COVER STORY
Corporates are shifting out of the state, but Basu claims all is well
Outlook Magazine - 23 February 1998
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Two villages in Basu's constituency plan a wholescale boycott of the polls
Half a million repatriates whose forefathers had been uprooted from Tamil Nadu to work on Sri Lankan estates find that they are Indian only in name
Saeed Naqvi crisscrosses Avadh, eastern UP and the Kumaon hills to gauge the voters' mood
HIV is what India's given them. Nepali girls—some as young as nine—rescued from Indian brothels, recount their tragedy.
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Two villages in Basu's constituency plan a wholescale boycott of the polls
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Local issues are forgotten as Jyoti Basu harps on 'Dilli chalo'
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Half a million repatriates whose forefathers had been uprooted from Tamil Nadu to work on Sri Lankan estates find that they are Indian only in name
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Saeed Naqvi crisscrosses Avadh, eastern UP and the Kumaon hills to gauge the voters' mood
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HIV is what India's given them. Nepali girls—some as young as nine—rescued from Indian brothels, recount their tragedy.
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The NBT chairman is confident that books will survive the multimedia onslaught
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Complacency could be an upbeat BJP's undoing
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Biju's legacy is not enough for son Naveen
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Seeking a resurrection Gowda plays the son of the soil card
OTHER STORIES
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The Congress is milking the incumbency factor against the LDF
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Shekhawat's BJP hopes to increase its tally
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Digvijay Singh is optimistic but his future lies with this poll
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Outlook caught up with a resurgent Sharad Pawar as he rides the Sonia wave. Excerpts:
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In Sena state Sharad Pawar stands high on the Gandhi-Nehru plank
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"After Sonia's marriage, everyone thinks we have got rich. But the marriage has been an expensive thing for us."
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Malkhan Singh, ex-Chambal bandit, is the SP's star campaigner
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Translate the manifestos into real numbers, and they read: mislead the people and get power
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Poll-eve, the government releases data that says GDP grew 7.5 per cent last year. Can we believe it?
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Prabhakar's family lives in fear
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Further hearings into match-fixing charges may put a premature end to Akram's career
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The eminent jury that pronounced verdict on the guilty.
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The Outlook panel formulated six categories for identifying candidates unfit to contest elections...
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A Panel Of Four Eminent Persons Shortlisted 72 Candidates Who Have Criminal Proceedings Pending Against Them And Who, In Their Opinion, Ought Not To Contest Elections.
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Just a representative list of some of the men with a past.
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An eminent panel identifies 72 Lok Sabha candidates facing criminal cases
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Cinestars leave behind the glitz and glamour of tinsel town to take on the heat and dust of Elections '98, spicing up the poll tamasha
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Leading economists pay tribute to the father of Indian reforms
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A well-crafted history marred by a digression from facts
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If only Gustad could write
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The BJP's minority candidates choose to see its liberal face
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The BJP's grand total of six Muslim candidates are pinning all their hopes on Vajpayee
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The banned ULFA, fighting for an independent Assam, has always worked behind the scenes during elections. In 1991, it chose to remain neutral while in the 1996 polls, it played a part in several areas. This time round, it has decided to openly call f
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Militant strikes and boycott calls put pressure on an already beleaguered administration