COVER STORY
A 120-Crore Bill Boomerangs
Asked to pay back what it extracted as excess levy from consumers, the RPG-run body sends an SOS to Jyoti Basu
Outlook Magazine - 10 November 1997
The Business Of News
Forget soaps. Current affairs is in. So everyone wants to climb on to the News bandwagon.
Dmk As Social Engineer
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi flags off his dream project, Samathuvapuram—villages of harmony
Free Fall
Last week's market mayhem across the world—from Hong Kong to Johannesburg—should serve as a chilling warning to India about the flip side of globalisation
In Dialectical Mode
The UP imbroglio brings to the fore differences within the fold
Kalyan To The Rescue
The jumbo UP ministry, and the bickering, unite UF factions
A Spot Of Good Luck
Kathmandu emerges as a weekend jaunt as casinos lay it out
Sunil Dev
The former India manager takes on Indias cricketing establishment
The Business Of News
Forget soaps. Current affairs is in. So everyone wants to climb on to the News bandwagon.
Dmk As Social Engineer
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi flags off his dream project, Samathuvapuram—villages of harmony
The Eastern Sunset
Raising Eurofunds will be tougher for India Inc
Contagion!
How forex trade gunslingers blew away the Asian Tiger myth
Free Fall
Last week's market mayhem across the world—from Hong Kong to Johannesburg—should serve as a chilling warning to India about the flip side of globalisation
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Now, NGO Villains
3,500 NGOs are blacklisted for milking a dairy project of crores
Toasting The Dragon
Jiang plays down human rights, signs a huge nuclear deal
Touchable Votes
The Sena launches the Asmita yatra to woo Hindu Dalits
Man Of Mettle
He's a man who knows his metal. Lord Raj Kumar Bagri, chairman of the London Metal Exchange,uses his ken well.
Our Man In Delhi
The British high commissioner's unorthodox style of diplomacy once again ruffles Indian feathers
An Act Of Freedom
Sweeping amendments finally liberate Doordarshan and AIR
Biting The Dust
Sharif staves off a constitutional crisis by giving in to the judiciary. But why did he pick a fight?
Internet@Home.Com
Powertel's Net crusaders spin a Web that goes beyond cybercafes
"The Evenings Are Boring Without Bacchus"
Though he has never been known to hide his weakness for the big 'Ws', Karnataka chief minister J.H. Patel has tended to be rather tightlipped about the reason for kicking the bottle. Casual and relaxed on Diwali morning, he gave perhaps his most cand
Patel's Dry Spell
The chief minister explains why he's off the bottle
Treading On Thin Ice
To survive, chief minister Parikh has too many people to please
Sivakasi: From Boom To Bust
Anti-exploitation campaigns and the recession hits the industry
Politically Incorrect Patakas
The right to 'celebrate as we please' comes into conflict with the wrongs of poverty and pollution
The Rx Of Healthy Eating
Vegetables and fibre are in, processed foods are out
Throwing Up Some Food Myths:
Buy it, consume it, forget it. Who wants to know what games food plays once down the gullet, so long as it satisfies your palate and pangs? No thinking about food, ergo no modern myths. Yet, there are still many homes where traditional food myths sur
Dangerous Diets
Overfed yet malnourished, palate-pampered yet bulimic, an entire generation of urban Indians is launching a system-starving assault on health
Fire That Blunderbuss
NOTHING can be more ludicrous than the sight of a head of diplomatic mission demanding a public assurance from the prime minister of his host country that he will not be sent packing home.
Gujral Triumphs
The less developed nations find a leader in the Indian PM
Jigsaw Bits
Nabobs, ghosts and Brit ghouls
Wry Doses Of Sanity
From above the middles path
The Team That Failed
An honest account of the contradictions in India's Lanka mission
A Criminal Code For Survival
History-sheeters in the Kalyan cabinet mar the party's image
"We Have Come Out And Shot A Goal"
A week after being hailed as a wily strategist for winning the trust vote in the UP assembly, chief minister Kalyan Singh has come under severe criticism for inducting history-sheeters in his 93-member jumbo cabinet. But in an interview to Rajesh Jos
The Birth Of A Frankenstein
BJP top brass find it difficult to defend Kalyan's jumbo cabinet
The Great Car Crash Of '97
Overall economic recession forces a nightmarish detour in the automobile sector's boom path