COVER STORY
Bond Of No Return
A visas-against-bonds plan raises hackles at home and ‘target’ countries
Outlook Magazine - 14 February 2000
The End Of A Pleasant Stay
The AIADMK’s stock plummets following outrage over the torching of three students in Dharmapuri
A Relative Unease
In helping five women speak out, ‘The house I grew up in’ breaks silences around incest
Shop Till You Drop
2000 is the year of disinvestment. It’s now a bidder’s paradise as the government breaks an old voodoo about family silver.
This Book Is Sacrosanct
It cannot be maintained that the Constitution can’t be improved at the margins.
State Of Wilful Amnesia
There’s a pattern to the way the BJP buries facts injurious to itself. A stinging report on the Dangs is but the latest instance.
One Way Ticket
The dominance of the web is making travel agents crawl
Nishit Saran
The filmmaker on the first open showing of a south Asian gay - Lesbian film fest
The End Of A Pleasant Stay
The AIADMK’s stock plummets following outrage over the torching of three students in Dharmapuri
A Relative Unease
In helping five women speak out, ‘The house I grew up in’ breaks silences around incest
Out On A Bidder Hunt
The Centre is bullish about the IA deal despite union protests
Shop Till You Drop
2000 is the year of disinvestment. It’s now a bidder’s paradise as the government breaks an old voodoo about family silver.
Anguished, Not Angry
Sushma Swaraj is out of hibernation-in a bid for Thakre’s job
This Book Is Sacrosanct
It cannot be maintained that the Constitution can’t be improved at the margins.
State Of Wilful Amnesia
There’s a pattern to the way the BJP buries facts injurious to itself. A stinging report on the Dangs is but the latest instance.
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I'd Rather Break Than Bend
The retired chief justice explains the monumental task ahead of the CRC.
I Want My Dotcom
Forget Y2K. E-commerce is what cyberczars are looking at now to maintain topline growth in the software sector.
Visiting Troubles
Pakistan is snubbed, but won’t be declared a terrorist state
A Fanatic Caught Out
The prime accused in the Staines killings is nabbed, but a conviction is some way off
White Flannel Knights
They could be India's salvation. Players from the under-19 squad are ready to step centrestage.
A Face Prettier Than Jaswant Singh’s
The reception that Hindi films get among Pakistani audiences shows that we are one people
The Big Buck Opera’s Three-penny Star
Mithun Chakraborty’s formula of filmic success indicates an alternative market within the mainstream
Tinseltown Awaits Its Spinner Of Shoestring Yarns
Tight budget is the formula that can crack the box-office code of success for Bollywood
‘We Want To Make Technically Superior Films’
Shahrukh Khan may have dazzled many eyes with his increasing stellar brightness. But Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani takes him into a terrain that few stars before him have charted-production. He talks to Outlook about Dreamz Unlimited:
The New Formula
Learning to make flops pay
Fire On The Water
Varanasi’s ‘sanskriti warriors’ fail to see the liberating spirit that Deepa Mehta insists ‘Water’ is imbued with
Bull's Eye
Dear Mr President,I must respectfully differ from you about the need to review the Constitution. I haveno choice. Much before the NDA ...
A Life Less Ordinary
Engrossing true witch's tale, but doesn't tread the tensions
Locating Questions Of National Origin
A sensible charting out of Vedic people; history for the layman
Dreaming The Pax-talibana Nightmare
As chaos rules post-coup Pakistan, Tariq Ali revives the call for a South Asia confederation
A State Of Tension
Security needs overshadow the infighting and political manoeuvring
Partners In Crime
Every political party is guilty of fielding criminals
Playing Lord Of The Jungle
The NDA’s front may be a hasty patchwork but it may be enough to end a decade of laloo raj
The Ustad’s Last Solo
Ustad Allah Rakha, tabla maestro, strict teacher and rare guru leaves behind a rich legacy