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Cover Story: Ic 814

Indoctrination Lessons

Theology is a veil for ISI activities in eastern Uttar Pradesh

Jan 17, 2000

| Pothik Ghosh
Cover Story

Stockholm Revisited

The released hostages swing between sympathy for their captors and extreme fear

Jan 17, 2000

| Soma Wadhwa
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'India Has A Hard Face But A Flabby Interior'

Four India watchers in the US spoke to Outlook about the implications of the Kandahar episode Excerpts:

Jan 17, 2000

| Ramananda Sengupta
Cover Story: Ic 814

Heads Don't Roll Here

The nation is talking accountability yet again. Considering that the hijack drama is over, there is little else one can do. Questions which are persistently being raised are: Would people in responsible positions be held accountable?

Jan 17, 2000

| Ranjit Bhushan
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Misplaced Machismo

The RSS’ insensitive rhetoric about Hindu cowardice evokes all-round condemnation

Jan 17, 2000

| Rajesh Joshi
Self-pity Is An Alibi

All talk of a 'soft state' is a pathetic bid to absolve leaders and transfer guilt to the nation at large.

Jan 17, 2000

| K.P.S. Gill
Cover Story: Ic 814

Corridor Of Terror

The ISI finds it easy to push men, money and arms into Bihar through the Indo-Nepal border

Jan 17, 2000

| Kumar Badal
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The Soldier’s Lament

The hijack deal is a body-blow to troop morale...and it may prove to be deadlier still

Jan 17, 2000

| Nitin A. Gokhale
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The Business Of War

In the aftermath of the hijack, bilateral trade-and SAPTA-will take a beating

Jan 17, 2000

| Shantanu Guha Ray
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Unholier Than Thou

Both the Congress and the BJP have had links with hijackers

Jan 17, 2000

| Sutapa Mukerjee
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Why Did He Go?

Jaswant Singh’s Kandahar trip has raked up controversy all around

Jan 17, 2000

| Janaki Bahadur Kremmer
Cover Story: IC-814

The Age Of Violence

The recent hijacking could be just setting the tone for the new century

Jan 17, 2000

| Ajith Pillai Zafar Meraj Rahimullah Yusufzai Ranjit Bhushan M.S. Shanker Mumbai

Traffic

Not The Foggiest Idea

Poor visibility hits rail and air traffic in north India. Apathy compounds the problem.

Jan 17, 2000

| Shantanu Guha Ray
- Inside A Dark Tunnel
Opinion

Dressing Up Defeat

The contrast between the negotiators’ cowardice and the hijackers’ daring has earned India the contempt of the world.

Jan 17, 2000

| Prem Shankar Jha

Russia

The Wildcard Czar

He’s come out from the cold, but Putin’s real tests lie ahead

Jan 17, 2000

| Sergei Strokan

Stockmarkets

Big Bang Theory Reinvented

Longevity appears to be the hallmark of the current bull run

Jan 17, 2000

| Charubala Annuncio
Opinion

Shoeshine And Black Ink

What does Sunday Exports do on weekdays to justify a 320 per cent rise in its price?

Jan 17, 2000

| Sandipan Deb
Infotech

Meddlesome Ministry?

Doubt replaces initial delight as technocrats get edgy over the government’s role in the sector

Jan 17, 2000

| Arindam Mukherjee

Celebrations 2000

At The Three Zero Opera

Goa lived up to its hype as a millennium hotspot, but it was low-key elsewhere

Jan 17, 2000

| Manu Joseph B.R. Srikanth Pritha Sen Shameem Akhtar Archana Jahagirdar Goa
Millenium Births

Born: January 1, 2000

Man needs milestones to mark his passage through time, rituals to give shape to his life, labels to name his experiences. A 100 million dollars for the first official millennium baby to be born. Free cars, free education and innumerable gift hampers

Jan 17, 2000

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Cricket

Down Under And Out

In theory a good side, the Indians were done in by a lack of self-belief and an over-cautious app roach in team selection

Jan 17, 2000

| David Macmahon
- The True Wizards Of Oz?
- No Use Blaming The Ref

Review

The Emotion Of Smell

A book that falls short of the initial promise it holds for readers

Jan 17, 2000

| Anjana Sharma
- Missing A Small
Review

Missing A Small Beat

A delicate, subtle debut that belies the hype which heralded it

Jan 17, 2000

| Shoma Chaudhury
- I'm More Secure Now

Photography

Ways Of Seeing

Inside a private tribal world; out in the grand, twisted mountains; politicos on their day off

Jan 17, 2000

| Sagarika Ghose
Cinema

His Master’s Voice

Kamalahaasan fumes as censors snip ‘Hey Ram’ to please RSS

Jan 17, 2000

| Manu Joseph

Delhi Diary

Befogged Delhi

Jan 17, 2000

| Tarun J. Tejpal

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Bapsi Sidhwa

The Parsi author on Earth, the film adaptation of her book Ice-Candy Man

Jan 17, 2000

| Shoma Chaudhury
He Kindles Wanderlust In Cocooned City Children

Jan 17, 2000

| Soutik Biswas