COVER STORY
'The Government Should Help Smaller Retailers'
Dr Mathew Joseph he controversies around the FDI debate killed the government's will to reform retail.
Outlook Magazine - 3 August 2015
Doubling The Deal
The security establishment’s inability to honour the deal it may have struck with Yakub will seriously erode its credibility.
All The President’s Hangmen
Presidents have by and large dilly-dallied on mercy petitions. Not so Pranab Mukherjee.
‘Does A Man Drown Peacefully? It’s His Right To Try.’
Former special TADA court judge P.D. Kode on questions his verdict as 1993 Bombay blasts trial judge raised.
‘I Hope We’ll Be Able To Declare A Constitution In A Month’
Former Nepal prime minister Prachanda on Maoism, the mistakes he committed as prime minister and the lessons he learnt
My Disruption Is Democracy
The BJP was a champion filibusterer once, but is the Congress right in its tactics?
A Cat With Nine Lives
At 25, she was the youngest MLA and minister in Haryana. She has since been chief minister and a Union minister twice, but Sushma Swaraj, 63, has never completed a full stint of five years.
An Atrocity Devours All
For his naive, lofty faith in Indian justice, Yakub must hang
Doubling The Deal
The security establishment’s inability to honour the deal it may have struck with Yakub will seriously erode its credibility.
All The President’s Hangmen
Presidents have by and large dilly-dallied on mercy petitions. Not so Pranab Mukherjee.
‘Does A Man Drown Peacefully? It’s His Right To Try.’
Former special TADA court judge P.D. Kode on questions his verdict as 1993 Bombay blasts trial judge raised.
A Question Mark Hangs
Is it a miscarriage of justice, will Yakub Memon hang for others’ sins?
Honour Speaking
Many in the CPI(M) want Somnath to return. He wants an invite.
‘I Hope We’ll Be Able To Declare A Constitution In A Month’
Former Nepal prime minister Prachanda on Maoism, the mistakes he committed as prime minister and the lessons he learnt
My Disruption Is Democracy
The BJP was a champion filibusterer once, but is the Congress right in its tactics?
A Cat With Nine Lives
At 25, she was the youngest MLA and minister in Haryana. She has since been chief minister and a Union minister twice, but Sushma Swaraj, 63, has never completed a full stint of five years.
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It’s never stepped back from taking a stand on issues it believes in and continues to defend free speech and liberal values.
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It has chosen to justify the sexist pieces as ‘satire’, which is simply dishonest.
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Travels To Other Dawns
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