COVER STORY
We asked people from different spheres of society how and in what terms they see India’s future
Outlook Magazine - 21 July 2014
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There isn’t clarity on the direct taxes code, and no contingency plan for the 42 per cent deficient monsoon we face.
The MIT professor and co-author of <i>Poor Economics</i> has some advice for the government
We have been concentrating too much upon fiscal deficit as a measure of fiscal prudence.
Long on hype, short on delivery. That in sum is Jaitley’s maiden financial statement.
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Ganga elicits fine emotions, but not workable plans, from the Centre
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A smart city in fallow marshland? Dholera may sink in the mud.
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The voluble new finance minister is a great one for making connections
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The FM has staked budget-balancing on growth. It can be tricky.
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There isn’t clarity on the direct taxes code, and no contingency plan for the 42 per cent deficient monsoon we face.
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This isn’t a turnaround rail budget
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The MIT professor and co-author of <i>Poor Economics</i> has some advice for the government
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We have been concentrating too much upon fiscal deficit as a measure of fiscal prudence.
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Long on hype, short on delivery. That in sum is Jaitley’s maiden financial statement.
OTHER STORIES
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It’s not well known that 25 per cent of the population of Palitana is Muslim. Their diet habits too must be respected.
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The Jains want their pilgrimage spot, Palitana, declared a vegetarian zone. Is that justified?
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Business in bitesizes
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A former director of AIIMS and a former head of its department of forensic medicine on the intricacies involved in post-mortems.
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A rebel doctor’s allegations of pressure revive the Sunanda case
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MP’s education scam singes Chouhan, wife
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Pak TV dramas too face The same problem: A dearth of good writers.
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Pakistani TV soaps get a big welcome in Indian living rooms
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The new chairman of ICHR argues that faith and reason can go hand in hand in the writing of history.
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The BJP’s ICHR appointment revives fears of a move to a right-wing retelling of history
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The steady ingress of the Hindu right tears into Goa’s patient fabric
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Letters leaped for joy at being represented in Brazil
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The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt
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Are you willing to go beyond the packaged cereals and multigrain breads?
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Rajdeep Sardesai's book, some reading for Prof Dinanath Batra and no ‘achche din’ in sight for writers
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If this blundering pastiche can pass for a book review, then mimesis is a form of subversive flattery
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Sealy doesn’t just build a scaled-down 8th century Chinese pagoda in Doon. His almanack is a fragile ecosystem itself.
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The artist and curator on the art scene in India and on fake art
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Its easy, languorous pace and unhurried story-telling reminds one of the old detective serials of Doordarshan, like <i>Karamchand</i> and <i>Byomkesh Bakshi</i>.
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Yet another yawn-inducing film on confused young love.
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Never knew not knowing Sachin was a crime in India.
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I don’t know about you, but travelling on a bullet train at 320 km per hour is not my top priority...
