COVER STORY
Farooq's Volte Face
Support to the BJP could spell disaster for the National Conference
Outlook Magazine - 6 April 1998
Time To Regroup
As the TDP, AGP and National Conference walk out of the front, there is introspection over the third force's strident anti-BJPism
Sisters In Savagery
In a brutal punishment, a group of female furies batter a woman and her lover in their village
Cosmetic Change
The Sangh's media-friendly avatar and overtures to Muslims are mere political compulsions, not a dilution of Hindutva
Cut Out For Big Things
Larger than life—it's a simple motto in Tamil Nadu's image factory. For J.P. Krishna, it's hard work.
Fuel For Thought
World oil prices have slumped but not in India, thanks to a faulty pricing mechanism
Man Of Too Many Parts
Enemy, scream right-wingers. Man of peace, say Dilip Kumar fans. Pasha of Peshawar, say...
Time To Regroup
As the TDP, AGP and National Conference walk out of the front, there is introspection over the third force's strident anti-BJPism
Thomas Kochery
The crusader for the rights of Indian fisherfolk talks about his recent awards
Sisters In Savagery
In a brutal punishment, a group of female furies batter a woman and her lover in their village
Cosmetic Change
The Sangh's media-friendly avatar and overtures to Muslims are mere political compulsions, not a dilution of Hindutva
Cut Out For Big Things
Larger than life—it's a simple motto in Tamil Nadu's image factory. For J.P. Krishna, it's hard work.
By George, He's Still An Activist
Defence Minister George Fernandes' home is a hub for the Cause
Sushma's Swaraj?
If the new I&B minister has her way, it's 'spring-cleaning' time
Fuel For Thought
World oil prices have slumped but not in India, thanks to a faulty pricing mechanism
Man Of Too Many Parts
Enemy, scream right-wingers. Man of peace, say Dilip Kumar fans. Pasha of Peshawar, say...
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Let's Talk Business
Sharif strives for Indo-Pak talks—and trade—to save the economy
India's Crisis Of Change
If the BJP abjures its communal leanings, we can move towards a two-party system, ideal for a democratic polity. But the leadership's RSS tilt belies such expectations.
God, Godse & The PR War
The use of unkind phraseology lands the foreign media up against the BJP's global info-warriors
Sena Versus Sena
All's not well in Senadom—Thackeray's outburst against Joshi opens up a can of worms
King-Size Ambitions
Now, ITC launches two premium BAT brands—both made in India
"The Bofors Papers All Point To The Gandhi Family"
The chief of the investigation division of the Swedish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says Sonia cannot claim innocence in the face of findings conducted in the payoffs during the last decade or so.
Vanishing Clues
The Bofors saga is likely to drag on due to political compulsions
'The Us Isn't Hostile To Bjp'
Former US Ambassador to India, and currently vice-chairman of one of the largest US insurance companies, the American Inter -national Group, Frank G. Wisner is one man who's bullish on India, swadeshi or no swadeshi. His is indeed a reassuring voice
Saffron Begets No Moody Blues
US investors suspend scepticism about a BJP government
"We Can't Be Seen In Isolation"
SAIL chairman Arvind Pande discusses plans to turn around the company's fortunes:
Sail Or Sink, It's A Titanic Job
A callous government has left India's largest steelmaker gasping for breath. And so, a radical plan unfolds.
Softer Laws, Harder Wars
Human and gender rights get entangled as the courts stay a woman's date with the gallows
Trident Missile
India has the batting armoury to pulverise any bowling attack in the coming decade
The Urge To Merge
Big is beautiful, companies are cheap, the hype is deafening, but is India ready for a wave of takeovers?
Not Since Rushdie
The author of a banned 'expose' on the '84 riots puts up a fight
A Twister Spins Out Of Control
70 dead, 15,000 homeless, untimely relief: the misery is endless
A Question Of Faith
Will England take kindly to its Prime Minister's Catholic turn?
Drowned By Trivia
Reliving the summer of 1857
Exhausted Highness
A sanitised biography of a colourful, yet despicable ruler
Naxalites? It's A Stick-Up
Rankled by a PWG unit's harassment, tribal women give Naxals a taste of their own medicine
Superior Defence
By showcasing the agile SU-30, the air force makes its point