COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 19 August 2002
Deceptive Bouncer
Nobody really knows how he manages to be so quick off the pitch. Adding to the deception that his diminutive figure offers, his run up too is slow. But mysteriously the ball goes like a bullet.
The Rear Window Is Ajar
The political sensitivity of the Shivani murder case may help IG R.K. Sharma escape conviction
'I Rejected The Application, The MP Got PM's Signature'
The former high court judge on the pressures faced by the board.
The Needle Is Stuck
The "party with a difference" isn't one apparently. The petrol pump scam strips off the last veneer of respectability of the BJP.
Deceptive Bouncer
Nobody really knows how he manages to be so quick off the pitch. Adding to the deception that his diminutive figure offers, his run up too is slow. But mysteriously the ball goes like a bullet.
Playing Cops Or Robbers
The current history of the Haryana IPS cadre is a history of infamy
The Rear Window Is Ajar
The political sensitivity of the Shivani murder case may help IG R.K. Sharma escape conviction
'I Rejected The Application, The MP Got PM's Signature'
The former high court judge on the pressures faced by the board.
The Other House Stakes
His credibility down, Naik's IPO plan for BPCL looks a lost cause
The Needle Is Stuck
The "party with a difference" isn't one apparently. The petrol pump scam strips off the last veneer of respectability of the BJP.
The Plot Thickens
Modi jettisons one minister he lost faith in but how many more can he sacrifice?
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
"FDI Is Underestimated In India"
Extracts from an interview with a senior economist from IMF headquarters in Washington:
The Dragon's Shadowplay
Long a poor second, India, it turns out, is not so badly off in the FDI sweepstakes vis-a-vis China
Pret-ty Young Things
The week belonged to the Spice Girls of fashion—young, experimental, ready to take on the world
15 Minutes Of Fame
They were the stars who exploded before they could transform themselves into supernovae.
Ungreatfuls
Who's Gandhi? Was Muslim League a football tournament? Ask Gen Y, and you'll draw a blank.
Gods That Failed
Having been ruled so long by outsiders, we, the people, refuse to accept responsibility
The Burden Of Proof
India faces a one-year ban from weightlifting after two positive tests
The New Turn Around The Corner
Fighting matters off the turf, the women hockey players turn in a sterling display.
House Of Commons
A string of sterling performances at Manchester make for a heady summer. But is it reason enough to be euphoric? Over to Busan.
Still-Born Billion
We bemoan that we no longer live in a heroic age. But where are the heroes?
Bull's Eye
News: Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the government was not being run by A.B. Vajpayee but by L.K. Advani. "Is it true the PM does not run the ...
Art: Francis Newton Souza
Always provocative and irreverent, Souza was the enfant terrible of Indian art and his colourful career was interesting to the bitter end...
M.S. Subbulaksmi
"M.S. does not just sing; she makes divinity manifest"
Bismillah Khan
No wedding in India, or any auspicious occasion, is complete without his mellifluous, rich music.
Music: Allaudin Khan
I would say Ustad Allaudin Khan ... despite the fact that Baba, as all musicians fondly know him, taught music in the earlier part of the century ...
Sports: Sachin Tendulkar
Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar come to my mind as contenders for the greatest sportsmen of independent India...
Science: Homi Bhabha
The British left an India saddled with huge problems, economic and social. Many of these are still with us, so I don't need to pretend that anything Bhabha did helped to solve them...
Business: J.R.D. Tata
Leaders raise the aspirations of their people to achieve what was previously thought impossible. In this, JRD was a true leader.
