must cope.
OTHER STORIES
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The union sports minister speaks out on the latest controversy
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Gavaskar’s attempt to make amends is drowned by calls for a clean-up, forcing the Centre to take note, and mull action
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Why is it that feel-bad reportage makes the reporter feel so good?
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A border fence dismantled a village market that fed and clothed many. A new initiative now resuscitates it—to roaring business.
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By refusing to take bribes, the Madurai collector has earned 18 transfers in 20 years, a modest house and bank balance and lots of respect
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Jim Corbett might have put Kumaon on the map, but a new brand of entrepreneurship focused on rural Uttarakhand looks to unlock its potential
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Caste-based prejudice has long been a fact of life in Himachal Pradesh. Now, new initiatives look to change that—with the state police as catalysts.
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Why isn’t good news getting the space it deserves? Is it too undramatic, does it sound implausible? Are we too much in the sway of the brute Indian reality?
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A magical oasis right in the middle of the suicide belt of Maharashtra, Hivre Bazaar village shows what united thought and action can achieve
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An academy in Tejgadh gives tribals lessons they can readily use
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Tribals in Gujarat are holding out against possible industrial expansion into their lands by becoming more self-reliant
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The freshest faces in Sino-India ties: bright young Chinese students studying in St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, soaking in India and the English language
