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In its 30 years, Outlook magazine has always found itself telling the stories that those in power didn't want told and amplifying the voices of underdogs
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Women have always lived on the margins of power. Yet history shows that change begins precisely from those edges. This is a story about claiming space in a newsroom shaped by men, about refusing inherited hierarchies and the price of insisting on being visible, uninterrupted
Thirty years ago, Outlook set out to ask uncomfortable questions and tell stories others would not. This piece traces a turbulent journey, from near collapse to cautious renewal
Communalism in India is neither an aberration nor a recent invention. Yet, over the last three decades, these latent fissures have acquired a sharp political grammar, transforming faith into an organising principle of power. This special package looks back at key moments, forgotten reportage and defining debates that mapped this transformation.
Through its archives, reportage and covers over three decades, Outlook traces this journey of othering, charting how fear, faith and politics converged to redraw the boundaries of citizenship, and asking whether this tide has reached its peak or is still rising
From Nehru to Narendra Modi, Outlook has profiled the people who shaped key political and cultural moments in Indian history
Outlook magazine was founded with the idea that journalism as a public record mattered. Over the years, the investigations the magazine has carried out have changed the face of India.
For decades, Outlook has borne witness to India’s darkest moments, crimes that shattered lives, exposed power and prejudice, and tested the nation’s conscience. From Delhi to Kathua, Mumbai to Kolkata, these stories are not just records of violence, but acts of remembrance and resistance.
Across borders and decades, Outlook has documented conflict not from war rooms but from ruined homes, silenced streets, and surviving voices, because war is never distant, never abstract, and never someone else’s tragedy
In its 30-years, Outlook magazine has chronicled India's life, culture, and pivotal social moments.
In its 30 years, Outlook magazine has always found itself telling the stories that those in power didn't want told and amplifying the voices of underdogs
Magazines survived, not by racing against the times, but by refusing to be rushed by them. This special issue marking 30 years of Outlook is proof that the form endures, not merely as a container of news, but as an experience in itself.
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Achal Mishra's latest isn’t meditative because of the aesthetically pleasing chiaroscuro; it is the way the greatness of Vinod Kumar Shukla’s fleeting musings drift through the ordinariness of his lifestyle that draws you into the film.
Whether one prefers the bittersweet ache of a delicate romance or the absurdity of holiday misadventures, here are Outlook’s picks for ten must-watch Christmas films (listed without ranking), that need to be on your watchlist this year.
The IFFK programme, true to form, remained vast and unapologetically sprawling, with Indian films jostling against weighty retrospectives, restored classics, and a relentless stream of international festival favourites.
Drawing on personal history and the turbulent political landscape of Assam and the Northeast, Dhiraj Rabha creates layered installations that challenge official narratives and expose the power structures that underpin them.
Whether one prefers the bittersweet ache of a delicate romance or the absurdity of holiday misadventures, here are Outlook’s picks for ten must-watch Christmas films (listed without ranking), that need to be on your watchlist this year.
The IFFK programme, true to form, remained vast and unapologetically sprawling, with Indian films jostling against weighty retrospectives, restored classics, and a relentless stream of international festival favourites.
Drawing on personal history and the turbulent political landscape of Assam and the Northeast, Dhiraj Rabha creates layered installations that challenge official narratives and expose the power structures that underpin them.
Artist Mukesh Sharma finds inspiration from the afterlife of digital gadgets. Think discarded keyboards, phones and tablets. The results are incredibly striking
From Rose Byrne to Teyana Taylor, the year’s defining performances from Hollywood and beyond left an unforgettable blaze
The missing women trope in Indian crime drama could, in theory, foreground structural injustices and institutional complicity. But in practice, these stories repeatedly retreat into the comfort of the simpler police procedurals.
The sidekick was street-smart, self-aware, irreverent. The hero might have carried the plot forward, but it was the sidekick who kept the film human.
Here are Outlook’s picks for seven of the year’s strongest OTT shows (listed without ranking), each that made its presence memorable:
Enchantment of a world anew has faded from the blockbuster franchise
If there was an award for the nicest, least terrifying serial killer, then Mrs Deshpande would win it hands down and this is sincerely meant in a derogatory sense.
The film delivers a searing meditation on the cost exacted by unbridled power and entitlement, drawn with uncanny precision from the textures of real life. Trehan once again asserts that his storytelling demands attention, refusing to dilute his politics into a neat, palatable “Netflix formula.”
The challenge before Hindi cinema is no longer commercial viability but imaginative courage. Spy films that once relied on complex narratives, moral ambiguity, and high stakes are now using those same tools to increasingly pander to specific demographics, often pitting them against one another.
From Adolescence to Andor, the year’s greatest television took the zeitgeist heads-on.
Artists across India are reclaiming visual culture as a political force as the communist movement marks one hundred years.
This eight-episode series on Sony Liv straddles supposedly incompatible thoughts—Kashmir as part of India and Kashmir as a land belonging to its own people—with an understated poise.
The Korean master’s latest recognizes fears and anxieties in today’s economy but increasingly grows wayward
“Enjoy it on surface level first and then go deeper,” is the philosophy Chaar Diwaari carries about his music and it’s this unpretentious charm that has led his work to garner a global appeal.
The vision Indian People’s Theatre Association offered to Indian cinema continues to remain timeless—a commitment to art that invigorates citizens towards social betterment.
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Drawing on personal history and the turbulent political landscape of Assam and the Northeast, Dhiraj Rabha creates layered installations that challenge official narratives and expose the power structures that underpin them.
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