The Beast Has Brains
Everyone's got a theory on the zooming Sensex. And if it has a mind of its own....
How Long Can You Hold Your Nerve Gas?
Mukesh's RIL can now produce twice as much gas as was envisaged. Can he renege on the deal with Anil and shatter the latter's dream to build the world's largest gas-based power plant?
Pub-Shub, And Curry In No Hurry
An Indian in Britain wants a drink. What does he do? He goes to an Indian pub!
It All Comes Under One Cap
The Sachar report on Muslims has set UPA on a solution hunt. What are the options?
Umrao Jaan
Aishwarya conducts herself rather ably here,fitting in with the demands of a Bollywood tearjerker. Problem is, J.P. Dutta reduces Umrao to just that — a melodrama and nothing more.
HIV, The Family Inheritance
In HIV-afflicted Guntur, children, often infected themselves, turn breadwinners
One Knot On A Long Rope
<i>Outlook</i> visits Delhi's Tihar Jail to see what it's like for those condemned to die
The Octopus Gang In Muddy Shallows
Verma and Co penetrated all big secrets of the navy, army and air force purchases
Tip Of The Submarine
Going by the CBI charges, the MoD's stance on the war room leak case is a mix of lies and bravado
Bull's Eye
There is only one valid reason why the death sentence might not be administered to Afzal: If it is shown convincingly that he is innocent.
Bibliofile
"If they want to keep their authors, they must keep the editors who got them the authors in the first place," says David Godwin. But will Penguin's loss be HarperCollins India's gain?
Eden, After The Fall
An innocent betrayal of a childhood friend's trust and the memory of shame when Pak troops surrendered at Dacca haunt this novel
Caste In Pebbles
Bama has material no feted, overrated Indian English author will ever be able to imagine. Yet, it's frittered away with casual, plotless outlines.
You Can't BankBy This River
Gods or foreign athletes can occupy YamunaPushta, but the poor? They just don't make the cut.
And A Holy Cacophony Lights Up The Water
New-age forces transform a pious ritual on the holy ghats into patchwork razzmatazz
