COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 29 August 2005
Red Flag Flutter
Economic liberalisation marginalised trade unions. Has Gurgaon '05 brought them back in the reckoning?
R. Madhavan
He plays a chef in the upcoming film <i>Ramji Londonwale</i>. The spice in the Chennai-based star’s life.
Red Flag Flutter
Economic liberalisation marginalised trade unions. Has Gurgaon '05 brought them back in the reckoning?
R. Madhavan
He plays a chef in the upcoming film <i>Ramji Londonwale</i>. The spice in the Chennai-based star’s life.
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Newsbag
Bite the bullet; A few of our own; Miles clock up, time to rest; Learning curve; The viewfinder
The Walls Have Eyes
The defence ministry is leaking intelligence like a sieve and the MI is failing to stop it
The Fuse Goes Phut
The deluge proved one thing, profit-oriented private sector firms like Reliance Energy are no friends in need
Then The Lantern Turned Black
Ram Moorat Ram, 86, on a man who shooed kids away with laddoos
Hori Was Here
The writer's 125th anniversary has officialdom in a tizzy. But will it last the ride?
Muck In The Tank
<i>Outlook</i>'s expose is vindicated by a parliamentary panel probing petro adulteration. Its damning report has suggested course corrections by the oil ministry.
Blade Runners
The Posco steel deal is still hot, but already odious comparisons with Enron emerge
Thou Shall Account
The high court directs the BMC to explain the mess
Blame Virus
Officials say there is no epidemic. Yet, the city tots up 160 deaths after the floods. Each one points the finger at the other. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=118 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Arise Sepoy!
As Mangal Pandey is <a href=showtime.asp?fodname=20050829 target=_blank> glammed up for celluloid</a>, it's time to do a reality check
In The Shade Of The Banyan
He's battled suspicion, illiteracy, bureaucratic apathy and paucity of funds. His effort has borne fruit.
It's My Home Too
Will equal property rights for women go against them?
High Tee At Noon
The golf industry in India is transforming from being just a game to a career option
Mangal Pandey: The Rising
Even as sheer fiction the film does not hold. The narrative is inconsistent, the songs forced and the characters hopelessly ill-conceived.
'Commit Not Suicide'
That's what the Quran says. So, why do so many suicide bombers get brainwashed?
Lady With The Poison Flowers
With Rajiv Gandhi's gruesome assassination, the suicide bomber had well and truly arrived
Divine Death Wish
Most attacks in India have been fidayeen, not suicide missions. But both are deadly.
There Is No One Prototype
Case studies of three suicide bombers: deep hurt inside, brainwashed by religion, misfits
'I Am Preparing Myself To Meet God'
An insight into the mind of a would-be bomber: A young Palestinian then training to become a suicide bomber, later killed by the Israeli security
Man Implodes
A suicide bomber is the deadliest weapon. What makes him—or her—tick? Who makes them? How?
Aam Admi, My Foot
Despite lofty promises, the State has virtually forgotten the common man
Cash Down
Two bills, one on the table, one not, bring to life some old ghosts to haunt Chidambaram
Bull's Eye
TV has influenced mankind like nothing else! Next to the instinct for human procreation is the gregarious instinct. After sex, comes human bonding. ...
Bibliofile
Who is the obvious choice to review Salman Rushdie's <i>Shalimar the Clown</i> or Vikram Seth's <i>Two Lives</i>? How much to get your book published?
Mellow Musings
Granoff manages to bring us a whiff from the past, when life was filled with simple sorrows and fate was never questioned.
Wrestling With The Wind
Uma Vasudev tells us little about how she happened to choose the charismatic Hariji as subject for a biography. But one can only be happy that she undertook the task.
Footsoldier, Footnote
Right time, right place. It was 1857 that made Mangal Pandey, not the other way round.
Hungry Tide
The river has claimed their land and destroyed lives
