COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 6 May 2002
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Men have been on to not just a good, but also a great thing all through the years of recorded and unrecorded history, bar the last 25 years...
The old list of ping-pong-ball-headed Indian monkeys that Sellers drew on is now outdated. The time is ripe for a new typology of the urban post-modern Hindustani purush.
Who is the real Indian male? The domesticated angry man of our films or the puppyish "suitable boys" of our soaps? Madhu Jain tries to find out.
Under the graffito scrawled in a men's loo—"Think about it: this is the lastpreserve of men"—was the rejoinder: "Think again, signed, the cleaning lady". But there are still spheres where the female of the species are a no-no. A listing of places w
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One man's loot could be many a bureaucrat's loss of face
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Men have been on to not just a good, but also a great thing all through the years of recorded and unrecorded history, bar the last 25 years...
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"What about sex?" I asked. "Yeah, what <i>about</i> it?" she asked.
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The old list of ping-pong-ball-headed Indian monkeys that Sellers drew on is now outdated. The time is ripe for a new typology of the urban post-modern Hindustani purush.
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Who's she when she's at home?
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A series of running email conversations.
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Who is the real Indian male? The domesticated angry man of our films or the puppyish "suitable boys" of our soaps? Madhu Jain tries to find out.
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Under the graffito scrawled in a men's loo—"Think about it: this is the lastpreserve of men"—was the rejoinder: "Think again, signed, the cleaning lady". But there are still spheres where the female of the species are a no-no. A listing of places w
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Madhu Kapparath`s zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view.
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Sayeed's ruling on the Gujarat debate has the BJP scrambling.For full coverage, please see <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=126 target=_blank> Parliamentary Debate </a>
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Rankings in four different age groups and in the four metros
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A series of running email conversations.
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Kishore Singh's wishlist discusses the things we would die to own, our manna and meter, in a bygone era and in the new Information Age
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Khasi men are through with their matrilineal order, says Nitin A. Gokhale
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Obviously they are far from heeding the March Hare's advice ...
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A series of running email conversations.
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He's an ill-adjusted organism in a madly careening world. Sandhya Mulchandani traces the blurry outlines of a species caught between fixed archetypes and situations sans precedents.
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Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive...
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A series of running email conversations.
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Vacuum cleaners and home delivery systems have made the role-reversal easy. Times they are a-changing, and so are the numbers, writes Soutik Biswas
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A signed letter distributed among middle-class Hindus
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Hate pays. In this state, polarisation is near-complete as the right fringe holds out the hope of future financial rewards.
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Madhu Kapparath's zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view. Of unconventional practices and a surprising status quo. Text: Dhiraj Singh
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New Delhi's woes increase as the Americans too join in the chorus of concern over Gujarat
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A series of running email conversations.
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Survival pressure makes the young Indian male a chronic individualist, says Ajith Pillai
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A series of running email conversations, moderated by Sundeep Dougal.
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The Male Marauder lives on in India, says Soma Wadhwa. The brutalisation of women continues in both public and private spaces.
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Ganguly-baiters ride the airwaves, but bend with the wind
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There are now more buyers for Saurav Ganguly's "strategies" and on-field "aggression" after a thrilling victory in the second Test
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Ganguly must be careful about his body language, and stop changing the field after almost every delivery. It shows that he's not sure of his strategy.
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I dare say we will, in certain quarters, be accused of insensitivity, but life has to go on ...
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In their misplaced enthusiasm, many urban women have crossed the line and have turned into men themselves...
