COVER STORY
The Full Demonty: Anatomy Of An ATM In Distress
Arindam Mukherjee dissects the most important machine in India right now...apart from the ones printing new currency, of course
Outlook Magazine - 28 November 2016
Demonetisation: Bullseye Or Boomerang?
The BJP hopes the common man will endure short-term pain for long-term gain
The Big Fish Can Absorb This Shock: Anti-Corruption Activist Sarma
Former economic affairs secretary and anti-corruption activist E.A.S. Sarma on how it is only the small who are at the receiving end in the current demonetisation drive.
No Strings For Plastic
Modi government’s sudden blow upon India’s parallel economy is being interpreted as a push towards a cashless economy, but is India ready?
Demonetisation: A War With No Plan
The surgery on 85 per cent of India’s cash can’t stanch the flow of common misery. Even those who agree with the idea bemoan the absence of wise, steady hands.
We Welcome, But…
The big question is why was demonetisation made so painful for the poor, the working and the middle classes?
Shero Aboard The Second Mystery
After a break of sorts, Vidya Balan is back in Sujoy Ghosh’s <em>Kahaani 2</em>
‘We Should Focus On Four, Or Maximum Six, Sports Disciplines’
SAI Director General Injeti Srinivas on shortcomings in policies and why the government needs to embrace foreign expertise in administration.
Grey Pages From A Playbook
The SAI is crippled by a paucity of coaches, as trainees are often left to fend for themselves
Demonetisation: Bullseye Or Boomerang?
The BJP hopes the common man will endure short-term pain for long-term gain
The Kejri Waltz
A disunited Opposition leaves the floor open for AAP’s Modi-baiting
The Big Fish Can Absorb This Shock: Anti-Corruption Activist Sarma
Former economic affairs secretary and anti-corruption activist E.A.S. Sarma on how it is only the small who are at the receiving end in the current demonetisation drive.
No Strings For Plastic
Modi government’s sudden blow upon India’s parallel economy is being interpreted as a push towards a cashless economy, but is India ready?
Demonetisation: A War With No Plan
The surgery on 85 per cent of India’s cash can’t stanch the flow of common misery. Even those who agree with the idea bemoan the absence of wise, steady hands.
We Welcome, But…
The big question is why was demonetisation made so painful for the poor, the working and the middle classes?
Shero Aboard The Second Mystery
After a break of sorts, Vidya Balan is back in Sujoy Ghosh’s <em>Kahaani 2</em>
‘We Should Focus On Four, Or Maximum Six, Sports Disciplines’
SAI Director General Injeti Srinivas on shortcomings in policies and why the government needs to embrace foreign expertise in administration.
Grey Pages From A Playbook
The SAI is crippled by a paucity of coaches, as trainees are often left to fend for themselves
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The Liberal Lies
Anti-Trump protests reflect the hubris-laden myopia that cost Democrats the election
So Long, Marianne
Enthused by Trump’s win, a puffed up right prepares to lay siege to liberal Europe
‘Liberals Must Quit The Bicoastal Bubble’
Well known American social anthropologist Janine R. Wedel on the factors that led to Donald Trump's victory in US presidential elections.
With A Liberal Sprinkling Of Incomprehension
Held aloft by the market, the age of individualism and the movement of history, liberalism was to inherit the world. What fatal, elitist hubris!
“With Revenues Down, It’s Getting Tough To Support The Social Sector”
Finance minister of Kerala, Dr T.M. Thomas Isaac on the health of the state's economy and the measures taken to revive it.
The Model’s Feet Of Expat Clay
Why the much-touted ‘Kerala model of development’ may just go kaput
Peeping Toms On The Prowl In ‘Locker Rooms’
Blackmail, bullying, shaming and ogling—all part of the cyber world that is increasingly our public space
Bloodied Quill In The Badlands
The pen is proving to be not much of a match for the mafia’s guns, at least in Bihar
Socrates And The Separatist
Veteran Kashmiri leader Abdul Gani Bhat feels fellow secessionists should call for a dialogue
Tejashree Amonkar
The granddaughter of the legendary Kishori Amonkar performed at the Prithvi Theatre Festival
Through A Funny-Poignant Masque
A delightful tale of love narrated to the audience in a ballad-like song sung by Jacob Rajan, the writer and sole actor
New York Diary
The dread is general, abroad in the city; I can see it in the thousand-yard stares of people roaming the streets: the Pussy Grabber has won. And Leonard Cohen is dead.
