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Methodology

How we went about it all -- the parameters and the process.

Dec 10, 2001

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The Finest Schools

In Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata -- and the best residential schools all over the country.

Dec 10, 2001

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The Doon School, Dehra Dun

Doon is now chalking out a blueprint for the future with its most ambitious aim: to carve a place among the 10 best schools of the world.

Dec 10, 2001

| Arijit Barman
St Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata

Students are encouraged to donate—anything from a piece of soap to newspaper, which are sent en bloc to charity.

Dec 10, 2001

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Cathedral And John Connon, Mumbai

Sports are as de rigueur as extra-curricular activities like debating, elocution, dramatics and social work.

Dec 10, 2001

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Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai

Students greet their teacher with a 'Gurubhyo Namaha' and in turn are blessed with a 'Sukhi Bhava'.

Dec 10, 2001

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Bishop Cotton Boys, Bangalore

Excellence comes easy to this school courtesy its equal emphasis on studies and extra-curricular activities.

Dec 10, 2001

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Little Flower, Hyderabad

"Results are a priority but not our only focus. We believe in the all-round development of children, not just their intellect."

Dec 10, 2001

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Mother's International, New Delhi

The school houses here go by names such as Gratitude, Honesty, Perfection and Truth.

Dec 10, 2001

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cover story

Bearers Of The Standards

Outlook surveys the country's best schools and finds out what gets them an A-list rating

Dec 10, 2001

| Premchand Palety

Legislature

Rogues In The Well

MPs and MLAs now have a code of conduct to go by. But is anyone listening?

Dec 10, 2001

| Bhavdeep Kang
Opinion

Her Red's Sexy

Old commies should immediately adopt Arundhati Roy as one of their trendy new avatars. The class struggle might become much sexier than saffron.

Dec 10, 2001

| Sagarika Ghose
OPINION

India As A Terrorist State

Only the government can curb SEBI's power, but in First Global's case, its patience has been infinite.

Dec 10, 2001

| Prem Shankar Jha

refugees

Coming Home To Banishment

Governments demonise Bengali refugees as illegal immigrants

Dec 10, 2001

| Shantanu Guha Ray
Pakistan

To Catch A Falling Star

In post-Taliban Afghanistan, Islamabad is marginalised, with its foreign policy in in tatters.

Dec 10, 2001

| Mariana Baabar
nepal

Precipice On The Far Left

The tide turns against the Maoist insurgents as Nepal mobilises its armed forces

Dec 10, 2001

| Yubaraj Ghimire
- Districts 'Liberated' By Maoist Guerrillas
kandahar

Homing In On The White Mountain

The hunt for Osama narrows down to this impregnable range as US marines set up base here and step up intelligence effort

Dec 10, 2001

| Daniel Lak
- Where Is This Man Hiding?
- Just An Unjust Excuse For Abuse
OPINION

A Lesson In Chinese

We are here to meet members of four major institutions. But between the two Asian neighbours, nothing is that simple.

Dec 10, 2001

| Raja Menon
bonn conference

The Talking-At Syndrome

There's been a breakthrough and a walkout, all of which could well spell more trouble for Afghanistan

Dec 10, 2001

| Nandini Basu Bandopadhyay
interview

'Hyphenation Seems To Reside In India'

Excerpts from US ambassador to India Robert D. Blackwill's interview with V. Sudarshan.

Dec 10, 2001

| V. Sudarshan

AIR-India

Honour Restored

There are lessons to be learnt from Michael Mascarenhas' troubles

Dec 10, 2001

| Shantanu Guha Ray
- 'Maybe They Did Not Like My Face. And Work'
INVESTIGATION

Mantris Battle Babus...…But Who Dares Wins

'It is not enough to tell the industrialists to pay back the money they took in 1997. Who is going to bear the interest on that money? Somone must take responsibility.'

Dec 10, 2001

| Shantanu Guha Ray
- Excess Largesse
- Break-Up Of Excess Subsidy

gender

The XY Terror

A son-biased India proves a fertile market for Gen-Select

Dec 10, 2001

| Priyanka Kakodkar
Contest Results

Congratulations!

Winners (and answers) of the India Quiz Contest published in Outlook's Independence day special issue (What Is Indian? )

Dec 10, 2001

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impressions

The Buck Stops In Pune

The blame must fall on us for behaving like feudal subjects, as we constantly depend on the government to run our lives.

Dec 10, 2001

| Anita Pratap

From the Middle

The Price Of Survival

India's tactical thinking turned to naught. There was little attention to detail and the reading of the match situtation was sometimes totally incorrect.

Dec 10, 2001

| Pat Symcox
cricket

Blinkmanship

A fierce battle between financial muscle and old-boy tradition ends in a compromise solution but the war is hardly over

Dec 10, 2001

| Sandipan Deb
- Holding On To His Chances

10 Questions

Benazir Bhutto

The former Pakistan PM on gajar ka halwa, Karisma Kapoor and Lagaan

Dec 10, 2001

| Sanjeev Sharma
Bibliofile

"Hoop tricks", book-launches and the Super cop's spiritual connection...

Dec 10, 2001

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Delhi Diary

Tales of Intrigue

Dec 10, 2001

| Vinod Mehta
Making A Difference

Nammazhvar 'converts' farmers to 'poison-free' ways of raising crop

Dec 10, 2001

| S. Anand
Review

Saved By The Details

Brings to mind those useful synopses of daily soaps, but with characters drawn in bold strokes.

Dec 10, 2001

| Nilanjana S. Roy
Review

Jinnah Unbottled? Not Yet.

Wolpert recycled, with little that's not already been said about the man

Dec 10, 2001

| Najam Sethi
Review

More Than Just Aping

A book that is basic to our understanding of Mughal art and architecture.

Dec 10, 2001

| Milo Beach
Showtime

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Dec 10, 2001

| Dhiraj Singh
Glitterati

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