COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 19 April 2004
Next Change: India Wining
Elope with Mrs Grape's gal: she's young, heady, full-bodied...and Indian
Tim Sebastian
The host of BBC’s Hard Talk, on his Indian conquests
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
State Gazette
Bull with the red rag; Loud rebel music; Friday eve fever; To catch a real pest; It's not a love story; it's a saga
A Mint's Adventures Up North
This one may feel too good to be eternally true. Is the rupee's ascent only a handy cue card for a gullible electorate?
Din Of Gloated Glory
In a poll where economic growth forms the crux of the debate, all parties claim to have the success formula
Digi Tally
The smallest, the largest, the biggest, the stats, the zeroes, the evens, the odds...
"The Voter Now Can Make An Informed Choice"
The CEC is a master of the art of understatement. Murali Krishnan tries to get some telling soundbytes.
Poll Mantra'04
Election bytes you won't find anywhere else
Thought Ballooning
Career politicians and big parties will deride them as amateurs. But these conscientious objectors won't sit out anymore.
Breath Of Dissent
She has been on a fast unto death for four years. But a draconian army keeps her alive on a hospital bed.
A Haven For Twinkling Stars
Underprivileged girl children in eastern Maharashtra get two boons—a home and an education
Binary Fission
Computers are but a false illusion of the modernity Musharraf wants in Pakistan's madrassas
Booster Shots
US moves in the recent past suggest a thaw on issues like space, dual use technology. But it's early days yet.
Murder
You just might like it for its own sake, but even if you find yourself neither involved nor titillated, you will have a good laugh
Details
Animal Fear, Culture Vulture,Enrique Iglesias and Geodesic Dome
Enemy At The Gate
The Congress messes up in AP and Karnataka. In Orissa, it already had.
Orissa
BJD is likely to do well due to positive perception about its Govt. and the NDA Govt. at Centre. Predictions: BJD+: 106, Congress: 26; Others+: 15.
Andhra Pradesh
TDP prospects improve in the last one month due to the shift of undecided voters. Predictions: TDP+: 163, Congress+: 122, Others: 9.
Karnataka
Congress support base declining in all four regions of the state - BJP+:111, Congress: 84, Others: 29
How The Deccan Will Rotate On An NDA Axis
Now NDA Shining in Assembly polls too - our exclusive survey shows Naidu just ahead, Krishna losing and Naveen Patnaik romping home.
Off-Key Techno Notes
Indo-US technology relations, despite go-aheads from the top, remain rudderless
Knife Under The Cloak
The HRD ministry's high-handedness will lead to the undoing of our IIMs <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=90 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Swinging Blue Genes
If it had to be a Nehru-Gandhi, why Rahul and not Priyanka? She was the better bet.
When Host Is Guest
Indians greet us warmly too, even if all they know of us is via PTV
Bull's Eye
A <i>Hindustan Times</i> article by Ramachandra Guha described how Sheikh Abdullah went to Pakistan to explore possibilities of an Indo-Pak-Kashmir ...
Bibliofile
Who says Urdu's dying? Is writing in English just the right training for a call centre job? <i>What</i> is where your suitcase is?
Wet Dream
The book suffers from an unseemly haste—like a journalist impatient to get back home and get out the story.
Despair, Rage, Innocence
'You play innocence so well, with such precision, Shahid: You could seduce God himself, and fuck the sexless angels.'
Too Much Of The Real World
Varma's India is no Area of Darkness, but it's not the material world he claims it is either
Can You See The Real Me?
When it comes to the bra, big labels only cater to a few. For most, it's a utility met more by accident than design.
'The Uday Yatra Was My Idea'
The Deputy PM on the Ram temple, Indo-Pak ties, Gujarat, relationship with the PM, article 370 and more...<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=82 target=_blank> Updates</a>
The Fearful Asymmetry
The BJP makes a quiet advance as Congress ebullience is limited to the Gandhi fief
