current affa i rs
14 Who Runs the Guns?
Who are the middlemen and how are they
able to swing giant, multi-crore defence
deals? Outlook takes a peek into the
exclusive club of the men who don’t exist.
08 west bengal Buddhadeb
Bhattacharya Strikes Back
12 transport Monorail Or Metro?
22 press council Markandey Katju
24 railways A Bridge Too Far Gone
busi n ess
48 The Utility of Change
Skyrocketing charges on utilities has led to a
groundswell of protest across urban India.
Come 2014, the privatisation of essential
services could become an election plank.

Cover Story
The days of the stodgy, Anglophile civil
servant are gone—aspirants from villages and
underprivileged backgrounds are making a mark
in the UPSC exams. We explore how they are
changing the prestigious civil services.

Like the rest of the world, racism
thrives in India in different violent
forms and colours. Cornel West
and Suraj Yengde try to understand
the ogre that stalks us all

COVER STORY
God Ram is headlining the current national
discourse—from prime time to WhatsApp. He and the
pantheon from Indian mythology have also been the
source of bestselling pulp fiction lately.

Cover Story
As J&K completes one year sans ‘special status’,
stakeholders look back at the August 5 decisions. Was
a ‘historic blunder’ corrected or another committed?

Cover Story
They are like the mythical Raktabija, the
demon that ressurects from a drop of his
blood. They are the gangsters of UP—one dies,
another appears. Gangster Vikas Dubey is
dead, but UP still has plenty like him to keep
the crime world running, police on toes.

COVER STORY

Offices are not functioning at full strength;

work from home is the new norm...as are

layoffs, pay cuts et al. Outlook-Toluna surveys

the post-Covid workplace and workers 

| CALL OFF THE DOGS

The controversy over dog meat—now banned

in Nagaland—spawns from mainland India’s

refusal to respect the NE’s unique food habits

 | PLAYING TO EMPTY GALLERIES

As stadia around the world echo in emptiness,

sportspersons try to cope with the new Covidspurred

reality of playing without fans.

 | BREATHING IN THE SHADOWS

Abhishek Bachchan still finds his work and

talent measured on a yardstick called Amitabh.

Will it change with his maiden web series?

Cover Story
Tourism comprises 10% of India’s GDP; 100 million
jobs depend on it. A dozen states can be bankrupt
if the sector doesn’t revive, or get a bailout. Also,
the economy cannot rebound without tourism.

COVER STORY
After the Chinese incursions in Indian territory,
India seems more cornered than ever in a hostile
neighbourhood. What next as China’s economic and
political influence in South Asia increases?

COVER STORY
After China killed 20 Indian soldiers at the LAC, Modi
says he will not “compromise on borders”. As the
prospect of disengagement looks bleak, what does
the future hold for the sparring neighbours?



COVID-19 has been around for at least six months
now, surging across the globe. After all this time, are
we any closer to containing the pandemic? Are there
multiple strains, with the less virulent ones responsible
for fewer deaths in India? Have lockdowns succeeded
in controlling the pandemic? Why have certain
countries managed to contain the virus where others
have failed? And most importantly, what must we do
next? We explore the treatments under consideration,
the latest research on the virus, the probability of a
vaccine’s development and the way forward.

COVER STORY
The pandemic has made countries wary of relying
solely on China, the ‘factory of the world’. As global
supply chains lie battered, can India be a viable
manufacturing alternative? We explore India’s
‘atmanirbharta’ aspirations against the backdrop
of the standoff with China at the Ladakh border

COVER STORY
Millions of bedraggled migrants marched their way
back from the cities to their villages. Outlook caught
up with some of them at their homes...to know their
stories, to know their plans for the future.

 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED PASSES
How will aggressive posturing and transgressions
along the Line of Actual Control impact
India-China relations?

 OPENCAST CANOPY
Coal India Limited has been mining in the
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary since
2003. As it seeks further clearances,
opposition intensifies.


Can the Rs 2,000,000 crore Stimulus Package kickstart the economy?

A 50-year-old dream may go bust. Lakhs will return, without jobs, in India’s biggest reverse migration from a world scarred by Covid. The story from Ground Zero: Kerala and Dubai.

Covided: (verb) to be finished off, killed,
postponed, brought to life, revived,
hastened...i.e. to be fundamentally
affected or altered one way or the other

Pandemic or apocalypse, the cycle of life must go
on. All plans and goals can be deferred, but not the
inevitable. We explore how people are dealing with
birth and death during the lockdown.

There has been no letdown in COVID-19 cases in the
capital. Is Delhi in for a long lockdown?

It’s appraisal time. But a pandemic barreled in and
1.3 billion people were ordered to stay indoors—a
lockdown of the country, it’s economy and more.
People were furloughed; salary delays and indefinite
leave without pay have been increasing across
sectors. Fear of catching the virus is now running
alongside another anxiety: ‘Will I retain my job’?

The fight against Covid-19 is also a psychological war. The forced isolation,fear and stress are getting to us.

Broken supply chains, labourers back home
and lack of incomes...Can India feed its billionplus
people despite bountiful food stocks?

Meet the doctors, nurses, community physicians and public health professionals at the forefront of the fight against corona virus in India.
Telangana and Delhi join the list of states
opposed to CAA/NRC. What’s next?
Fans expected Rajinikanth to launch his new
party. Instead, he disappointed—yet again.

COVER STORY
From strident protestor and student leader
to aspiring politician and prime accused in a
sedition case. From Bihar to Tihar and beyond,
is Kanhaiya Kumar a hero or a hyperbole?

STATE OF FEAR
What explains the rise in crimes
against women in Assam?

HOLDING THEIR HORSES
As Jyotiraditya Scindia makes an exit,
the MP government is in trouble

 BELLES OF THE BALL
The Indian women’s cricket team
is having a ball on the field

 MISS THEM SNOW MUCH
The ski resort of Gulmarg has remained
desolate after the Kashmir shutdown

COVER STORY
The coronavirus spreads...panic too. Is India prepared
to deal with an epidemic that has no cure yet? We
explore the potential impact of the outbreak on our
demography, economy and life in general.

 20 YEARS OF NAVEEN PATNAIK
The achievements, shortcomings and
legacy of Odisha’s CM for two decades
 THE WALLS DIVIDING DELHI
After the violence, is polarisation shredding
through the social fabric of northeast Delhi?
 THE AFGHAN THEATRE
As the US and Taliban sign a deal to end 18
years of war, will Pakistan reap the payoff?
 THEY MEAN BUSINESS
Meet the women leading innovative,
successful startups in India

COVER STORY
Violence over CAA engulfs parts of Delhi as mobs
run amok and police remain bystanders. The
anatomy of the internecine bloodshed reveals
more than a sinister plot.

 APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Judges’ perceptions rather than the crime’s
severity
often determine the penalty

 GRAND OLD DEBACLE
The Congress’s electoral routs have revived
calls for resolving the leadership vacuum

 TURN UP TRUMPS?
What does the US President’s India
sojourn bode for bilateral relations?

 EXTRACTED
Devdutt Pattanaik’s Pilgrim Nation

COVER STORY
With accusations of partisanship and pandering
to ‘vested interests’, Indian media’s credibility
is at an all-time low. We navigate this deeply
polarised landscape.

 SNAKES AND LARDERS
India needs new anti-venoms which account
for the diversity of snakes in the country

 WHAT YOUR DNA PRESCRIBES
The largest genomic study of Asian populations
could help develop better medicines

 THEY HAVE RESERVATIONS
Protests ensue after SC’s ruling that reservations
in government jobs are not a fundamental right

 FEATS ON BEATS
Choreographer Astad Deboo talks about
developing new vocabularies of movement

COVER STORY

Versatile roles, power-packed performances, edgy

fashion...Is there anything Ranveer Singh can’t do?

We explore how a rank outsider beat his way to the

top of Bollywood’s crop

 

 DOCTOR WHO?

Do app-based healthcare services

harm more than help?

| AAP - 3, BJP - 0

Kejriwal leads AAP to another thumping victory

in Delhi; BJP and Congress languish

 BATTING FOR A LEGACY

As the Kashmir willow industry flounders, bat

manufacturers

and cricket lovers suffer

MOLD IS GOLD

The diverse fermented foods of India are

good for the palate as well as health

16 | OXOMIYA, THE ASSAMESE
Indigenous, native, original…these words appear in any
discourse linked to Assam and its movement against
illegal immigrants. But who is an Assamese?
20 | THE BUDGET THAT WASN’T
There were many expectations, it traversed several paths
but, in the process, the FM walked into a maze
52 | BALL AND ALL
Rugby is round the corner, and kicking. For the record,
there are about 80,000 active rugby players in India.
56 | A FINE SPINE
Taapsee Pannu will never call out, but speak out...

12 | DILLI POLL KHOL
The dash for Delhi reaches its last leg and the dirt
rises at each rally, depending on which side of
Shaheen Bagh one’s walking
52 | CHOW DOWN A BLACKMAIL
Everybody eats, some blog/vlog their meals. A few return
to the restaurant, threaten scorn unless served free meals.
56 | ON THIN ICE
A melting Ladakhi glacier. The Last Game of ice hockey.
Climate warriors. Who wins the climate change war?
62 | BANDISH OF BRAIN NOTES
Music, art, politics…from T.M. Krishna’s universe

22 | We the Nation
The idea of India as identities, ideals collide
26 | centrifugal force
India, the state of the Union
56 | hindutva rate of growth
Capital gains from being right of centre

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