COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 2 September 2002
The Second Sachin
Displaying boyish enthusiasm in his batsmanship, the 23-year-old Sehwag believes in the ball-is-meant-to-be-hit attitude.
Power Cut
Power minister Suresh Prabhu's honesty and his unwillingness to dance to Bal Thackeray's tune cost him his cabinet job
The Second Sachin
Displaying boyish enthusiasm in his batsmanship, the 23-year-old Sehwag believes in the ball-is-meant-to-be-hit attitude.
Aparna Sen
On her film, Mr and Mrs Iyer, which won two awards at the Locarno film festival recently
Power Cut
Power minister Suresh Prabhu's honesty and his unwillingness to dance to Bal Thackeray's tune cost him his cabinet job
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
State Gazette
The irascible little chief has a big rebellious clan, Spirit willing, flesh weak, Flames of freedom, Terror's swift and fatal volley, Is it Electro, the thunderbolt and The royal Bengal liberationists.
A Trial For Terror
A multi-billion dollar lawsuit brings forth the issue of Saudi sponsorship of terror.
International Slipstream
Past catches up with Abu Nidal, Moscow reponds to Washington's missile programme and Al-Qaeda's game of death.
Fear Over The City
How safe are our cities? If the spate of rapes that have rattled our metros are any indication, danger lurks at every corner.
Studs & Eves
No horsing around, this. Owning and racing thoroughbreds is serious business for ladies who 'syndicate' in Bangalore.
Blood In The Chalice
Christians are seen as legitimate targets by anti-West forces
Next Door Boor
Yashwant Sinha does the SAARC round while angry neighbours resent India's superpower-like vibes
Sputter...
The riots may have hit business hard. But the BJP's model state was on the road to pauperisation well before that.
Eight Legged Freaks
Entirely faithful to its genre—that of the unpretentious, clunky monster movies. The plot is predictable, the characters are never fleshed out...
Mewing Of The Angry Cat
Modi turns abusive as the CEC postpones elections in Gujarat
The Quibble Of Realpolitik
The presidential reference is the BJP's way of trying to prove its point on Gujarat
Not Too Bad Really
Kharif output expectations
That's About All
Consensus base-run growth expectations for 2002-2003 in per cent
A Depressing Synergy
Global slowdown couples with drought to hit Indian stockmarkets
In The Rain Shadow Area
Scant rainfall will impact the economy this year. But there's life and hope beyond agriculture.
Rediscovery Of India
There's a definite change in Britain's multi-hued cuisine landscape—Indian food is fast becoming 'Indian'
Very Much His Own Man
That's disinvestment minister Arun Shourie, whose crusading zeal makes colleagues uncomfortable
Unhappy Atal Thinks Of Quitting
His party's response to Gujarat and now the EC ruling leaves the PM a disillusioned man
BJP Vs BJP
The undeclared war among its many leaders-in-waiting hammers the party's image
Road To Perdition
And, as the ICC and the BCCI screen their version of <i>Mujhse Dosti Karoge</i>?, a few stray thoughts, a few general opinions, and a few points of view (all my own work, with due respect to Busybee):
A Conscience Vote
The court must ask itself whether it can ignore the radically altered political context of the President's reference to it.
Bring On The Curry
English cricket has never been more vigilant when it comes to spotting talent than what it's now. An irrelevant issue like your race never comes in the way of good cricketing sense.
Waterloo Country
Consider the unhygienic conditions in a country where in the Harappa civilisation, each house had its own 'flush' toilet.
Suspended, In Thin Air
CNG is not the clean fuel it's touted to be. Low-sulphur diesel is better. Especially with Hydrodrive, a local tool that pre-treats fuel.
Calcutta CruzAids
International celebs line up to lend their shine to alleviate woe in the City of Joy
No Cash Cards
Despite increasing users, most operators are fighting losses
Bull's Eye
The BJP claims it leads a government with a difference. The claim is correct. The BJP government is indeed different. But for 50 years, governments have ...
Bibliofile
The Booker Long List is out but whatever happened to our very own, <i> The Crossword Prize</i>? And beat this one -- UNESCO's declared Delhi as the World's Capital of Books for the year 2003!
Fate Accompli
The threat is, in fact, a promise of a sequel.
Fission Music
The first published account by a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) is rich in facts but economical with analysis.
Staying Alive
A pathology of the Shiv Sena's apocalyptic politics of self-esteem
Logically Challenged
In a bizarre move, the government heaps board exams on Class 4 students
