COVER STORY
Brett Lee
The Australian pace machine on his fitness and his designs on the touring Indian cricketers
Outlook Magazine - 8 December 2003
Newsbag
A bloodthirsty pilgrimage; Justice thunderclap; Borderline nationalism; A booby-trap city; Electronic safety catch; Intifada for a divided comity
Tomb Raiders
Heritage conservation in India is a noisy Babel, and history and its many signposts are the worst victims
Workshop Of The Elves
This office for the mentally disabled strives to give them a sense of self-worth and achievement
Newsbag
A bloodthirsty pilgrimage; Justice thunderclap; Borderline nationalism; A booby-trap city; Electronic safety catch; Intifada for a divided comity
Tomb Raiders
Heritage conservation in India is a noisy Babel, and history and its many signposts are the worst victims
Workshop Of The Elves
This office for the mentally disabled strives to give them a sense of self-worth and achievement
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
The Hand That Calms
More than ever, the two countries need lasting peace. The world stage beckons.
Roar Of Silence
Pak signals peace right after it spurns India. Why? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=9 target=_blank> Updates</a>
A Welfare Fete
The BJP poll strategy is changing course. Hindutva is only a garnishing on development issues now.
Kal Ho Naa Ho
One of the cleverest love triangles in Hindi cinema
Andal, 25, Single
The 'working girls' of TN's temples earn a platonic honeymoon in the hills, courtesy a mercurial CM
A Hard Clay Tablet
The Mashelkar committee recommends an overhaul of India's drug policy. It's a bitter pill for many.
Little Tin Soldiers
The number of dysfunctional children is on the rise, no thanks to the world's rapidly transient value systems
'Why Me? I'm Not Guilty'
In three separate conversations with Haresh Pandya last week, Abhijit Kale expressed his bewilderment:
The Truth, Not Out!
Something about the Abhijit Kale affair doesn't make sense. Is he a victim? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=64 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Sikandar... Nay, Porus
From Borneo to Georgia, from Kabul to Minsk. The empire of dreams expands.
Karma Cola, Uncorked
Sprituality sells. It is one brand which India never needed to market.
In Which India Gives It Those Ones
A fifth of Microsoft engineers are Indians. Now, to work on the cows, elephants and snakes.
India > 0
There are no full stops here. All we are looking for are quote marks to define us.
The Shadow of Burqas
For Afghan women, freedom's costlier than the $68 mn spent on the constitution
Aye, Aye... Cap'n
The Aussies want to give Waugh a prize retirement gift. Bad news for the Indians.
Chicken Coop Raid
Beyond leaked papers, the HRD ministry plans its own subversion on the IIMs <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=90 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Bull's Eye
The day this issue appears, four states will vote. People ask: "Who will win?" Does it matter? "Yes, these polls will affect the parliamentary polls ...
Bibliofile
What happens if you are the mother of a suitable boy? Why, excerpting rights from your forthcoming book witness a mother of all bidding battles.
Sans Spice
One has to be a die-hard Beckham fan to shell out over £12 for the book.
In Search Of A Plot
There are few sensations worse than reading a book with anticipation and realising that the package should have been marked Dead on Arrival.
A Creeping Distemper
Sham Lal's India is at the end of its tethers. His pungent humour hides frustrated hopes.
Travel Without Reservation
So acute is the crisis that the overqualified covet low-end jobs
Hate Kicks In
Behind the recent anti-Bihari 'wave' is a wider question of how to manage too many people and too little jobs <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=51 target=_blank> Updates</a>
'We Are Not Against Any Country'
Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah was a close associate of legendary Tajik fighter Ahmad Shah Masood. A qualified doctor, the soft-spoken Abdullah carries a strong message. He spoke to Outlook in Washington. Excerpts:
Strategic Depths
Pakistan is replicating its bleed-thy-neighbour policy in Afghanistan. For now, the US is turning a blind eye.
