COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 22 February 2021
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SC Issues Notice to Centre, UP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Government On Plea To Curb Rising Pollution
The plea seeks direction to the Centre and the states concerned to take measures on curbing road dust and stubble burning.
SC Issues Notice to Centre, UP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Government On Plea To Curb Rising Pollution
The plea seeks direction to the Centre and the states concerned to take measures on curbing road dust and stubble burning.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Chat Up Privacy
Others cash in on fears over WhatsApp’s policy, but a fug of doubt lingers over data protection
Bird’s Eye Stew
Instead of hitting out wildly, the Modi regime should have reacted cannily to criticism on social media—platforms it has used to its own, immense benefit
Weapon Of Mass Seduction
BJP was the first to harness the power of digital media for electoral gains. Other parties are playing catch up, slowly.
Rules Of The Game
Compare the Trump ban, and India’s Twitter suspensions. It’s clear that social media has only one politics: profit. That’s not enough. It’s time for independent regulation.
Made Of Tendentious Tripe
Protest is democratic, and opinion free…but what does this global coalition of celeb voices have to do with us? Including a Canadian PM who has attacked Indian farm ‘subsidies’?
'Nothing Wrong In Rihanna Or Greta Talking About Protesting Farmers'
The Caravan magazine’s executive editor Vinod K. Jose tells Outlook how the social media scene, journalists and the government are panning out in India
War Of Angry Birds
Social media dissent is now global—an uncomfortable fact for a government that executes its command and control through this toolkit
‘Modi Is Pouring Fat Into Fire’
Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary speaks to Outlook on what the farmers’ protests mean, politically and socially
Farming An Agitation
As farmers dig in against three new farm laws, opposition parties see a chink in the BJP’s armour. Can they pierce it?
Rustics Reject Serfdom
Agrarian India has raised an existential issue. Let’s address it.
Hand Stand On Temple Hill
Congress plays Hindu card, proposing a law to punish those who violate the Lord Ayyappa temple’s ‘age-old traditions’
Blocked Artery Declogged
4G after 18 months brings cheer, but no assurance that it won’t be snapped again
India Tour Diary By Monty Panesar
For a British-Asian with roots in Punjab, playing in India is doubly special. It gets you out twice…as Bishan Bedi famously said of a stumping wicket I took!
‘Rejection Doesn’t Define You And Success Is Not Permanent’
Actor Manoj Bajpayee talks about The Family Man 2 and describes his journey in the industry as an absolute rollercoaster ride
Captain Pumpkin And His Papayas
MS Dhoni’s new passion is organic farming. Fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy produce from his farm are making a mark.
Symbols In Sasi Cause And Effect
Sasikala’s re-entry could upset the AIADMK’s well-laid plans
The Condammed Space
The Chamoli carnage is a repeat reminder of perils springing from man’s attempts to alter the natural flow of things in a fragile land
Vexed Over Vax
Salaries are getting docked for dodging the Covid-19 vaccine in Odisha! Rather, Cuttack. It has nearly 30,000 healthcare personnel but only 57% have taken the jab.
Patience, Son!
'Why do you guys want to create confusion? I am fit to rule for the next 10 years….' That’s KCR, the Telangana CM, quelling rumours fuelled by his health and his own talk.
Past Tense In Present
The high-ceilinged Patna Collectorate, which featured in Gandhi, was saved by the SC in the nick of time. But Bihar’s craze for the new now targets another heritage structure from 1921.
The Native Returns
The BJP could be hoping to reset its equation with Nitish in Bihar’s ruling alliance.
The NEWS
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
