COVER STORY
A catalogue of markers of the changes we have seen in sixty years....
Outlook Magazine - 1 February 2010
Activists realise it takes a fight to translate democracy from thin paper to thick action
Guess this IWE author whose royalty cheque for 2009 is Rs 45 lakh, and his earnings from his two novels Rs 3 crores
Should be on the shelf besides such classics as J.H. Williams’s <i>Elephant Bill</i> and P.D. Stracey’s <i>Elephant Gold.</i>
Colonial India’s pre-eminent image-maker led a chequered life and experimented ceaselessly
The blotches on the pages of our history
Tribals all over India struggle to keep their way of life alive
For the Bonda tribals of Orissa, a constant struggle is on—with state and custom
The IPL’s disregard for Pakistani cricketers is hurtful and unwise
Activists realise it takes a fight to translate democracy from thin paper to thick action
Guess this IWE author whose royalty cheque for 2009 is Rs 45 lakh, and his earnings from his two novels Rs 3 crores
There has never been a better treatise on sport, ambition, achievement and physical pain.
Should be on the shelf besides such classics as J.H. Williams’s <i>Elephant Bill</i> and P.D. Stracey’s <i>Elephant Gold.</i>
Colonial India’s pre-eminent image-maker led a chequered life and experimented ceaselessly
OTHER STORIES
Definitely most unwarranted -- the sense of humour reaches a new low.
The Booker-winning Irish novelist on her first visit to India for the Jaipur litfest
For starters, sitting in Dubai I managed to complete the script of ‘The Devil Wears Jaya Prada’...
Mr Basu’s contributions to the CPI(M) are no doubt substantial, but surely he wasn’t the man news channels and editorials mourned.
Universal suffrage, our path to social change
In six decades of ‘progress’ India hasn’t realised our founders’ vision of social democracy
A short history of the undoing of an important political strand
Is the Republic Day parade conceptually too frozen in the ’50s?
Dry Gujarat says ‘cheers’ to our national hypocrisy
Patriotic songs and lyrics have reflected the truth of the times
Bilinguialism, a legacy that defines the nation today
Negotiation and accommodation, that’s our strength
From Ambavadekar to Dr Ambedkar, the shaping of India’s Dalit icon
The zeal with which this nation was forged 60 years ago has given way to an obsession with attaining superpowerdom
The man who wouldn’t go away has gone. He leaves behind a state aiming to survive its post-mortems.
