COVER STORY
Operation Bluestar was a bloody, avoidable desecration
Outlook Magazine - 19 October 2009
For the survivors of the '84 carnage, the past is something permanent. Life carries on, but the shadow behind you never goes away.
Rajiv Gandhi’s close friend, and between 1980-85 his political aide, recalls the heady days of his political ascendancy
For the survivors of the '84 carnage, the past is something permanent. Life carries on, but the shadow behind you never goes away.
Siachen, irreversible line in the snow
People falling all around, but Bhopal was also a story of a lifetime
Rajiv Gandhi’s close friend, and between 1980-85 his political aide, recalls the heady days of his political ascendancy
He started sincere, but finally gave in to old party methods
When justice is slow, try conquering hate with love
How an ad campaign foretold a time of unparalleled strife
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‘India = Indira’. That famous equation helped manufacture a modern deity.
Bhindranwale never threatened, just replied to it, says his son
Those backfoot cover drives are worth a lot more. Azhar did much to revitalise Muslims.
Now they call him a telecom pioneer. Back then he was among a very few predicting a PCO revolution or teledensity surge
When India was closest to being a non-functioning anarchy
Calcutta’s Metro, a totem, followed years of disembowelled sorrow
Vinod Nagpal, the Basesar Ram of <i>Hum Log</i>, recalls his days on the set
That epic moment when we spotted ourselves on TV
A young major commanding a squadron of tanks recollects his memories of Operation Bluestar...
Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Everest
Is Amitabh the mould for the modern neta’s many masks?
