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Outlook Magazine - 18 January 2016
‘Who Didn't Warn Nehru?’
A chat with filmmaker and author Shiv Kunal Verma whose showcasing of the Indian military remains unparalleled.
Chronicle Of A Debacle Foretold
The war with China was one that the army was not allowed to fight by its own people. The defeat was pretty much invited.
‘There Is No Turf War’
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on India's response to the Pathankot attack and its future preparedness to deal with terrorism.
32 Spokes Of Wisdom
Our national symbol, the Ashoka pillar, has an upper chakra missing. An MP pointed it out to Nehru, but was ignored.
Carrying His Mind Through
Pranav Dhanavade’s 1,009 is Olympian. He has it to inspire him to scale maturer heights.
“The Legislature Must Bring BCCI Under RTI”
Justice R.M. Lodha who is now looking after the tainted BCCI on why cricketing fiefdoms should be demolished and why betting should be legalised.
Knotted Gordian And Gory
Pathankot has put another obstacle in the way of peace initiatives between India and Pakistan and prudence is the only remedy in sight
Skivvies & Fatigues
Did the NSA’s ‘civilian’ NSG botch up the Pathankot operation? Would the army have handled it better?
‘Who Didn't Warn Nehru?’
A chat with filmmaker and author Shiv Kunal Verma whose showcasing of the Indian military remains unparalleled.
Chronicle Of A Debacle Foretold
The war with China was one that the army was not allowed to fight by its own people. The defeat was pretty much invited.
‘There Is No Turf War’
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on India's response to the Pathankot attack and its future preparedness to deal with terrorism.
32 Spokes Of Wisdom
Our national symbol, the Ashoka pillar, has an upper chakra missing. An MP pointed it out to Nehru, but was ignored.
Carrying His Mind Through
Pranav Dhanavade’s 1,009 is Olympian. He has it to inspire him to scale maturer heights.
“The Legislature Must Bring BCCI Under RTI”
Justice R.M. Lodha who is now looking after the tainted BCCI on why cricketing fiefdoms should be demolished and why betting should be legalised.
Knotted Gordian And Gory
Pathankot has put another obstacle in the way of peace initiatives between India and Pakistan and prudence is the only remedy in sight
Skivvies & Fatigues
Did the NSA’s ‘civilian’ NSG botch up the Pathankot operation? Would the army have handled it better?
Cordon Control
NSA Doval is being attacked for not being status-quoist
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
The NSA To Beat All NSAs Thus Far...
Brajesh Mishra would have been a hard act to follow. But Doval seems to be doing a pretty fine job of it.
Growing Doubts Over The Doval Doctrine
Eighteen months after Ajit K. Doval became India’s fifth NSA, his doctrine—aggressive diplomacy coupled with faster overt and covert response to attacks—is put to question
A Short Walk To Bogtown
Is Ajit Doval, the PM’s eyes and ears, turning the PMO blind and deaf to reality?
Seven Days
The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt
Bibliofile
The Crime Writers Festival in Delhi and Priya Ramnani's move to Juggernaut
The Tale Of A Chastised Tiger
Ruskin Bond's meanderings through the hills and valleys of Dehra and various encounters with animals.
Clearer Than The Mike
Impeccable legwork, sensitivity are the hallmarks of Barkha Dutt’s career
And Also
A 400-year-old South African snack
Goa Restaurant: Thalassa
Serves the best Greek meal east of Mykonos.
The Sked
The blessing of magazines dedicated solely to creative arts, the Delhi Litfest and a printmaker’s journey from drawing to textile
And Also
The trailer of an adult comedy with over two million likes on Youtube
Nenu Sailaja
It is a combo of <i>Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge</i> and <i>Dil Chahta Hai</i>
Har Har Byomkesh
Well-made but doesn’t stand out from the crowd of Byomkesh films.
Sambhaji Bhagat
Folk artist and Dalit bard Sambhaji Bhagat composed the music for the award-winning Marathi film <i>Court</i>.
Deep Throat
A regular column on the essential buzz
Florence Diary
Each wrong turn leads to a new treasure, an unexpected trove of beauty, an unseen lot of sculptures.
In Praise Of Justice Lodha
For giving us the pleasure of re-imagining cricket the way we have not been able to these past few years.
Seeing Through The Haze
Arvind Kejriwal’s bold move should convince cynics and sceptics everywhere that ‘We, the People’ are instruments, not impediments...
Par Avion
A random sample from the British periodicals
At The Helm Of A Sisterhood
A banker channels disillusionment, creates economic refuge for the marginalised
Where's My Girl?
Kannada thriller by techie brothers sets B-O on fire
Kitchen Confidential
Bring the five-star experience home. Gourmet savants are now bringing their business to the family kitchen.
“Another Corridor Should Have Been Chosen”
‘Metro man’ E. Sreedharan on the bullet train project
Riding A Dum Dum Dream
A bullet train project is a showpiece of progress. But with a railways gasping for funds, it’s wasteful expenditure too.
