COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 14 December 2020
25th Anniversary Special
Exporting Air Pollution
The current way we do business exports disease, disabilities and deaths to emerging economies.
Spat Breaks Out After Wife Discovers Husband's Affair Mid-Air, Bali-Bound Flight Diverts To Chennai
The incident happened on November 4 when the couple entered into an argument mid-air, with no amount of efforts by the flight crew to broker peace between them yielding fruit
Delhi Schools Suspend Outdoor Activities, Ask Students To Wear Masks
Kejriwal also asked Sisodia to consider shutting schools for a few days after the air quality dropped to the "severe" category on the air quality index in Delhi.
'Love-Jihad' Case: Rajasthan High Court Allows Woman To Live With Husband
The court also set her free from the Nari Niketan women's home in Jodhpur, where she was sent last week following allegations that she was forcibly converted.
Delhi Govt To Set Up 70 World-Class Skill Centres In 2 Years, Announces Arvind Kejriwal
The chief minister said the new skill centres will be based on the model of the one developed by the Delhi government with the help of Singapore in Vivek Vihar.
Exporting Air Pollution
The current way we do business exports disease, disabilities and deaths to emerging economies.
Spat Breaks Out After Wife Discovers Husband's Affair Mid-Air, Bali-Bound Flight Diverts To Chennai
The incident happened on November 4 when the couple entered into an argument mid-air, with no amount of efforts by the flight crew to broker peace between them yielding fruit
Delhi Schools Suspend Outdoor Activities, Ask Students To Wear Masks
Kejriwal also asked Sisodia to consider shutting schools for a few days after the air quality dropped to the "severe" category on the air quality index in Delhi.
'Love-Jihad' Case: Rajasthan High Court Allows Woman To Live With Husband
The court also set her free from the Nari Niketan women's home in Jodhpur, where she was sent last week following allegations that she was forcibly converted.
Delhi Govt To Set Up 70 World-Class Skill Centres In 2 Years, Announces Arvind Kejriwal
The chief minister said the new skill centres will be based on the model of the one developed by the Delhi government with the help of Singapore in Vivek Vihar.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Royal Enfield’s New 650cc Engine Details Revealed
The new parallel-twin engine will power Royal Enfield’s upcoming flagship bike
Ducati Showcases New Scrambler 1100
This is Ducati’s biggest and meanest Scrambler yet
Panama Papers: Pak Court Adjourns Nawaz Sharif's Corruption Trial Till Tomorrow
Sharif, 67, appeared before the Accountability Court Islamabad along with his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retired) Mohmmad Safdar.
TVS Motor Company Launches Fuel-Injected RTR 200 Fi4V
TVS has launched the BSIV compliant RTR 200 Fi4V at a price of Rs 1,07,005 (ex showroom Delhi)
Koenigsegg Agera RS Is Now The Fastest Production Car In The World
Koenigsegg’s Agera RS managed to clock an average of 458kph on a closed Nevada highway to be crowned the fastest production car ever!
Picture Of Elephant Calf Running For Its Life Wins Photography Award
Mother elephant is seen crossing the road while braving flaming tar balls followed by the baby elephant. Both shocked and panicked.
Ford EcoSport Facelift: Limited Online Stock Of 123 Units Booked Within Hours
The online bookings started at midnight on November 5, 2017. Stock ran out before 10am!
Renault Captur: Variants Explained
The Renault Captur is available in four diesel and three petrol variants, and is priced between Rs 9.99 lakh and Rs 13.88 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Let’s find out which variant suits you the best!
Fuel Efficiency Comparison: Renault Captur Vs Hyundai Creta Vs Maruti Suzuki S-Cross Vs Tata Hexa Vs Mahindra XUV500 Vs Jeep Compass Vs Renault Duster Vs Nissan Terrano
We pit Renault’s latest offering against its similarly priced rivals to find out how frugal or thirsty it is
Why Didn't You Spray Water Using Helicopters?: NGT Pulls Up Delhi, UP, Haryana Govts Over Air Pollution
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar lambasted the state governments for not being prepared in advance to tackle the emergency situation.
Outlook Diary
From one man who had a ringside view of everything: especially the ringmaster, Vinod Mehta, who blended brilliant helmsmanship with an aversion to court appearances and computers.
Mixed Notes From The Main Underground
In 1995, when Mayawati first became CM, the political epoch truly turned. Identity politics was now the norm. The BJP prospered by another version of it, but it was the caste-led parties that initiated the debate on the secular side. Here, one of India’s most eminent political theorists examines the curious trajectory of Dalit-led parties like that of Mayawati.
Bombay Or Mumbai? Perfectly Schizoid
Being urban is, by definition, being marked by ‘manyness’. When our gods and goddesses carry many names, why must our cities be reduced to the tyranny of one?
‘Ashwathama Hata!’
The milk-made Ganesha of 1995 offers us a parable for today: when motivated myths, rumours and lies cross over from mass culture to the media, the truth dies…and it’s a noisy lynching.
The New Wealth Creators
Brothers, spouses, and relatives worked together to grow new businesses in the past 25 years. As did the lone rangers, including former professionals and retirees
A To Z
Computer terminology has been part of our vocabulary for years but many of those words and acronyms can still trip us over. Here’s a glossary compiled by Ajay Sukumaran
Future Grid
The Computing Landscape of The 21st Century, All On One Canvas
Can Machines Talk?
And not just like a parrot? This is the ultimate test of AI. Language technology will change our lives, and we must build a future that doesn’t speak to us only in English.
In The Beginning, There Was The Spider
What a slender gossamer thread it was at first, and how it trapped us in its radials. A lived history of the Net: from Day One to the Future.
Hand Of God, Feet Of Clay
Maradona! An Englishman, still bitter over that blend of magic and sleight of hand at Azteca, offers a tribute to the flawed genius.
One-Ring Circus
Qaidi No. 3351 at Hotwar jail is no ordinary prisoner. Phone calls go out to new legislators, and at the other end is a certain voice that resembled Laloo Prasad Yadav.
Silver Jubilation
Starting its journey way back in 1995, Outlook has completed 25 years and this issue, marking the momentous occasion, is a milestone.
In Toon With The Times
The timelessness of Ajit Ninan’s cartoons is uncanny—the Bihar caricature could have been just after the recent assembly polls where the Congress met the same fate and the Pakistan army firing could be printed any given week. Mark of a true cartoonist, who sees the trees as well as the woods.
On The Cover—A Story
What’s a magazine if not for its cover? Here’s the best 25 of our 25. From the standout first issue that was put to flame, to ones where we burned the fashion and cricket worlds….
All Aboard With Simran!
A century before a train pulled into a Swiss station in DDLJ—and 80 years before Sholay’s coal-fired grime—we had La Ciotat. Cinema, illuminated by its many arrivals ’n departures.
Way Through An Old Sieve
The year 1995 summoned up visions of a spring for Indian writing in English. But charges of elitism, of not sufficiently ‘belonging’, have never ebbed. A contemporary writer responds:
Taste The Thunder (Of Globalisation)
In Oklahoma, a fringe terrorist inaugurates a new hell. In Bangalore, a KFC outlet is under siege. How are the two linked? Because economics and politics co-authored the 1990s.
25 New Businesses In 25 Years
A quarter of a century ago, we heard about these businesses. Or possibly not. Today, we cannot do without them. These are brands we now buy, sell, eat, sleep, talk to, and in love with...
A Suicide And The Politics Of Affirmative Life
Twenty-five years later, Deleuze has become more of a contemporary for us. He foresaw the new techniques of power: networks of data as the vital arteries of ‘control societies’.
gOoD eNgLiSh? WTF is that?
LMAO, WTF, TIL and TL;DR aren’t just an exasperating farrago of digitalese. Internet patois carries a subversive social power.
...and Then They Cast The Net
The internet was supposed to set mankind free. Instead, it has pushed us into corporate slavery.
The Bully Wears A Tailored Suit
An alternate history of Outlook can be written from all the times we were arraigned in court! Our lawyer opens the dossier: French corporates, telecom majors, airlines, judges….
