In this issue

36 Twelve Newsmakers, Resurrected
Ever wondered what happened to Prince, the borewell kid; Sher Singh Rana, who
shot dead Bandit Queen Phoolan; Sushil Kumar, the Rs 5-crore KBC jackpot winner;
or Thangjam Monorama, whose ‘rape-murder’ sparked a naked protest against the
army in Manipur? Plus, won’t you like to meet Gladys Staines, the grandmother,
and cricketer Joginder Sharma, the DSP.
56 The Rank Pile
Our University Special—packed with power reports by Union human resource
development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, former Delhi University vice chancellor
Dinesh Singh, Ashoka University professor Saikat Mazumdar, educationist
Mukti Kanta Mishra, and writer Devapriya Roy. And, of course, the exhaustive
Outlook-ICARE rankings are part of the package.
4 LETTERS 92 INTERVIEW 96 GLITTERATI 98 DIARY

BJP March - Pushing South

India’s ruling party has pulled all stops in its mission to shed the northern tag by conquering the lands across the Vindhyas

9 mins

Oxomiya, The Poet

Poetry has become the medium of protest for Assam’s Miya community

5 mins

Life After The Boats

lts livelihood system wrecked, a fisherfolk’s village near Chilika lake struggles with Fani’s aftermath

3 mins

Sam Plays It Loose

India’s marginalisation in the Afghan peace talks can bode ill for the country

5 mins

Revisiting 12 Things That Shook Us

These lives were made and unmade by 12 stories that hit the headlines before fading out in the past two decades

10+ mins

En Route To Rank Peak

The new education policy aims to bring systemic change to India’s education sector and make it globally competitive

5 mins

A Warm, Epistemic Caress

Undergraduate teaching must focus on the ‘big think’ questions that ignite passionate interest

5 mins

Beyond Research

Educational institutions must promote community-building, problem-solving and entrepreneurship

6 mins

Fresh Dew On Good Length

Done, not dusted. The astral light from the World Cup exploits of these cricketers will play on.

5 mins

‘Those In The Centre Of The National Debate Must Speak Out'

Amish, the author who made mythology cool, is a bestselling Indian writer in English whose books have sold five million copies. His new book, Raavan, the third in his Ramachandra series, after Ram and Sita, is the darkest and deals with a complex character. Amish talks about villains in our stories, how India is not proud of its culture and extreme religious positions with Satish Padmanabhan. Excerpts:

5 mins

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