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The AIUDF chief speaks on Muslim votes, the relationship with the Congress NRC fears, and why he rejects the ‘vote-splitter’ tag
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) candidate from Ettumanoor in Kottayam district of Kerala, Ashna Thambi, with a declared net worth of Rs 84, is campaigning from house to house with a message of change and the need for a people’s movement.
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Pogge, the professor of philosophy and political science and director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University, talks about the ongoing war and what's at stake
In the fourth week of the war on Iran, the issue has moved from regime change to the territorial integrity of the nation
As the political spotlight shifts to Special Intensive Revision deletions, Mamata Banerjee gets a breather—instead of answering uncomfortable questions over her 15-year rule, she is getting to ask questions
Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee have been taking potshots at each other, including indulging in personal attacks, for over a decade now. That’s how they have kept Bengal polarised
Himanta Biswa Sarma was not placed on the throne of Assam’s governance. He arrived there, navigating parties, positions and ideological contradictions, adjusting swiftly and deftly as the political ground shifted in the eastern state. What has remained constant is his instinct for power and his ability to stay a step ahead of the politics he helps ferment
For Pinarayi Vijayan, who has ruled Kerala’s political stage for nearly three decades, politics appears, above all, to be about power: power within the party, and power for the party
M.K. Stalin has succeeded in reframing the political contest in Tamil Nadu as one between Dravidianism and its ideological adversaries
Doubts about the AIADMK’s future have grown stronger and talk of the end of the Dravidian binary has resurfaced. Will this election be another watershed like 1967?
Law colleges and schools are redefining the paradigms of legal profession with a visionary zeal. Innovative curricula and excellent faculty are empowering young minds to make informed decisions about choosing the noble profession. Outlook‘s 30 best private law institution ranking, says it all.
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The 2026 Amendment strips self-identification and ignores chosen kinship, putting trans people and their support networks at risk.
From a killing in northeast Delhi to arrests, assaults, and calls for violence across states, attacks against Muslims saw a spike during the month of Ramzan in 2026
One of the topical questions this novel raises is about the nature of information in our time. Who decides whether a piece of news is true or untrue? Whose word is taken for fact?
Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury, alleging that her mother had made social media posts supporting Pakistan and hurting the sentiments of 'Sanatani' people.
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Mona Singh and Mihir Ahuja anchor a promising series that blends maths and emotion, but inconsistent writing and underdeveloped arcs hold it back.
In conversation with Outlook, photographer Ketaki Sheth talks about her approach with the camera, the irresistible allure of the black-and-white medium and more
The films and series that have foregrounded the act of grooming in the last couple of decades linger on the same uneasy question: what does it mean to be “chosen” by someone who already holds power over you?
In this interview for Outlook, DJ Boh!B reflects on his process, pressures and why, at the end of the day, he hopes people just pronounce his name right.
In conversation with Outlook, photographer Ketaki Sheth talks about her approach with the camera, the irresistible allure of the black-and-white medium and more
The films and series that have foregrounded the act of grooming in the last couple of decades linger on the same uneasy question: what does it mean to be “chosen” by someone who already holds power over you?
In this interview for Outlook, DJ Boh!B reflects on his process, pressures and why, at the end of the day, he hopes people just pronounce his name right.
Page wrote, “Shakespeare wrote characters who defy easy categories long before we had language for it - and that feels as relevant now as it ever has"
Amidst Hollywood’s selective and hypocritical silence on the US–Israel war on Iran, these eight voices are choosing courage over comfort.
The intergenerational drama that has been shelved by Netflix is a harrowing portrait of duress that majoritarianism imposes.
‘The Mountain’, the latest album by Gorillaz, the English virtual band, has generated massive buzz, sparking viral acclaim for its grief-fuelled Indian fusion.
For decades, the “Tragedy Queen” label defined Meena Kumari more like containment, as though her grief was her only recognisable feature. But to look at her beyond the tragedies is to acknowledge that she was more than the many mishaps of her life.
One might argue that holding actors accountable at such a time is mere distraction. But those who have profited off trans lives in India—lives already marked by disproportionate levels of violence and social exclusion—do deserve to be questioned.
The much-disparaged genre of horror has seen a stellar revival with the recent successes of Sinners and Weapons.
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Directed by M. Manikandan and B. Ajith Kumar, one of the greatest strengths of this JioHotstar series lies in its portrayal of human complexity and the many lives a person is capable of living.
'Bollywood By Choice' is Outlook's weekly column that examines the good, the bad, and the ugly of Indian cinema—Bollywood and beyond—offering praise and criticism with equal fairness to both the deserving and the disappointing.
The “indie” has long remained both an aesthetic and systemic outlier. Yet through it all, the industry endures—continually discovering creative, innovative and logistical pathways that empower the art of guerrilla storytelling.
From Waqt to Shaan, Hindi cinema once turned opening credits into spectacle. In the age of OTT and the “Skip Intro” button, these openings seem like a lost pleasure.
As the UN declares transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, Hollywood's long reckoning with slavery feels more urgent and more ironic than ever.
The documentary is a tale of how the seven have changed: how time, fame and military service have reshaped them and what that change does to the art that comes out the other side.
Presented at the Alliance Française de Delhi in March 2026, Home Away From Home (Le geste juste) explores the idea of the “right gesture”—the moment when thought becomes action and an idea takes material form.
From Indian rap and American pop to Japanese anime, paedophilic interests can masquerade as the fantasy and fetishisation of the ‘schoolgirl aesthetic’.
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