Thursday, February 24, 2011

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OUTLOOKGROUP MAGAZINES
Cover Story
MANMOHAN SINGH
An embattled Manmohan Singh fails to give a convincing defence of his government's actions
Why Everyone Loves To Needle Manmohan
Iron Man Cometh Back
ANTRIX-DEVAS DEAL
Story Of A Deal Before Its Time
A deal is cancelled to keep the PM in the clear. The why of it.
ARINDAM MUKHERJEE, LOLA NAYAR
OPINION
No PM Is An Island
To call a TV meet and mumble zeros, as Dr Singh did, is suicidal
RAJDEEP SARDESAI
PM'S IMAGE
He Wore White
Manmohan's 'clean image' is soiled. No hope for redemption?
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
National
RSS: INVESTIGATION
A desperate RSS writes to the PM
EXCLUSIVE
RED BELT FLAGSHIP SCHEMES
Ill-managed, UPA development schemes have brought no relief in Maoist-hit areas
MINING: PLATINUM
Its platinum-gold finds could deepen state-Maoist conflict
POLITICS: AP
Telangana stir to take the Mahatma's path
INTEL AGENCIES: REFORM
Long overdue, a taskforce report on how to reform our intel agencies
THE SECRET DIARY OF
Some of the latest data from our most recent VIP wire-taps (which I will later leak to Outlook magazine)
International
FOREIGN POLICY: STRATEGY
On the 20th year of its Look East policy, India gears up to woo ASEAN
PAKISTAN: DEBATE
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's detention ignites Pakistan, reopens old wounds
Business
BUSINESS: TAXATION
Indian taxmen home in on foreign deals involving Indian companies
Society
MERCY KILLING: ARUNA SHANBAUG
Is it too much to ask for deliverance for Aruna?
HEALTH: TOBACCO
An SC directive stubs out industry resistance
GENDER: JOBS
The roads are reverberating with a tough, reliable and new crossover: women chauffeurs
Sports
CRICKET: WORLD CUP
Powerplay, slow tracks, dew...survival techniques for Cup contenders
Arts & Entertainment
TRIBUTE
Different gharanas came together at Sahela Re, Pune's tribute to Kishori Amonkar
Books
REVIEW
M.J. Akbar brings new insight to Pakistan's past, but fails to fully plumb its maddening present and possible future
SUNIL KHILNANI ON TINDERBOX: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF PAKISTAN BY M.J. AKBAR
REVIEW
Pamuk's poetics of the novel is informed by his craft and a 'non-western' specificity
ALOK RAI ON THE NAIVE AND THE SENTIMENTAL NOVELIST BY ORHAN PAMUK
REVIEW
Scholarly but very readable book that documents how corruption, ignorance, social disparities afflict conservation efforts
K. ULLAS KARANTH ON CONSERVATION AT THE CROSSROADS: SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND THE FUTURE OF INDIA'S WILDLIFE BY GHAZALA SHAHABUDDIN
REVIEW
A rather cutesy tale about how two cats foil greedy Chinese hoping to sell tainted pet food for huge profits.
KAREN MA ON CHINESE WHISKERS BY PALLAVI AIYAR
CURRENT ISSUE
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FEATURES
LAST PAGE
Mussoorie Diary
It did not snow last winter. I have spent forty winters in Mussoorie, and I can recall only one when it did not snow.
RUSKIN BOND
MERCY KILLING: ARUNA SHANBAUG
Comma, Period?
Is it too much to ask for deliverance for Aruna?
ANURADHA RAMAN
HEALTH: TOBACCO
Image Therapy
An SC directive stubs out industry resistance
AMBA BATRA BAKSHI
CRICKET: WORLD CUP
Put Jaldi Into It
Powerplay, slow tracks, dew...survival techniques for Cup contenders
ROHIT MAHAJAN
PAKISTAN: DEBATE
A Scratched Record
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's detention ignites Pakistan, reopens old wounds
AMIR MIR
TRIBUTE
Raag Kishori
Different gharanas came together at Sahela Re, Pune's tribute to Kishori Amonkar
GOURI DANGE
REGULARS
PEOPLE
Glitterati
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
MOVIE REVIEW
Patiala House
The emotional tenor of the film works, the characters and their concerns ring a bell. But it gets chicken-hearted in the end
NAMRATA JOSHI
QUESTIONS
Amir Mir
Pakistani journalist Amir Mir on his book, The Bhutto Murder Trail: From Waziristan to GHQ
OUTLOOK
GOSSIP
Polscape
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas
WEB
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 Click to toggle view
COUNTERPOINT
The world, and the US in particular, is yet to respond unambiguously to the continuing adventurism of a nation that should have been declared rogue more than two decades ago
AJAI SAHNI, TUSHAR RANJAN MOHANTY
VIEW FROM WASHINGTON
Americans should stay away from idle talk in newspaper op-eds and elsewhere about "securing" Pakistan's nukes by force. Such chatter is not only unrealistic, but counterproductive
BRUCE RIEDEL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011 Click to toggle view
FROM THE WIRES
Conspiracy theory accepted by the court but main accused Maulvi Umarji among those acquitted for the 2002 Godhra train burning
2G SPECTRUM
We are a functioning democracy and must strive to resolve our differences in a spirit of accommodation and collaboration not confrontation. This, I hope, will renew our confidence in India's forward march'
MANMOHAN SINGH
RAJYA SABHA
The leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister in his reply to the debate on the President's address in the budget session.
ARUN JAITLEY
VIEW FROM ISRAEL
... and no power on earth can put it back. It is the genie of revolution, of renewal, of rejuvenation, that is now haunting all the regimes in the region.
URI AVNERY
LIBYA
Even by Col Gaddafi's standards, it was an extraordinary speech, full of melodramatic defiance against almost everyone, divorced from reality, delusional, long-winded and rambling
MUAMMAR GADDAFI
THE EGYPT EFFECT
And now a song adds to Chinese nervousness and gets blacked out by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security
B. RAMAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Click to toggle view
COUNTERPOINT
And the faulty premise that negotiations with terrorists automatically mean capitulation by the state
PRAGMATIC DESI
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
(i) Combat inflation (ii) Address the concern regarding lack of probity and integrity in public life; (iii) Sustain growth with equity (iv) maintain internal and external security (v) protect our interests in global fora.
PRATIBHA PATIL
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 Click to toggle view
FROM THE BLOGS
An uneasy mix of the real and the surreal — the opulence of the dreamlike frames clashes unnervingly with references to actual events like Operation Bluestar and Babri Masjid
NAMRATA JOSHI
OPINION
India continues to benefit not through a strategic or policy re-orientation but the sheer advantage of its size and diversity, as a range of insurgency or terrorism movements succumb to exhaustion.
AJAI SAHNI
BAHRAIN
The crisis in Bahrain poses a ticklish situation for Indian workers--particularly Indian Muslims, many of whom are believed to be Sunnis, particularly if the Shias ultimately succeed...
B. RAMAN
BYLANES
Legendary singer Bhimasena Joshi's eldest son from his first wife reclaims his father
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
STATE SNIPPETS
"Your government is not in a position to supply even 25 chairs but you are distributing lakhs and lakhs of televisions," raged Mr Justice M.Y. Eqbal
PUSHPA IYENGAR
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 Click to toggle view
OPINION
It's hard to exaggerate the impact that a democratic Egypt will have on the entire region, as Cairo resumes its role as the fulcrum and wellspring of Arab identity, ideology and influence
RAMI G. KHOURI
OPINION
The 18-day uprising in Egypt is far from qualifying as revolution. Yet it is sending tremors throughout the Middle East, causing deep foreboding among some and jubilation among others
DILIP HIRO
VIEW FROM THE UK
Why is the UK Treasury frantically seeking to protect naked short-selling and strangle the directive by the European parliament to bring it to an end?
GEORGE MONBIOT
OPINION
Corruption is nothing new, but its magnitude is, as is the ineptitude, the incompetence and the lack of supervision which seem to prevail since this PM came to power
B. RAMAN
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