COVER STORY
The lead artiste of the popular TV serial <i>Balika Vadhu</i> on her newfound stardom
Outlook Magazine - 22 December 2008
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I invited him to the Oberoi. He looked unhappy. When I asked where he'd like to go instead, he said, "Leopold Cafe!"
There is only one honest solution: the creation of a new political party representing the new, emerging political culture
Sports events, and big-budget cricket, cower under the backwash of terror, economic crisis
Kollywood to Bollywood, there's a new lingo in the vanity vans. The Mallu girls are here.
The ex-ISI chief is still full of bluster, wanted on the so-called American terror note or not
Under pressure, Pakistan moves to crack down on terror outfits. But on the ground, is there enough support for such an action?
Boasts of a fine set of actors who deliver suitably efficient performances but still leave very little impact
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I invited him to the Oberoi. He looked unhappy. When I asked where he'd like to go instead, he said, "Leopold Cafe!"
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There is only one honest solution: the creation of a new political party representing the new, emerging political culture
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More than anything, political contingency dictated this reunion
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Sports events, and big-budget cricket, cower under the backwash of terror, economic crisis
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Kollywood to Bollywood, there's a new lingo in the vanity vans. The Mallu girls are here.
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The ex-ISI chief is still full of bluster, wanted on the so-called American terror note or not
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Under pressure, Pakistan moves to crack down on terror outfits. But on the ground, is there enough support for such an action?
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Another film with a who's who cast that begins amusingly but ends with a whimper
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Boasts of a fine set of actors who deliver suitably efficient performances but still leave very little impact
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Responsible Tourism, it's working for Kerala
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TRAI chairman says the the regulator has nothing to do with the decision that led to an alleged loss of Rs 60,000 crore
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Ecological costs can deflate the GDP's bounce
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Faberge's exquisite Easter eggs breathe the splendour of tsars
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At times it has worked in the past. And at times, it has not.
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Ram Setu, Amarnath Yatra, cash-for-votes scam, terror, inflation and the global meltdown...
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BJP got over anti-incumbency by fielding as many 46 new candidates. Raman Singh's clean image, good governance and the subsidised rice and kerosene scheme also helped
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The Rajasthan verdict provides interesting insights into the question of leadership.
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After sitting 10 years in the opposition, the Congress plank was anti-incumbency
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Anti-incumbency is out. Pro-incumbency, in which political performance will be judged on good governance, is in
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Development is the only mantra. Sheila pips the BJP again.
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Bogey-raisers fell to the stolid, pragmatic voter's sense
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Readymade analysis fails, for the aam voter isn't easily swayed
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Our children are waking up to a new terror-stained reality. And they're asking questions.
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Is it true that Sirji, on a recent visit to a witch doctor in Kampala, wanted to put a curse on Patrick French, author of his official biography? Talk about "an extreme form of literary criticism"!
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For the amount of crime committed, there is a near-complete absence of menace. People get killed with a bland regularity.
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Nilekani culls from wide professional, social experiences to examine India, its polity and a hopeful road ahead
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(And November isn't September)
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How literature, legends and folklore have influenced our responses to nature and wildlife -- sometimes with happy results, as in the Sunderbans, and at other times with disastrous consequences, as with Project Tiger
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Next to my own country, India, there is no place in the world that has been more important to my development as a writer than Egypt...
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The new economic team's revamp plan meets lukewarm response
