COVER STORY
The highs and lows, the fads...
Outlook Magazine - 13 January 2014
Outlook Wishes Its Readers A Happy New Year. We return after a week's break. The next issue, dated January 20 will be available on the site on Saturday, January 11, 2014
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Good, middling, disappointing—some of the busiest Indians sift through their reads
Journalistus, a Titan, was given the task of moulding the intellect of mankind out of the clay of ignorance...
As the saying goes, we are like that only. Quirky tales from all corners of India.
Harvard's professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies on various aspects of her latest book
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Neologisms, or those that acquired a buzz
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Good, middling, disappointing—some of the busiest Indians sift through their reads
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The tu-tu mai-mai, the slug fests, the wars of words
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Some enlightened deeds that couldn’t go unawarded
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Journalistus, a Titan, was given the task of moulding the intellect of mankind out of the clay of ignorance...
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Has the media lost the plot in the more wired world of today?
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As the saying goes, we are like that only. Quirky tales from all corners of India.
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Harvard's professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies on various aspects of her latest book
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Fulancho Khuris: The cross of the flowers, the locals’ best-kept secret
OTHER STORIES
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Highlights and trends
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13 exhibitions and shows that caught our eye
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The unhailed celluloid memories of 2013: Two festivals, some good films and a few stray thoughts
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Rules: 1. Don’t F*ck with Kids 2. Don’t F*ck with Cops. 3. Don’t F*ck with Bar Staff. 4. Don’t F*ck with NYC.
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The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
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A line, a tune, a picture. Memories, it’s all we are left with.
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The most significant, pathbreaking, standout performers from the year
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What takes people to shrines that grant what they seek? A look at wish-making.
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An avalanche of downs drowning the ups? Not on this page!
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Will 2014 fire up the economy’s ‘animal spirits’? Hmm....
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Maihar Devi Temple: In the heart of India, the goddess of learning is the presiding deity
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Sai Samadhi: Little is known about the early years of Sai Baba. His ‘miracles’ are well-documented.
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Ajmer Sharif: No shrine is more popular, and no wish is too big at this Sufi saint’s tomb
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Bon Bibi: In the Sunderbans runs the writ of Bon Bibi, the goddess who looks the tiger god in the eye and arrests his fearful lunge
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Visa Temple: The engineering student’s port of call for a passage to America
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Nirgun Paduka: Where the ‘possessed’ come to get deliverance from Lord Dattatreya
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Lord Shiva Kalahasteeswara Temple: Where the influence of Rahu-Ketu is dispelled
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Gora Baba: A Brit officer from 1857 offers a helping hand in return for a smoke
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Ishqiya Ganesh Mandir: Buried in the city’s old quarters, a temple of love rides its frothy popularity
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The unchanged nature and new forms of Indian pilgrimage, and its ultimate telos
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What the experts said about inflation in 2013 and what is in store for the economy as a whole in 2014
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For long it seemed a RaGa-NaMo race. Till Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP changed equations and perceptions in Delhi.
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The year’s best and worst, pixellated
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From the four corners of India, the faithful flock, each to his altar, each to his wish
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The nation reveres them, but where do the rich and famous go to pray?
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From Lourdes to Velankanni, God is beseiged with demands for miracles. But a moral choice confronts Him.
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Before the temples of the gods, the rich, bent low with offerings, genuflect. But they stand privileged still.
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Iran Shah Atash Behram Temple: Sacred to the Parsis, it has wrought miracles for others too
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Maruti Temple: Lawyers pray before him, as do relatives of the accused
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Dewa Sharif: The dargah of Haji Waris Ali Shah provides salve for many a wounded soul
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Bhairavnath Temple: Scotch only, please. Bhairavnath likes a tipple for favours rendered.
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Vallarpadam Church: Miracles happen everyday here, Vallarpadathamma looks out for the islanders
