COVER STORY
Cosy, wood-panelled, old worldish and above all, quite unobtrusive.
Outlook Magazine - 12 October 2009
My mission: to meet Raj Thackeray. A pow-wow the CIA was very keen on as part of ‘touching base with emerging leaders’
India’s celebrated, all-star team of young cricketers has slipped, its sparkle dulled.
So say producers Working Title, as others try figure a way around the ministry’s objections
Congress may come through again, the Oppn is in shambles
My mission: to meet Raj Thackeray. A pow-wow the CIA was very keen on as part of ‘touching base with emerging leaders’
The Centre takes note of wakf aberrations
Developing nations score at the G-20
An impending bullion bust, a correction...or a rising yellow fever?
India’s celebrated, all-star team of young cricketers has slipped, its sparkle dulled.
Santhanam has put the government in a quandary: do we or do we not retest?
So say producers Working Title, as others try figure a way around the ministry’s objections
Prudish I&B wallahs stall a proposed Brit film on Edwina-Nehru
OTHER STORIES
It’s all in the family for Maharashtra’s politicians. A particularly rich harvest this time.
For some of the state’s influential players, this polls will be a make-or-break opportunity
Raj’s rise and intra-party rebellions have taken the focus away from real issues this elections
Why festive spending this season is a litmus test for the economy
Sonia takes domestic. The PM’s club takes foreign. A bad idea.
If you wish to see our prime minister at the height of his powers, watch him conduct himself at global fora.
Thanks to Gowariker’s pronounced sincerity, the film gets staid, dull and leaden. How one wishes for a lightness of touch from him to make it sparkle, come alive!
Just three films old, Rishi Kapoor’s son explores another side in <i>Wake up Sid</i>
Chetan Bhagat says even Dan Brown’s new book can’t stop him from selling 10 lakh copies in 10 weeks while Kovalam literary festival downsizes its list of authors.
A useful document for those who want to know the chain of events that finally ended one of Sri Lanka’s bloodiest wars.
Go and immediately buy the book. It is a little gem.
The least colonial of our cities is ill-served by a book that fails miserably to express the absorbing humdrum
A Kasaravalli film plucks actress Umashree out of the forgettable and enhances her shine
Sonagachi sex workers break tradition, refuse soil for Durga idol
The environment minister is on a clean-up operation
Karunanidhi’s promise on Lankan refugees in India prompts a debate
William Dalrymple speaks to Shreevatsa Nevatia about exploring contemporary India’s spiritual side in his new book, <i>Nine Lives</I>
In his compelling new book the acclaimed travel writer, explores the worlds of people deeply engaged with the sacred in a fast changing India.
Why Chidambaram’s exhortation on transfers means little
