COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 5 June 2006
The Da Vinci Code
Anyone headed for this film will be sensibly advised to read the book first, or you'll need to unscramble the film.
'Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Has Set A Bad Precedent By Viewing The Film'
From a call to hold back its release to granting an adult certification, with a prominent disclaimer that it was a work of fiction, it was the I&B ministry which took all the decisions. The Censor Board chairperson on the parallel body.<a href=pti_co
Newsbag
War and no peace; She(eba) is gritty; Ice unbroken; Mobile ATM
The Da Vinci Code
Anyone headed for this film will be sensibly advised to read the book first, or you'll need to unscramble the film.
'Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Has Set A Bad Precedent By Viewing The Film'
From a call to hold back its release to granting an adult certification, with a prominent disclaimer that it was a work of fiction, it was the I&B ministry which took all the decisions. The Censor Board chairperson on the parallel body.<a href=pti_co
Counting Sheep
New Delhi is taken aback at the Pope's open indictment of India on conversions
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Fly By Luck
The flip side of aviation boom: below-par pilots from abroad hired by vying airlines
Deep Fry On Hi Flame
Subir Raha's fate is sealed by the Bombay High fire report. Mani Aiyar adds fuel.
The Death Of Vishnu
Nepal is a secular—not Hindu—state now. Christian conspiracy, as the RSS alleges?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=21 target=_blank> Updates</a>
In Time For The Spring Meltdown
In the remote arid regions of Ladakh, the only way to store water for the sowing season is to make a glacier
Blood Bath For A Stale Loaf
Mere cosmetic changes, that's all India had to offer at the Srinagar meet
Gloomy Go Round
Terror, not peace, unveiled its agenda at the Kashmir talks<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=6 target=_blank> Updates</a>
'There Are Ways To Integrate'
The high-profile designer seems low-key except for the latest mobile telephones he juggles during the meeting in Rome where he talked about his plans.
Salwar Kamicci
All of Milano in a mall! India is unbuttoning for the Italian invasion.
The Peepal's Movement
They were witness to most of Delhi's history but few remain as living monuments
A Terrible Beauty
Delhi has very few trees it can call its own. Foreign implants have left it with either water-guzzlers or eco-disasters.
Horror!
The India Story had lured small investors at last. The May 22 crash ended the adventure.
Those Fleeing Hoofprints
The bloodbath on Dalal Street has left many investors in the red. What is the moral of the India story?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=31 target=_blank> Updates</a>
It's 27% From 2007
The quota clock is ticking. Now for the funds, facilities, faculty...<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=90 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Eyes, Ears And Minds Closed
Why is India's middle class so hostile to the empowerment of the poor?
Galabeyah, An Extended Kurta
Forget the stereotype, Saudis now look up to India as a key anti-West ally
Bull's Eye
The Sangh parivar's collapse stems from two failings. It misinterprets Hinduism. Its leaders lack character. The RSS was founded to promote both. Its leaders need a ruthless reappraisal.
What India Is Reading
M.S. Swaminathan, Brinda Karat, Milind Murli Deora and Rahul Bose on the books they are reading.
Bibliofile
Why have writers become wary of reading other authors' books? Have Kaavya's publishers written off the five-figure advance they paid her? And this month's prize for unusual book dos goes to...
Lndn Smaks Me
This 343-pg medium-fat-boy comes with plenty of surface sass and shiny digit-beads. Sure, it's kind of readable, (slong as u in't expectin a deep Joyce Ulysses type multi-level PDA)
That Familiar Feeling
Does not tell us anything startingly new, but at least covers known ground in readable, even simplistic ways - a useful, honest, sincere, and unpretentious contribution
Will You StepInto My Arbour?
Excellent tracing of Delhi's Grand Trunk Route. A must in every educated house, school, college and library.
Immune To The Law
The army says civil laws cannot apply to it
Burial Of Innocence
How the CBI nailed the army's claims on the Pathribal encounter
'What Should I Apologise For?'
Calm, a little philosophical, but resolute, the star says in an interview from Madrid that he has no regrets about his stance, and that he won't say sorry
Say Sorry Or Be Sorry
That's the ultimatum the state's served on Aamir and his film for speaking his mind <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=91 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Himesh Reshamiya
Among Bollywood's highest-paid composers, he laughs off criticism. The box office tots up his success more surely than reviewers.
