COVER STORY
Since Ambedkar’s revolutionary legislations, a series of laws has forced caste society to face up to its own tacit comfort with slavery
Outlook Magazine - 5 September 2016
Would you want your child to grow up inside a toilet? For manual scavengers, the sewer life is all-pervasive.
As the BJP applies surface remedies in the face of Dalit anger, disaffection stalks its Dalit leaders
A crusader for Dalit rights, Bezwada Wilson, on reclaiming for the Dalits a life of human dignity in a structurally apathetic society.
The lowest rung in the social order comes with a matching netherworld symbolism
Breaking the Dahi Handi may be a prized tradition, but the ‘sport’ has ruined many lives
‘The Rio Games is a grand success’, trumpet a few. A divided country begs to differ.
P. Gopichand’s obsession with badminton is at the root of his academy emerging as a centre of excellence
A tale of four suicides, an ailing maharaja and property worth over Rs 500 crore in one of India’s poorest regions
A Dalit finds his riches are only skin-deep. It’s Politics.
Would you want your child to grow up inside a toilet? For manual scavengers, the sewer life is all-pervasive.
As the BJP applies surface remedies in the face of Dalit anger, disaffection stalks its Dalit leaders
A crusader for Dalit rights, Bezwada Wilson, on reclaiming for the Dalits a life of human dignity in a structurally apathetic society.
The lowest rung in the social order comes with a matching netherworld symbolism
Breaking the Dahi Handi may be a prized tradition, but the ‘sport’ has ruined many lives
‘The Rio Games is a grand success’, trumpet a few. A divided country begs to differ.
P. Gopichand’s obsession with badminton is at the root of his academy emerging as a centre of excellence
A tale of four suicides, an ailing maharaja and property worth over Rs 500 crore in one of India’s poorest regions
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Feminist lawyer Flavia Agnes, on the implications of the new rape law, especially in the context of the Mahmood Farooqui rape case
Fifty years. Adoor. A quiet opus where, into tight frames of the ordinary, there seeps in depth, and the universal verities: time, place, power, morality.
With more regional players commenting on Balochistan, Modi’s reference gets more ballast
The taxi market was revolutionised...also monopolised. The government says no more.
Urjit Patel is the name after Raghuram Rajan. Continuity is the word.
The Agra rally: travels through a political landscape
Modi did the Baloch no good with his thank yous. Silencing their dissent will now be even easier with the ‘Indian agent’ tag.
Business in bitesizes
A random sample from the British periodicals
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These pacy thrillers put two southern cities on the crime map
The dark world Harry & Co inhabit changes little after 22 years
In <em>Babu Bangaram</em>, the tale unfurls with some twists. But an interesting story is stretched too far.
From absurd to intense and subtle to solid, the performance rides different waves.
It’s in the sun and sand of Australia's red centre desert that I discover the country’s spiritual heart.
A regular column on the essential buzz
The great Kamala Das lived life her way. Now, an article about her personal life and conversion has created an uproar.
The title poem of Perumal Murugan’s new book of 200 poems, <em>Oru Kozhaiyin Paadalkal</em>
