Outlook Magazine - April 22, 2019

In this issue

The Poliglot This Week...
...looks into the Andhra muddle, the plane charter expenses of parties and the BJP’s jigs in
Assam durng Bihu season. Also, a chat with the Congress’s manifesto committee convener.
A Spirit Haunts
On February 24, Assam’s worst hooch tragedy claimed many lives, leaving dozens of
children
orphaned in its wake. What does the future hold for them?
The Subliminal Rhymes
They always impacted on pamphlets and speeches, but now, armed with a hashtag, political
slogans cut deeper into the citizen’s psyche. Let’s decode what they can mean for an election.
High Pitched Flaws
Despite having a high profile squad, Royal Challengers Bangalore have been punching way
below their weight in recent years. And this season, their game has been hopeless.
A Tide Turns Within
In the absence of any State help, a pan-India community collective of sex workers is
building
a network of support for those caught in the extra-legal trade

Karti And Friends

The Congress in Tamil Nadu looks to benefit from a solid alliance, just like it did before in past polls

5 mins

Taxing Times

Misuse of central agencies? Barbs fly as taxmen raid Kamal Nath’s associates.

3 mins

The Toxic Brew In Tea Country

Assam’s worst hooch tragedy orphans 45 children

4 mins

The Gypsy Voters Of Democrazy

SHE is bustling about in her hostel room, anxiously doing the last-minute checks— setting her wet slippers against the wooden chair, brushing her shoes, pulling the floral bed sheet to a neat, wrinkle-free spread, switching offthe fan, and revisiting her handbag for the phone, charger and wallet.

4 mins

Shoot Me With A Slogun

If politics is in our blood, the slogan is the pulse. Its rhythms aren’t partisan : they create a community of words.

10+ mins

The Slowest Daisy-Cutter

Occasionally luckless, mostly bungling, RCB brings up the IPL’s lonely rear. What ails them?

5 mins

They Haven't Sold Their Soul

The Taaras coalition is changing women’s lives by giving voice to the most marginalised

7 mins

Everybody Loves R.A.W. Material

A past rarity in Bollywood, the spy thriller has arrived in times of hyper-nationalism

7 mins

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