COVER STORY
Owning is passe; hiring is the new credo. Wandering millennials, material needs intact, don’t care about stuff doomed by obsolescence.
Outlook Magazine - 5 November 2018
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For one, the pilgrimage has become a billionaire enterprise that ravages the ecology -- feeding off a phenomenal surge of middle-class piety. Equally crucially, it also kills the real tradition of ritual openness and social flexibility.
The mess the CBI has landed in is the culmination of the decay that set in years ago
The No. 2 and No. 4 of the CBI had axes to grind against each other. No. 1 also fell out with No. 2 over time, splitting the organisation.
A 1984-batch IPS officer, Rakesh Asthana had handled several high-profile probes, from the Purulia arms drop to the escape of liquor baron Vijay Mallya.
Infighting within the top rungs of the CBI blows up into an unprecedented crisis of credibility for India’s premier investigation agency, often derided as a political parrot
Birding guides, those sharp-eyed experts, can actually show you birds you might pray to see
With 423 stores worldwide and sales of euro 38 billion annually, IKEA has committed about Rs 12,800 crore in India.
Driven desperate by the smog cycle, north India wants the field fires doused, but it will take more time
The Sabarimala and Franco fiascos are emblematic of the patriarchy’s resistance to women’s rights
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For one, the pilgrimage has become a billionaire enterprise that ravages the ecology -- feeding off a phenomenal surge of middle-class piety. Equally crucially, it also kills the real tradition of ritual openness and social flexibility.
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The mess the CBI has landed in is the culmination of the decay that set in years ago
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The No. 2 and No. 4 of the CBI had axes to grind against each other. No. 1 also fell out with No. 2 over time, splitting the organisation.
-
A 1984-batch IPS officer, Rakesh Asthana had handled several high-profile probes, from the Purulia arms drop to the escape of liquor baron Vijay Mallya.
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Infighting within the top rungs of the CBI blows up into an unprecedented crisis of credibility for India’s premier investigation agency, often derided as a political parrot
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Birding guides, those sharp-eyed experts, can actually show you birds you might pray to see
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With 423 stores worldwide and sales of euro 38 billion annually, IKEA has committed about Rs 12,800 crore in India.
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Driven desperate by the smog cycle, north India wants the field fires doused, but it will take more time
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The Sabarimala and Franco fiascos are emblematic of the patriarchy’s resistance to women’s rights
OTHER STORIES
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High on idealism, popularity, Bhutan’s PM Lotay Tshering seeks to fulfil his promises
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In the poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, there is no talk of a Muslim card or the usual “appeasement” rhetoric.
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The proposed museum which will showcase the lives of 14 PMs, including Narendra Modi, will change the NMML’s character which is known for its academic excellence, says former PM Manmohan Singh.
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is often derided for his lack of knowledge of Odia, one of the six Indian languages granted ‘classical’ status.
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Revival of an anti-foreigner stir sets the tone for tense days in Assam
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The Congress and the DMK make threatening noises, but the Tamil Nadu alliance is expected to survive them.
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Karnataka bypolls are a matter of morale for the ruling coalition
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Vasundhara Raje’s project is believed to have provided the framework for Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s national health protection scheme, Ayushman Bharat.
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How a 'drunk' British couple became proud owners of a seven-bedroom B&B in Sri Lanka to a war memory treasure for villagers of Arunachal Pradesh, read this and much more in this week's The Subcontinental Menu.
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A regular column on the essential buzz
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Healthcare, India’s great failure, has formed fearful, ugly scabs. This is an unflinching look.
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Paleogenetics is evolutionary sleuthing. The way DNA sequencing throws light back into the foggy paths of prehistory is explained lucidly by a practitioner.
