COVER STORY
Frequently Dropped
The ambiguity over a new coach is just BCCI veterans’ tactic to delay reforms
Outlook Magazine - 19 June 2017
A Deal On The Flip Side
Snapdeal, a sinking ship, will soon be bought over by Flipkart, but only for the sake of investors, not assets
Flash Bangs From The Star Stable
Bollywood awaits the launch of several star kids. How many of them will shine through?
Notwithstanding NDTV
There is no middle ground any longer in Indian politics or journalism. You are either a Sanghi or a Presstitute.
ISIS Whispers In God’s Own Country
Young converts to Islam leaving their families behind stoke fears of extremist recruitment
A Food Strike, Not Hunger
Post-UP loan waiver, Maharashtra farmers demand their due, and are refusing to budge until they get it
Scripting A Good Ending
To the PDP, ‘permanent solution’ means dialogue and the opposite to its ally, the BJP
Ring-A-Ring Of Poses, Boys?
The presidential election is perhaps a dead rubber for the Opposition. But the game becomes an experiment in unity.
Donald, World’s Biggest Chump
With rudeness, low cunning and barefaced dishonesty, Trump plays to an idiot’s gallery where climate change, or terror, are just board games
A Deal On The Flip Side
Snapdeal, a sinking ship, will soon be bought over by Flipkart, but only for the sake of investors, not assets
Flash Bangs From The Star Stable
Bollywood awaits the launch of several star kids. How many of them will shine through?
Notwithstanding NDTV
There is no middle ground any longer in Indian politics or journalism. You are either a Sanghi or a Presstitute.
ISIS Whispers In God’s Own Country
Young converts to Islam leaving their families behind stoke fears of extremist recruitment
A Food Strike, Not Hunger
Post-UP loan waiver, Maharashtra farmers demand their due, and are refusing to budge until they get it
Scripting A Good Ending
To the PDP, ‘permanent solution’ means dialogue and the opposite to its ally, the BJP
Ring-A-Ring Of Poses, Boys?
The presidential election is perhaps a dead rubber for the Opposition. But the game becomes an experiment in unity.
A Fuse Made In Riyadh
The Saudi-Qatar crisis will suck in others, create another hellfire
Donald, World’s Biggest Chump
With rudeness, low cunning and barefaced dishonesty, Trump plays to an idiot’s gallery where climate change, or terror, are just board games
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
‘Trump Relishes Making Deals And Bargains’
Former foreign secretary Shyam Sara on India-US ties and how they have impacted New Delhi’s relations with other countries
A Bird’s Past, And Future...
The Praful Patel years, which all but grounded AI, come under the lens just as privatisation looms
Popping The Right Pill?
After controlling stent prices, the Modi government is preparing to take on expensive branded drugs with generic medicine stores across India
Trysts Under The Deodars
A stolidly varied ‘Indian’ background, swirling passions in liberal Mussoorie, his parents’ courtship, his prompt arrival and Granny’s house—snatches from an old foxtrot
Seeing The World Through Indian Lenses
Indian-made medical devices can hit foreign firms’ market, end the mark-up regime. The neglected sector needs a vigorous push.
A State Of Two And A Half CMs
The scramble to the top in post-Jayalalitha Tamil Nadu gets curiouser, throwing up possibilities such as a mid-term change of chief minister
Cheaper Stents Make No Hearty Dent
Hospitals are hiking other charges to maintain profits, offsetting lower stent prices
Doctors And Their Devices
Imported medical devices are often indispensable. But 1,000 % mark-ups in prices? Hospitals, traders and doctors are playing a fast, smooth game, pushing patients towards financial ruin. Will the government ever wake up to these immoral medical practices?
