Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nephew and successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legacy, performed in the capital recently.
Newsbag
Save the trees, Senor with the Lira; Surf on the cheap; Art at heart; Star column gets a few new names
Reality Check For A Girl From Manipur(May 12, 2005)
<i>Outlook's</i> Tribhuvan Tiwari went to Delhi University's north campus looking for instances of harassment. He came across this scene within the hour.
My Distant Cousin, India
It's not about law and order but the alienation that students from the Northeast face in the 'mainland'<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=48 target=_blank> Updates</a>
The No.3 Man
The Al Qaeda core is pierced, a triumph for the US-Pak anti-terror war. So how much does he know?
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Till the '80s, they were the bedrock of an offbeat film culture. Now, NFDC and its ilk are facing closure.
Alive In The Retelling
Shyam Benegal's film on Bose is a peep into the legend's mind. With a few cinematic licences.
Whose Man Was Bose?
The Congress is confused, the RSS says he's theirs, the Left has changed its tune.
A Hero, A Plot, An Escape
The enigma endures. Did Subhas Chandra Bose die in a plane crash in Taiwan in 1945, or not? Inquiring into this, the Mukherjee Commission will table its 'heretical' report soon. Plus, a new biopic brings Netaji centrestage.
The RSS In Nepal
A Hindu preacher's killing brings to fore the tension between different Hindu groups
Tillers Of The Good Earth
Two years ago, they began organic farming. Now they're spreading the knowledge to the locals.
'When We Sold It, I Assumed He Would Resell It'
Shourie admits that Ajit Kerkar of Tulip Hospitality, the company which bought over Juhu Centaur, had indulged in an improper practice since he was also on the subcommittee that recommended the disinvestment.
Centaur For Snacks
The lid was blown off the disinvestment of Juhu Centaur in Mumbai after <a href="full.asp?fodname=20040719&fname=Hotel+%28F%29&sid=1" target="_blank"><i>Outlook</i>'s expose in its July 19, 2004</a> issue. When MPs landed in Parliament waving copies
Main Aisa Hi Hoon
Jessie Nelson meeting Sanjay Leela Bhansali in a Harry Baweja film would sure spell a recipe for disaster. <i>Main Aisa Hi Hoon</i> stops short of being one by just a whisker.
Petty Trophies
Three states pass laws to regulate sports associations. The cash-rich cricket bodies are the real target, but even other sports are vulnerable to the state's whimsical interference.
Economiss
Economy-wise, it's been a modest report card at best. Caught up in the minutiae, the UPA seems hazy on the big picture.
Hop, Skip And Stumble
On the highway to making India a global power, the UPA government had its share of suc cesses and failures in terms of foreign policy
Rahul: Tender Line On The Palm
The people want him in the thick of things, but the party is saving him for the 2007 polls
Class Struggle
A watchful big sister, a petulant Left, an unripe coalition—yet Manmohan finally comes into his own.
The Eco Line Of Control
It's come to this: forest dwellers may have to go, for the sake of the forests
Wanted: Men With Guts
By going after Bihar criminals like Shahabuddin, two officers have redefined governance
'Buddha, Jyoti Babu Are The Real Heroes'
"We have to use India's engineering talent base for deepening our penetration into the global market," Purnendu Chatterjee told us in a telephonic chat three days after the Basell deal was inked.
Meet The Other PC
The man who paid $5.7 billion for Basell, the biggest-ever deal involving an Indian
Bull's Eye
Experts can look into the future. They predict that within decades India will become a world power. Perhaps. A layman can only look at the present. ...
Bibliofile
All you want to know about how to get published but were afraid to ask, and how Vikram Seth got the highest-ever advance for a literary memoir.
Simply South
These are no Malgudi idylls; what each story deftly exposes is the battle between the new and old that is now being waged in every Indian family.
Down The Foggy Ruins Of Time
Marqusee captures the spirit of an epoch that has gone by but still lives within many of us. In Dylan's own words: "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now".
Why We Can't Get To 8%
Jalan's treatise is not as much about how the economy works, but why it doesn't