COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 21 July 2003
Cinnamon Square
Our dalchini doesn't come from a cinnamon but a cassia tree. Only the tree's genus is the same and the flavour suitably imitative
Sania Mirza
On creating tennis history by becoming the first Indian woman ever to win a Grand slam event
State Gazette
Indira's echo in Jayaland; Baby-boomers go bust; Bandits and the nuns; Irish cream; Druk driving and Judge on trial
Plunging Columns
UNDP figures are damning, but inconsistencies remain
Cinnamon Square
Our dalchini doesn't come from a cinnamon but a cassia tree. Only the tree's genus is the same and the flavour suitably imitative
Sania Mirza
On creating tennis history by becoming the first Indian woman ever to win a Grand slam event
State Gazette
Indira's echo in Jayaland; Baby-boomers go bust; Bandits and the nuns; Irish cream; Druk driving and Judge on trial
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
I Doubt, Therefore IMF
A Third World man in the IMF's upper echelons? Raghuram Rajan, financial whiz, is part of the Fund's soul-searching.
Bullock Goes Karting
The heady response to Maruti's high-octane BSE entry owes much to it being a one-of-its-kind fish in the stormy scrip sea.
Parallel Cinema
Malegaon is not quite Ramgarh. Nor is it Champaner. But it hosts a gutsy bunch of spoofy auteurs living off-off-Bollywood.
All About Skull Management
Doff your hat to this Bangalorean's crusade to put the helmet back where it rightfully belongs
Soul Samurai's Shloka
Chop! Smack! Swaha! A black belt monk's all set to take his martial wisdom to the Tirupati temple.
Holy Waters Of Freedom
India, if it looks to its past, can't but say no to the Capo's demand on troops to Iraq
Ducking Guided Missiles
Musharraf's decided 'in principle' to send troops to Iraq. Now the backlash.
Fences And Windows
A restive Iraq gets violent and Indian troops, if they respond to the US call, may well walk into a minefield
69% Are Against Sending Indian Troops To Iraq
The survey was conducted on July 8-9, 2003, in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta and Hyderabad by Marketing Development Research Associates (MDRA), one of India's leading polling agencies. In all, 316 respondents from sec A (Socio-Economic Class) hous
Staying Home
Assessment done, India is yet to find compelling reasons to send its troops to Iraq <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=25>Updates</a>
In Search Of The Escape Clause
A trial has never been moved out of a state in India. Will Best Bakery depart from the norm?
"They Said They'll Kill Me"
The key witness in the Best Bakery case who turned hostile in court, has now come out into the open saying she was threatened by BJP MLA Madhu Srivastava and his cousin, Congress corporator, Chandrakant Srivastava alias Bhattu.
Inside A Perfect Unjust World
The Best Bakery case raises dire questions about how fair the other riot trials will turn out to be <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=318>Updates</a>
First Take
Aziz Ahmed Khan warms up to the party circuit and gossip from diplomatic quarters and Bollywood
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
The film does not offer any explanations. Instead, it intrigues more.
Fish Thalis...Washboard Abs
Rohini Iyer dines Lara Dutta
The Delhi-Mumbai Gazette
Changed flavours in Connaught Place; Trigger-happy, point blank range; Filmbuff's food and Canning the classics
Twenty20 Somethings
The game of leisure is in a hurry: to wean an all-new fanhood on a mix of pop, carnival and near-cricket
Victory Of The Bigots
Not just the parivar, hardliners on the Muslim side too are in the ascendant
Another Boring Column!
Is the Ram temple issue really a life-and-death thing for our resilient republic?
A Divided House
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive committee has 41 members. And everyone has sharply differing views on the issue of a negotiated settlement.
Boarded Up
The VHP gets another handle to paint the Muslims as the unrelenting side
Searing Test
Twice bitten, the Shankaracharya still believes he can play a role in Ayodhya
'Vajpayee Must Quit And Hand Over Everything To Advani'
VHP president Ashok Singhal is still angry with Prime Minister A.B.Vajpayee. OutlookSaptahik spoke to him in Lucknow. Excerpts:
Middle Rout
Is the failure of the Ayodhya talks good for the party and the parivar, and bad for Vajpayee? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=37>Updates</a>
Goddess Of Many Hands
The Shimla message: the Congress is willing to go beyond its one-horse cart, but with Sonia as charioteer <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=104>Updates</a>
Bull's Eye
To evaluate the PM's visit to China would be futile—breakthrough or sellout depends upon individual perception of India's global role. It would be more ...
Shades Of Pink
CM Buddhadeb's budding friendship with the deputy PM has Calcutta wags in a spin
Bibliofile
Ah, the Pakistani critics find Vikram Seth too <i>Indian</i>. Others who are <i>vulgar</i>? Well, read on...
Pregnant Silences
Pande's odyssey traverses territories that remain inaccessible to most: in remote rural regions, urban slums, in the minds of women.
The History Metre
This new volume edited by a descendant of Hali has produced an admirable English translation.
Ye Ol' Lady Of Bori Bunder
Can you recall the editor of India's largest circulating daily? No. That's TOI's achievement.
Bumper-To-Bumper Harvest
The industry's revving up: for global car makers, India's the 'most favoured nation'
