COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 27 August 2001
The post-Pokhran US sanctions are getting redundant with increasing Indo-US bonhomie
Sonia Gandhi's origin was the most controversial issue before the statute review panel. Has it petered out now?
Boating for beginners on Hussainsagar lake; open Alankrita for some Andhra heritage and the 'saint' who did India proud...
The ubiquitous free market with its promise of the modern and its emphasis on a brutal productivity ethic has only reinforced traditional structures of exploitation. India's untouchables—there are many kinds of them—stay out of sight.
NCP leader and Bal Thackeray-baiter Sharad Pawar is in accord with the Shiv Sena supremo for once, backing the latter's demand for a probe into the PMO's alleged links in the UTI scam. Pawar spoke to Bhavdeep Kang. Excerpts:
The post-Pokhran US sanctions are getting redundant with increasing Indo-US bonhomie
The Flying Sikh on his refusal to accept the Arjuna award for "lifetime achievement"
Sonia Gandhi's origin was the most controversial issue before the statute review panel. Has it petered out now?
Leela Menon dines Adoor & Sunanda Gopalakrishnan
Boating for beginners on Hussainsagar lake; open Alankrita for some Andhra heritage and the 'saint' who did India proud...
The ubiquitous free market with its promise of the modern and its emphasis on a brutal productivity ethic has only reinforced traditional structures of exploitation. India's untouchables—there are many kinds of them—stay out of sight.
NCP leader and Bal Thackeray-baiter Sharad Pawar is in accord with the Shiv Sena supremo for once, backing the latter's demand for a probe into the PMO's alleged links in the UTI scam. Pawar spoke to Bhavdeep Kang. Excerpts:
Under pressure, the government plans to cut numbers in the army
OTHER STORIES
The General announces elections in a year, but also keeps himself firmly in the picture
George and Nitish renew their tussle for power over Digvijay Singh's rail portfolio
Cloning may still be a distant reality, but in just a year since its encryption, the Genome is rewriting medical history
Sir Vidia in India with <i>Half A Life</i>; welcome to district Kebabpur; Hegde turns platinum and <i>Shakalaka baby</i> reaches Kerala shores
Reform slowdown and bureaucracy emerge as major deterrents to investor confidence in India
Joydeep Mukherji, director, Standard & Poor's, minces no words in an e-mail interview with Arijit Barman on why he downgraded India's rating. Excerpts:
Grim prospects for all sectors, depressed business sentiment and poor employment potential: can it get any worse?
Nikhil Khanna dines Tarun Tahiliani
When some worthy women went on the rampage; an IFW report card and Naghma does a new number...
Now militants decide what to wear and how to look, and prescribe a dress code to adhere to
Militant activity strikes fear in the villagers' hearts as does the prospect of 'excesses' by an especially-empowered armed force
Expert calculations vary on a fair exit price for the beleaguered US giant to wash its hands of the Dabhol Power Company
The ubiquitous free market with its promise of the modern and its emphasis on a brutal productivity ethic has only reinforced traditional structures of exploitation. India's untouchables—there are many kinds of them—stay out of sight... till calamity
If disparity is what strikes you the most about India, the lack of it is perhaps the best part about Norwegian society.
In the Outlook issue on the stands on July 30, this column said: "The Indianpeople had overlooked this government's many weaknesses. They had expected ...
Tharoor's <i>Riot</i>ous assembly of love and hate, advance issues and Arundhati' next book...
Add some texture to your wardrobe of women's issues
Authentic accounts of what really happened in Lahore in 1947
The N-word, as seen by scientists, polemicists, idealists and realists
The Rajasthan home minister's move to repatriate Bangla immigrants opens up a fresh can of worms
For Bangalore, it's happy hours again, as a host of new pubs restore its jaded spirits
