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Lead Essay

An Alliance With We The People | By Akeel Bilgrami

Coalition-making and opposition to authoritarian politics must have not just form but content—and that content must come from the street, the farm...

Nov 01, 2018

| Akeel Bilgrami
Politics

Rudra Bharati: There's A Need To Shape Different Politics Within The Mainstream

There’s much rage around. The point, though, is to shape a different politics within the mainstream, not outside it.

Oct 30, 2018

| Suhas Palshikar
Economy

We Need 'Nano Unicorns' For India To Succeed | By Subroto Bagchi

Thousands of skilled people creating small units with risk capital is what the country needs today

Oct 30, 2018

| Subroto Bagchi
Religion

No Heaven For Women? | By Devdutt Pattanaik

Patriarchy manifests most strongly in spiritual discourse, and there’s no religion free from it

Oct 30, 2018

| Devdutt Pattanaik
Gender

#WeToo: In the Footprints of Bhanwari Devi

It's a transformative moment, yet itself marked by gaps and gnawing absences. Can we integrate #MeToo and older feminist politics? Can we close the caste/class gap?

Oct 31, 2018

| Kalpana Kannabiran
Turnquotes

The Art Of The U-Turn

Outlook plucks the best “turnquotes”. We neither seek to mock nor to judge, just to marvel at the yogic skills of the famous.

Oct 31, 2018

| Pranay Sharma
Media

That Eighties Scoop Show: Indian Journalism Needs A Shot Of The Past

Mid-century pontificators, a golden age and today’s torpor. Indian journalism needs a shot of the past.

Oct 30, 2018

| Inderjit Badhwar
Indelible Ink

Landscape On Shaky Tripod

Plus ça change.... Caste, gender and communalism were three issues flagged in the first Outlook. Those movies are still playing.

Oct 30, 2018

| Ajaz Ashraf
Stings

ThisApp, ThatApp, And the Car Park

It may still be safest to meet a sensitive source, but investigative journalism in this wired world is nothing like it used to be

Oct 30, 2018

| Aniruddha Bahal
Design

Yes, No, And Wow!

First there came the graphic designer, before his digital superannuation. Rampant miscegenation will now transform his field.

Oct 30, 2018

| Bishwadeep Moitra
City Slicker

The Brigadier’s Loops ’n Hops

Brigade Rd retains its coolness. One-half of Bangalore’s dual self for long, it has seen the city’s chimeric change of colour.

Oct 30, 2018

| Ajay Sukumaran
Northeast

Between Look East And Act East Is A Swinging Bridge That Divides

The Look East Policy, launched in 1991, has merely rejoined coastal India to its old ports of call in South East Asia. The Northeast wistfully awaits even the unflattering destiny it was promised—of being India’s overbridge to ASEAN.

Oct 30, 2018

| Patricia Mukhim
What’s Cooking

Pork, You Pine: The Rise And Rise Of Angamaly’s Porcine Cuisine

Crackle! Where trotters tantalise the tongue: the rise and rise of Angamaly’s porcine cuisine

Oct 31, 2018

| Minu Ittyipe
23 Books

Sips From Biblio Grail

The books that we’ve drunk deeply of and breathed in since Outlook began its journey

Oct 31, 2018

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- On Her Virgin Lips...
23 Movies

The Post-Lib Film Scroll: 23 Movies That Have Made A Difference Since 1995

As Outlook celebrates its 23rd anniversary, here is our pick of 23 movies that have made all the difference since 1995.

Oct 31, 2018

| Giridhar Jha
23 Sports

Smashes To Savour: Highs and Lows of Indian Sports

Since 1995, India has produced world-class sportspersons who have notched outstanding triumphs.

Oct 31, 2018

| Qaiser Mohammad Ali
23 Pictures

Our Own Chitrakatha

On our 23rd anniversary, we decided to showcase some of our best pictures since 1995. Choosing the better among the best was not easy. So after looking at archives full of brilliant pictures, we shortlisted 23 photos for you.

Oct 30, 2018

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Postbox

Dear Editor, You Got Mail

As Outlook celebrates its 23rd anniversary, we bring to you some of the best letters we've received from our readers over the years.

Oct 30, 2018

| Martand Badoni
Last Page

Close Calls Diary

Editor Ruben Banerjee's diary on how an opportunity to work with Outlook finally presented itself when he was least expecting it.

Oct 30, 2018

| Ruben Banerjee

Crash Crop

In Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh, Farmers’ Anger Grows Despite A Good Harvest

In the fertile farmlands of Mandsaur, political allegiance still grows tall. As does farmers’ discontent and anger.

Nov 01, 2018

| Lola Nayar
Secret Service

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Has MDMA Become Another Sloth Institution?

How much has the MDMA progressed in its probe into Rajiv Gandhi’s killing in two decades?

Nov 01, 2018

| Ushinor Majumdar
Fear Factor

'Why Doesn't Indian Govt Give Us Poison': Deportation Fears Rise Among Rohingyas In Jammu

Anxiety engulfs Rohingyas in Jammu after India sends back seven ‘illegal’ refugees to Myanmar

Nov 01, 2018

| Tarun Upadhyay
Poll Vault

Raman Singh Has Failed On All Counts. And Congress Is Irrelevant: Ajit Jogi

In the run-up to the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, Ajit Jogi tells Outlook that his fight is against the BJP as the Congress is irrelevant in the state.

Nov 01, 2018

| Preetha Nair

Island Tussle

Galle Face Blue

The 2020 presidential polls spin a high political wind in Colombo

Nov 01, 2018

| Pranay Sharma

Last Page

Close Calls Diary

Editor Ruben Banerjee's diary on how an opportunity to work with Outlook finally presented itself when he was least expecting it.

Oct 30, 2018

| Ruben Banerjee

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats