COVER STORY
The cabinet's youngest minister on her likes, dislikes and plans for the next five years
Outlook Magazine - 22 June 2009
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Amber is to Calcutta what Moti Mahal was to Delhi. Still going strong, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Aah, those were the days! But with the Left left out and the right not right in, it's best to be exactly in the muddle.
Watch out: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) comes to India -- search for "fellows" with the next big idea is on.
More and more, education and even skill sets will be found online
All in all, a good masala mix. At the end, I was nostalgic and wanted to watch the TV series yet again.
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Amber is to Calcutta what Moti Mahal was to Delhi. Still going strong, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
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Aah, those were the days! But with the Left left out and the right not right in, it's best to be exactly in the muddle.
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A feast from the Tagore household kitchen gives insights into the customs of the time
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Detained for evading customs duty, Sheetal Mafatlal tumbles from her high tower
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Kerala's CPI(M) boss is in a fix
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Khalistan passion has withered in Punjab
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Watch out: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) comes to India -- search for "fellows" with the next big idea is on.
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More and more, education and even skill sets will be found online
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All in all, a good masala mix. At the end, I was nostalgic and wanted to watch the TV series yet again.
OTHER STORIES
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The move is on to meet the rush for the green revolution
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Will a connection with the arts help our 'professional' students?
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Former CBI director and chairman of the monitoring committee to tackle ragging on the Supreme Court's recent directives
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A new term will soon begin and so will ragging. There seem no solutions in sight.
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The new minister for external affairs lacks the inhibition and self-consciousness typical of those inducted into the Union cabinet for the first time
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It's time we revamp India's engineering curriculum and involve the industry in it
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An attenuated job market means survival of the most skilled. Some are fitted out at the ITIs.
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As jobseekers slip up on skills, colleges and governments make a dash with remedies
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The great thespian internalised Brecht, adopted folk idiom as his own
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To make the best of the next decade, our education system needs to be set free
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All the poor Bihari kids in the Super 30 got into IIT this year. What's the secret?
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An unusually taciturn HRD minister on the proposed 'super regulator' for universities and his plans to open the doors to foreign universities
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Education under western eyes can be spurious. Our schools must be groomed for excellence.
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A controversy; Dhoni loses his crisp poise; the media watches, waits
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Oppression of Dalits is a disease our republic prefers to deny
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Former chairman of the UGC and the head of the eponymous panel to look into the functioning of the UGC and the AICTE, speaks to <i>Outlook</i>
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Meant for exemplary institutes, now the 'deemed' tag is dealt out indiscriminately
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Brand India was bred for decades, but germinated in propitious new times. An incredible telling.
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For 2009 Outlook-GFK-Mode Survey
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IIT Kharagpur tops
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On the top: IIMC Delhi in Masscom and IHM Mumbai in Hotel Management
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What slow down? Engineering colleges remain job-ready in tough times
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Faculty qualifications: Medical (MD/MS) and Engineering (PhD) colleges
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TISS, Mumbai in Social Work and NLSIU, Bangalore in Law
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AIIMS in medical and College of Dental Sciences in Dental
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Top Government: IIT, Kharagpur. Top Private: Bits, Pilani
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Top five IITs: Kharagpur, Bombay, Kanpur, Delhi, Madras
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In these stormy times, <i>Outlook</i>'s annual ranking of India's top professional colleges—in its fourth edition, this time with GfK-Mode—is an island of reassuring calm.
