Outlook - July 25, 2011

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What they said to us
J.S. VERMA, Ex-CJI on judiciary ‘exceeding its brief’
“Self-restraint is called for, only then can the
judiciary have the moral authority to deliver judgements.”
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Recent Supreme Court judgements
have come down on “neo-liberal”
policies and “crony capitalism” as the
basic cause for the alarming rise in
corruption. Is this attack on economic
reforms—now celebrating their 20th
anniversary—justified?
34 JUDICIARY Is the Apex Court
Overreaching Itself?
The New N Word
COVER STORY
12 Trouble for the K Clan
There is infighting within the family even
as Jayalalitha has begun targeting the
family as well as Sun TV
10 LANGUAGES The Unlisted Ones
14 ITBP In the Army Eye
16 MAOISTS What They Confess
18 COLUMN Neelabh Mishra
38 UPA Cosmetic Reshuffle
58 COLUMN Sunita Godara
20 Farewell, Mr Murdoch?
The closure of the News of the World
rewrites the rules of journalism, politics and
the whole Murdoch saga in the UK
64 PAK FILM Bol, A Sentiment
That Speaks Aloud
66 An Untitled Tale
An unpublished short story by the legendary
Kannada writer-translator A.K. Ramanujan.
An Outlook exclusive.
60 TREND The Big, Fat Kashmiri