Outlook Magazine - 17 February 2003

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

The four pillars of grandeur and their unstable ground; Reckoning's vicious circle; Tipped by land lines; A sweeping survey; Breaking the sound barrier and The capital extravaganza

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Politics maligns the literary world of the Sahitya Akademi as elections to its top post divide the writers into rival camps

BY Sheela Reddy 17 February 2003

Endnotes from a nation and people poised on the edge of a seemingly inevitable war

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Is the government doing the VHP's work in the courts? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=37>More Coverage </a>

BY Saba Naqvi 17 February 2003

It's you're either with us or against us again. And nobody wants to be against the US. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=25>More Coverage </a>

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Television in India is on the threshold of its second boom. And this time news will call the shots.

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BY K.s. Shaini 17 February 2003

Initial investigations suggest the insulation that came off during lift-off may be responsible <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=89>More Coverage </a>

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

A refreshing change in the arid world of Bengali cinema, particularly for a clash of histrionic skills between Sharmila and Rakhee.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

India's freedom was chosen not by the satyagrahis, but the Americans, suggests a new TV series

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

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A status card on Dawood's operations in Mumbai

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

One option is for all public discourse to be single-minded about issues of governance, in the hope that the topic can be changed.

BY Pratap Bhanu Mehta 17 February 2003

The dormant National Integration Council gives way to a new body. Can it deliver?

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

He wouldn't brook communalism in any form, says Bipan Chandra. A lesson there?

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

In pre-poll mode, most Congress states are more into symbolism than local issues

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

From lip-service to Nehruvian idealism to card-holding Hinduism, the wheel has come half-circle for the Congress. How will it complete the arc?

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

If the Kiwis refuse to play Kenya, Carl Hooper's boys may edge past them for the Super Six round. Statistically speaking, it will only help India.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Did that touring moon-rock ever make it to Karnal? I doubt it but it stays with me—she made it closer to the moon than I ever will.

BY Ruchir Joshi 17 February 2003

The 1998 attack on Kurds that gave Saddam his 'monster' tag has now been shown to have been an act by the Iranian army.

BY Prem Shankar Jha 17 February 2003

As an observer of cricket, Waugh shows the same depth that made him one of the finest batsmen. He will cover the World Cup exclusively for Outlook.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Living standards and corruption are directly related to each other. India ranks 124 on the HDI index, in the corruption ranks it scores a lowly 2.7 out of 10.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

In one sense the assessment of the post-poll fallout of the Gujarat elections made in this column has gone horribly wrong. As predicted, Prime Minister ...

BY Rajinder Puri 17 February 2003

"Anyone heard of Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy and Upamanyu Chatterjee?" RSS chief K.S. Sudershan asked the Sangh members.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

This engaging novel, unselfconscious of barriers, definitions and changing boundaries, is a coming-of-age of Indian diaspora writers.

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Part II of this novel is so superior to Part I that I would prefer to think of it as a separate narrative altogether.

BY Manjula Padmanabhan 17 February 2003

The man who claims to be hard on facts is poor on judgement

BY Khushwant Singh 17 February 2003

Despite India's hard talk, the illegal immigrants issue has both sides vexed, with few solutions

BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

The fuzzy border on the east again crackles with acrimony, but it all ends quietly. Or does it?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=146>More Coverage </a>

BY Ashis K. Biswas 17 February 2003

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BY Outlook Web Desk 17 February 2003

Mother Dairy floats joint ventures with state cooperatives—and its 'progenitor' Amul isn't just crying over spilt milk either

BY Arindam Mukherjee 17 February 2003