COVER STORY
The quizmaster on his latest programme on BBC, the University Challenge (UC)
Outlook Magazine - 18 August 2003
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The Mandal sword-arm catches up; A dressing down; Sunshine nights; Train to Pakistan; Strong medicine and An accidental incident
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The Mandal sword-arm catches up; A dressing down; Sunshine nights; Train to Pakistan; Strong medicine and An accidental incident
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OTHER STORIES
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The Breast Baba, Pickpocket as Ms Bobbitt, inadvertently, National Anthem as peacemaker, the essay on cow and the sanctified cigarette butt. And more. Nah, we didn't make these up.
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Witness the persistence of life—where surviving birth itself is a battle half-won
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Our political parties have got us into this mess. We'll have to pull ourselves out of it on our own. All that Kiran Nagarkar asks is that you enter your name to this letter.
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The poor can't afford the notion of deferred pleasure. But even the rich behave as if there's no tomorrow. Why this cult of poverty?
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The People's Prince has slipped in esteem; his legacy, democracy with diversity, can't
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They're not on terra firma. But life in these phumdis is coming to a standstill.
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Rid of government control, Maruti is shifting gears to launch new models, up marketshare and cut costs.
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The story of Ashok and Anjali: you've heard it before, you'll hear it again
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How are the Brits surviving India? By getting the hell out of London.
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Eleven transfers in 11 years. On the trail of an IAS officer in Bihar.
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No we did not make these up. More than roadside diversions, here they are - in black, white and even colour.
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Movies used to be magic. But was it worth it, all that time and money?
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Indian hockey has come out of its dreamless slumber—despite penury and cricket
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Threatened yes, but the straight hasn't wiped out the cryptic yet
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Half of Mumbai lives in chawls. The most historical of them—207 identical buildings with 16,000 one-room homes!
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Do not go looking for logic, just keep your feel for sheer frivolity intact
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Womenfolk in this village are saying 'enough'. Drunks are now pariahs.
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Only an all-party consensus can usher in a set of truly radical electoral proposals
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European governments don't always face elections if they lose majority
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BJP signals are for early general polls, in 2004 spring. The EC may cut that down <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=205>Updates</a>
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A Kerala club tries to fulfil the most ardent desire of tall men: to melt into a crowd
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Delhi Chief Minister is the force behind the Delhi government's drive to overhaul school textbooks. She explains what prompted her and why the 'ideologies' should be kept out.
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Mahashweta Devi and Ruskin Bond writing in textbooks? Yes, for Delhi schools next year.
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Harmony peeps out of some friendly windows in Gujarat
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MGR was rebuked for it 20 years ago. Now his midday meal-scheme is India's ideal.
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Figures are for levels of pesticides over and above the EU norms
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The pesticide brouhaha exposes fatal gaping holes in our food and beverage standardisation norms <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=153>Updates</a>
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Fourteen people died in the Best Bakery carnage. Twenty-one persons were accused. All were acquitted. The judge who acquitted them blamed the prosecution. ...
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Work's tough for SFX assistants, the pay low and others get the kudos
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At a mass psychological level, the reforms decade has given India a rush of energy
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The Indo-Pak match is on a new pitch now: Afghanistan
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It's a tough country, but we are a tougher people. Tales of triumph and resilience
