COVER STORY
Her claim to a major role in socialist politics and self-defence in the Tehelka sting affair fills up Jaya Jaitly’s memoir. Much of it stretches credulity too.
Outlook Magazine - 18 December 2017
A 100 years back, a group of American women changed astronomy. Their story, hidden under a sexist shroud, is uncovered in this engaging book.
Fresh insights into the Sino-Indian war in Bertil Lintner’s new book are but diversions. All he does is stick close to the Indian version—a monstrous historical falsehood.
Why are these Mahadalit women in Bihar's Dhibra jamming? All about austere nuptials of Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi’s son. Read all the juicy news...
After two slow years, rural markets are seeing a resurgence in demand that leaves the urban economy in the dust
In the dark side of Indian cricket lie players cruelly ignored and denied recognition by the BCCI. Some were too outspoken; others a victim of that bane—politics. This is a roster of that decades-long neglect.
The battle for Gujarat’s 27 ST seats is just a blip in the daily struggle for survival of 15 per cent of the state’s electorate
"Error in tracking cyclones is decreasing. If we compare ourselves with other countries, I can say we are better than the Japanese in predicting cyclone paths," writes director of forecasting, IMD
If we want to be called a civilised society, a progressive polity and a constitutional democracy, we need to put an end to these 'communal' murders.
A 100 years back, a group of American women changed astronomy. Their story, hidden under a sexist shroud, is uncovered in this engaging book.
Fresh insights into the Sino-Indian war in Bertil Lintner’s new book are but diversions. All he does is stick close to the Indian version—a monstrous historical falsehood.
Why are these Mahadalit women in Bihar's Dhibra jamming? All about austere nuptials of Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi’s son. Read all the juicy news...
After two slow years, rural markets are seeing a resurgence in demand that leaves the urban economy in the dust
In the dark side of Indian cricket lie players cruelly ignored and denied recognition by the BCCI. Some were too outspoken; others a victim of that bane—politics. This is a roster of that decades-long neglect.
The battle for Gujarat’s 27 ST seats is just a blip in the daily struggle for survival of 15 per cent of the state’s electorate
"Error in tracking cyclones is decreasing. If we compare ourselves with other countries, I can say we are better than the Japanese in predicting cyclone paths," writes director of forecasting, IMD
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If we want to be called a civilised society, a progressive polity and a constitutional democracy, we need to put an end to these 'communal' murders.
OTHER STORIES
The story of the sacred thread takes a twist in Karnataka, as Lingayat men and women sport it with a small Shivalinga
Love stories set against communal histories have always run into trouble
The sacred thread is rich in history and many-faceted in its meanings
Religion or ethnicity? The Kashmiris’ response to Babri tells what drives their unrest.
Not just a believer, but one from the top three varnas—the ‘janeu-dhaari’ remark evokes in an inverted way how Hindu religious places treat others
In the land of ancient architectural wonders, craftsmen also wear janeu, something ritualistic radicals don’t get
The ostensibly secular Congress has a long and ambiguous history with religion
Cyclone Ockhi: 29 Kerala fishermen dead and 130 still missing. An indifferent bureaucracy bears the blame.
Withdrawal of stone-pelting cases may help earn the goodwill of Kashmiri youth and boost the will for peace
A blunder or a cynical attempt to recast Rahul Gandhi as a Brahmin, it has only revealed the Congress’s casteist underbelly
How I came to know Shashi and made <em>New Delhi Times</em>
When the Congress, which still doesn’t know how far to use Hindutva, swears by the ‘sacred’ janeu, the theatre turns absurd and the humour dark
