COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 23 May 2016
Mothballed In A Shady Hangar
The progress so far shows why the AgustaWestland probe may well go the Bofors way
"Some Recommendations Can Cut Board's Revenue By 70 Per Cent"
Maharasthra Cricket Association president and former BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke on the Lodha committee's recommendations and the future of the BCCI
No Rest Days In The Dharamsala Test
How Anurag Thakur came from nowhere, kept all happy and positioned himself for the biggest crown
An Honourable Man Who Had To Avoid The Tin Drum
Detractors say he left a BCCI fighting for survival, to others he is a squanderer of fortunes; defenders talk about his disenchantment. Shashank Manohar wanted to avoid the mess.
Biztro
Business in bitesizes
Mothballed In A Shady Hangar
The progress so far shows why the AgustaWestland probe may well go the Bofors way
#London Rising High
The new mayor is riding a wave of popular support
A Tug From The Dragon
In the Nepal game, Beijing flips a chip Delhi couldn’t pick
A Long-Arm Swing
It’s not clear on what basis the SC is going after BCCI
"Some Recommendations Can Cut Board's Revenue By 70 Per Cent"
Maharasthra Cricket Association president and former BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke on the Lodha committee's recommendations and the future of the BCCI
No Rest Days In The Dharamsala Test
How Anurag Thakur came from nowhere, kept all happy and positioned himself for the biggest crown
An Honourable Man Who Had To Avoid The Tin Drum
Detractors say he left a BCCI fighting for survival, to others he is a squanderer of fortunes; defenders talk about his disenchantment. Shashank Manohar wanted to avoid the mess.
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Lords Over Gentlemen
As its chief exits and a court order stares it in the face, we look at the BCCI’s fall from power and grace
The Silence Of The Waves
The startlingly tragic fate of the Komagata Maru, buried so long, is being recognised by the premier of a formerly racist nation
Somalayalis And Their Walls
The preparation for Kerala’s elections is both long and full of quirky traditions, but this time some of them are facing unexpected changes
The Bipolar Clock Pauses Nervously
The Left has an edge, but not enough to promise a win—unless rival UDF loses more to third-factor BJP
"I Don't Like One-Party Rule. The More Noise There Is In A Democracy The Better."
Living legend of the legal fraternity Fali Sam Nariman on freedom, judicial independence and the perils of a majoritarian government.
'I Would Say Gender Selection Is Really A Dysgenics Project'
Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee on genetics and the future of the human race
The Race For The Perfect Baby
Should parents be allowed to sequence the genome of their children-to-be and potentially terminate pregnancies with devastating genetic mutations?
Slip Through The Loopholes
As events in four states show, the anti-defection law isn’t effective. It needs a major overhaul.
Seven Days
The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt
And Also
Music’s singular power over the human spirit—a power that humbled some of humanity’s most brilliant minds.
Eat, Pray, Live
A hip, popular cafe at Kala Ghoda that seems to encapsulate all the trends du jour.
And Also
The <em>Parsi Traders and the Community</em> exhibition, like no other, is not about the artists, but the subject
Lemonade
Provokes complex, even cryptic ideas about race, gender, power, marriage, infidelity, parenthood, and the experience of American black women.
The Sked
An exhibition of the works of the late Brij Mohan Anand, Penn Masala's fifth India tour and the Calcutta Ghost Tour
Chennai Diary
The fragrance of jasmine fills the air with a sweetness that brings to mind images of clouds and birds and the intoxicating rhythms of ancient Tamil poetry.
Calcutta Diary
While other metros are in the throes of a gastronomic tsunami, Calcutta scores in street food.
Aditi Anand
Aditi Anand is the co-author of <em>Narratives for Indian Modernity</em>, a book on the life of the maverick artist Brij Mohan Anand
Deep Throat
A regular column on the essential buzz
In Praise Of Bapurao Tajne...
For embarrassing the ‘upper’ castes in his village by digging his own well.
Don’t Map My India
The government wants to erect a licensing regime which would approve and license all maps of India.
Par Avion
A random sample from the British periodicals