COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 10 December 2018
Pizzazz In A Pineapple Frock
Fruity fabrics and ‘waste not, want not’: sustainable fashion is on the ascendant
Sunny Sure Got The Rule
Asiad 1982 organiser S.A.K. Durrani saved Indian cricket the blushes as manager in ’81
Learning About The Past Through Heritage Walks
Seeing cities with heritage walkers, adept at both history and lore
Azadi Of The Hindu Qaum
The Congress must learn that primordial religious loyalties can’t make a nation
Ayodhya Isn't A Hindu-Muslim Dispute; It's A Battle Between Communal And Secular Forces
The Ayodhya movement has been milked for electoral gains, it has centrestaged marginal political players and is being raked up again as the elections approach, writes S. Irfan Habib.
The Hinduness Of Indian Pluralism
Ayodhya could well lay the foundations of a society based on ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’. How close to emancipation are our national mind and soul?
Sanatana, A Living Being
Why do people want the static, frozen ‘dharma’ of colonial-era reactionaries?
Ayodhya In The Time Of Jawaharlal
It’s still a puzzle why India’s first prime minister failed to act decisively when the Babri Masjid was effectively converted into a temple in 1949
<em>Sants</em> At Ayodhya Want An Ordinance, But It Won't Be Simple
Bringing in legislation to build a temple on the disputed site may not be simple. It’s been tried before.
Pizzazz In A Pineapple Frock
Fruity fabrics and ‘waste not, want not’: sustainable fashion is on the ascendant
Sunny Sure Got The Rule
Asiad 1982 organiser S.A.K. Durrani saved Indian cricket the blushes as manager in ’81
Learning About The Past Through Heritage Walks
Seeing cities with heritage walkers, adept at both history and lore
Azadi Of The Hindu Qaum
The Congress must learn that primordial religious loyalties can’t make a nation
Ayodhya Isn't A Hindu-Muslim Dispute; It's A Battle Between Communal And Secular Forces
The Ayodhya movement has been milked for electoral gains, it has centrestaged marginal political players and is being raked up again as the elections approach, writes S. Irfan Habib.
The Hinduness Of Indian Pluralism
Ayodhya could well lay the foundations of a society based on ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’. How close to emancipation are our national mind and soul?
Sanatana, A Living Being
Why do people want the static, frozen ‘dharma’ of colonial-era reactionaries?
Ayodhya In The Time Of Jawaharlal
It’s still a puzzle why India’s first prime minister failed to act decisively when the Babri Masjid was effectively converted into a temple in 1949
<em>Sants</em> At Ayodhya Want An Ordinance, But It Won't Be Simple
Bringing in legislation to build a temple on the disputed site may not be simple. It’s been tried before.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Hindu, Hinduer, Hinduest: Will The 'Hindu Vote' Decide 2019?
Will the ‘Hindu vote’ decide 2019? The BJP anyway thought so, now the Congress seems to agree. And the whole ground is lurching rightward.
Roughing It In Kalinga
Supposed BJD stormtroopers are set upon its loudest critics
No Toilets, Night Shifts, Unsafe Routes: Women Train Drivers Brave It All
Indian Railways has employed over 500 women train drivers. They are among a handful to challenge stereotypes and social prejudices that a woman’s place is at home, and trigger a change among people who harbour a general disapproval of working women.
Art For Art’s Sake Is An Elite Lie | By T.M. Krishna
Whether manifestly spoken or not, art is always political. How can it not be so in times when the political class is in cahoots with hate-mongers?
No More Bananas On Your Breakfast Table?
A fungal infection with no sure cure is ravaging the world’s bananas. And it’s sweeping through India.
Fray Before A Fight
Denied tickets, a bunch of disgruntled Congress leaders are a threat to the Praja Kutami alliance
In Telangana, Congress-led 'Praja Kutami' Offers A Stiff Challenge To TRS
TRS has to face an unexpected adversary—the opposition’s ‘Praja Kutami’ (People’s Alliance) which is led by the Congress and includes the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS), TDP and the Communist Party of India.
Sangh Used Ayodhya, It’s Trying Now To Use Sabarimala: Kerala CM
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan tells Outlook how his government intends to tide over the Sabarimala crisis.
We’ll Do Anything To Protect J&K’s Special Status: Mehbooba Mufti
Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti says her party and National Conference will fight together to safeguard J&K’s special status.
In J&K, The People Vs A Fax Machine
The J&K governor’s dissolution of the legislative assembly faces a backlash from political parties
Ahead Of Elections, A Walk Through Rajasthan's Political Landscape
A walk through Rajasthan’s political landscape, as election campaigning reaches fever pitch
The Subcontinental Menu
From a businessman filing police complaint for his missing chappal to Rajasthan Police repurposing lines from Deepika Padukone's movie to encourage people to vote, read this and much more in The Subcontinental Menu.
Deep Throat
A regular column on the essential buzz
World War One Diary
Diary by British High Commissioner to India on WWI commemoration ceremony.
Continuity Is A Tired Word
They are demagogues who have cunningly used fear and disaffection. This book shows how Trump and Modi brought their world-view to India-US ties.
