COVER STORY
Outlook revisits Raigada—still living proof of the poverty of Indian democracy
Outlook Magazine - 26 January 1998
Violent and frequent Shia-Sunni clashes add to Nawaz Sharif's lengthening list of woes
The BJP doesn't seem to have anything to say about the economy that is different from others
The president and CEO of Hotmail plans to change the way people communicate
Private channels go all out to grab chunks of the election pie
The six-party alliance in TN is riddled with contradictions
Despite latent politics, the trio decide to trade more than insults
Bollywood idols create Movie Magic, a chain of celeb restaurants
Violent and frequent Shia-Sunni clashes add to Nawaz Sharif's lengthening list of woes
The BJP doesn't seem to have anything to say about the economy that is different from others
As 17 farmers die in police firing, Digvijay fumbles for words
The HIV virus in a donor may escape detection in blood tests
OTHER STORIES
The ban on professional donors causes a health crisis as a severe shortage grips blood banks
The French ambassador to India, Claude Blanchesmaison, dispels notions that French president Jacques Chirac is coming on a mere symbolic visit.
With a caretaker regime in India, Chirac's Republic Day visit will focus on erasing past rancour
In 1994, he announced his retirement from cricket on grounds he never disclosed but which were said to be related to the influence of betting syndicates on players. Back as captain after a brief stint in the Pak squad in 1996, he talks to Outlook abo
Sachin Tendulkar gave his first detailed interview since being deposed from captaincy to Outlook. Excerpts:
The Pakistani bowling attack is likely to stay without its double W (Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis) sting for some time.
The Indian XI readjusts to the new dispensation under Azhar
A national opinion poll conducted for Outlook by the world's largest market research company, A. C. Nielsen, points to a hung Parliament
A physicist's decision to clone humans raises a moral outcry
Old Rajiv aides chip in to market her campaign
Sonia's poll campaign creates major media interest in Italy
Sonia's emotional appeal may strike a vote-winning chord among women
With a whirlwind successful tour of the South, Sonia revives Congress hopes
Robin Cook dumps his wife for his lover, to keep his job
And death. All reflected in Mickey Patel's last offering for kids.
A few predictions about the future of the Maruti 800 and the market for small cars
An hour after he unveiled the small car to a rapturous response, <I>Ratan Tata</I> met <I>Outlook</I> in the Telco pavilion's tiny conference room. Excerpts from an exclusive interview:
Ratan Tata has bet his largest company on the small car. Take a deep breath now.
As militants pile up a body count of 45 in the year's first fortnight, Mahanta gets no respite
Reeling under a pest attack, crop failure and heavy debts, 44 cotton farmers commit suicide
<I>S. Gurumurthy</i> convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, which is believed to be the RSS' economic forum, spells out the BJP's economic agenda to <i>A.S. Panneerselvan</i> — if it comes to power. But he emphasises that this is "what the BJP should
The Sangh parivar speaks in different tongues on economic policies, but the BJP treads the middle path on poll-eve
In a quaint Trinity College ritual, Professor Amartya Sen gets one to cap it all