On Atal Behari Vajpayee’s first death anniversary, Outlook recounts how his charming sobriety and inclusivity seduced both colleagues and the prickly opposition into the warmth of comfort.

Atal Behari Vajpayee never imposed his views but believed in democratic methods. That’s why he could carry a large number of people with him, writes Murli Manohar Joshi.

It is a great, great pity that Atal Behari Vajpayee is no more and equally sorrowful that the gains he helped make in Kashmir have been squandered, writes Yashwant Sinha.

It is a matter of immense pride that I was part of the Atal cabinet. He used to give so much respect, honour and space to his colleagues in the ministry, writes Shatrughan Sinha.

L.K. Advani, then president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, was arrested and imprisoned during the Emergency for nineteen months. For a brief period, his fellow prisoner in Bangalore was Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Atal Behari Vajpayee, a founder of the BJP, was a rightist by ideology, but at the same time, as a parliamentarian, minister and prime minister, he never stopped interacting with others, writes D. Raja.

RSS ideologue K.N Govindacharya spoke to Outlook on Atal Behari Vajpayee's demise. He says, "Vajpayee and I have shared a father-son relationship."

His friendly efforts with Pakistan turned sour very quickly with Kargil, but Vajpayee remained balanced and decisive in both situations

If anyone could resolve the Kashmir imbroglio and mend relations with Pakistan, it was Atal Behari Vajpayee, writes A.S. Dulat

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on August 16, 2018. He breathed his last at AIIMS hospital in Delhi where he was being treated for various ailments. He was the first non-Congress PM to complete full term in office. He served as the PM for 13 days in 1996, 13 months in 1998. Finally, the NDA with Vajpayee as PM returned to power in 1999 and was voted out in 2004. We bring to you rare photos of one of India’s tallest politicians.

The Muzaffarpur and Deoria revelations outraged people’s ­conscience, but the rot in shelter homes goes far beyond. The failure is pervasive and systemic.

In an exclusive interview to Outlook, Lt Gen Bhatt speaks on a range of issues related to insurgency—from Pakistan’s proxy war, increasing number of Kashmiri youth being lured to militancy and on the need for the controversial AFSPA in the Valley.

A heavier wallet to splurge at the cost of social security may prove costly to workers

The Aam Aadmi Party is now falling apart in Punjab amid internal contradictions.

Hapless workers in the Gulf have a guardian angel for bad times

Mysore rockets found in a Shimoga farm pique interest in the 18th-century innovation

Imran Khan has to fix a faltering economy. Drawing India within the ambit of the CPEC might be a good start.

The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation near Kaziranga in Assam is the guardian angel for animals and birds in peril, especially during floods

Given the obstacles lined up against her, no one knows when Bani Singh’s documentary would see the light of day. Instead of the raw emotions—and the jagged backcloth here—that propel players towards achievements, will India have to stay con­tent with another fictionalised, unsatisfactorily executed Bolly­w­ood period drama?

The writer and the man were ­inextricably intertwined. Both not made for the faint-hearted.

In a small town soon after Independence, death and tragedy explodes in a terrain layered with, and circumscribed by, food and stalked by hunger

Half a century’s storms buffet lives in south Asia in this simply told, sweeping narrative

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