HUNT FOR THE FIRST HUMAN
COVER STORY
Here Lies The First Human... Perhaps
Cut marks on bone fossils found on an Indian foothill could well change the narrative on human evolution
SIDDHARTHA MISHRA, PRIYADARSHINI SEN

INTERVIEW
'Masol Complicates The Out-Of-Africa Theory'
Dr Anne Dambricourt-Malassé, a palaeoanthropologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, on the significance of the Masol fossil findings
SIDDHARTHA MISHRA INTERVIEWS DR ANNE DAMBRICOURT-MALASSÉ

COVER STORY: MASOL
The Whys & Wherefores
What is it about Masol that makes it key to the story of human evolution
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search for the first humans in French
Ici Repose...Peut-être…Le Premier Humain
 
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While purists frowned on jugaad in God’s own country as a temple in Alappuzha decided to use elephants made of cast iron instead of live elephants at festivals, most people welcomed the decision.
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BUSINESS

VIJAY MALLYA
Major Flashy Calling Ground Control
Mallya cadged loans and hedged around law with help from politicians
ARINDAM MUKHERJEE
INTERVIEW
"The Government Ensured That Mallya Collapsed"
Capt G.R. Gopinath who started India’s first budget airline Air Deccan which he sold to Vijay Mallya on the Kingfisher fiasco
AJAY SUKUMARANINTERVIEWS G.R. GOPINATH
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Blighted Moth Effect
In spite of Mallya’s antics, young players still have hope thanks to online help
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NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Can Modi Sarkar Pass The Great Urban IQ Test?
It began with a scintillating vision—urban utopias going by the spiffy name ‘Smart Cities’.
ANOO BHUYAN
INTERVIEW
“No Watering Down, PM’s Vision Is Being Made Complete”
Union minister for urban development Venkaiah Naidu on the smart city project...
ANOO BHUYAN INTERVIEWS M. VENKAIAH NAIDU
MEDIA
When Pushp Comes To RTI Shove
A sting-happy journalist faces police intimidation for a story that embarrassed...
USHINOR MAJUMDAR
ARMY AND STATE
Habeas Cardia... Et Backbone Too
Dalbir Singh Suhag is a favourite of politicians, but he is losing the confidence...
MIHIR SRIVASTAVA
GENDER RIGHTS
Vowed Into Violence
Marital rape remains legally unrecognised at a steep cost
BULA DEVI
POLITICS
Strongarming The Strongarm
The Enforcement Directorate is up and about, some say on political directions. Has it become the new CBI?
MEETU JAIN
SANGH PARIVAR
Long On A Short Change
A slow change of viewpoints arrives with necessity in the RSS
PRARTHNA GAHILOTE
OPINION
Cities In The Red
Will investors prefer smaller, more profitable cities?
DUNU ROY
MUMBAI
To Hem In A City
Activists-ecologists are aghast at the ruin Mumbai’s western coastal road can cause
PRACHI PINGLAY-PLUMBER
LEADER COMMENT
The Middle Path
Lamenting the disappearance of the middle path from the national discourse
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A Village That's Always Plotting Its Next Move
One man’s passion for the game of 64 squares became a village craze that rooked the booze
MINU ITTYIPE
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In Praise Of Shahid Afridi
For his candid and off-the-cuff remark amidst all the sibling rivalry
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Benares Diary
Though our PM is known more for his fasting than his feasting, he has brought his star power to bear on Varanasi’s crafts and food
SAUMYA ROY
 
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A regular column on the essential buzz
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BANNED FILMS
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Films facing bans find newer ways of coming up for air
ARUSHI BEDI
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Fuller House
The enormous advantage and a bigger challenge for Full House looking to make a comeback with Fuller House
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His Dreams Of Banalata
Reads like a stylish str­eam-of-consciousness narrative immersing one’s mind in an internal monologue.
ANANYA S. GUHA
REVIEW
Turn Of The Apparatchik
Bidwai’s last book is a passionate analysis of the Left’s loss of relevance
PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA
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ISSUE DATED | SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
NARENDRA MODI
North
Of the 154 seats in eight states, BJP-NDA can at best hope to pick up 61 seats. Uttar Pradesh, where Modi’s right-hand-man Amit Shah is in charge, is the great imponderable.
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At Outlook we had been toying with the idea of a special issue on Hindi film music for a while, but hesitated for several reasons. Wouldn't it mean too much italicised text in the magazine? Wouldn't the translation of song titles into English sound awkward, even comic? Just how do you translate Ramaiyya vasta vaiyya into English?
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