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| Courtesy: Vadehra Art Gallery : City Memory, Dreams, Desire, Statues And Ghosts Return Of Hiuen Tsang Artwork by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh

Outlook Anniversary Issue: The Geography Of Waiting

BY Geet Chaturvedi

| Photo: Courtesy of the authors

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Home ...A Conversation

BY Donskobar Junisha Khongwir

Day-II HIM MSME Fest 2026: Himachal Pradesh CM Chairs CEO’s Roundtable Conference

Day-II HIM MSME Fest 2026: Himachal Pradesh CM Chairs CEO’s Roundtable Conference

BY Ashwani Sharma

(Molly Riley/The White House via AP) : In this photo released by the White House, President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026.

Trump Reasserts US Dominance With Venezuela Operation

| Courtesy: Sakshi Gallery : Other Ways of Seeing Untitled artwork by Sujith S.N.

Outlook Anniversary Issue: The World And The Word

BY Geetanjali Shree

| Photos: Sarojini Lewis : Real/Memory: These three photographs show village Nindaur in Ara district of Bihar and are connected to my own imagination of what this village would look like.

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Tracing The Memory Of Migration

BY Sarojini Lewis

Cover of 'Self-Portrait in the Studio'

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From Giorgio Agamben's 'Self-Portrait In The Studio'

BY Giorgio Agamben

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Cover of Romila Thapar's 'Just Being'

Our Elsewheres: 'Just Being', The Past Shaping The Present And The Future

BY Romila Thapar

| Courtesy: Tao art Gallery : Red by the Sea Artwork by Riyas Komu

Outlook Anniversary Issue: A Dot In Soot

BY Aakriti Kuntal

Himachali Shawls Secure A Place In Guinness Book Of World Records

Himachali Shawls Secure A Place In Guinness Book Of World Records

BY Ashwani Sharma

IMAGO / Hindustan Times : Gig workers rest during a nationwide strike at Connaught Place on December 31, 2025 in New Delhi, India.

Opinion | Gig Workers Need More Protection: Analysing The New Years' Strike

BY Nitesh Kumar Das

Anwiti Singh : In a recent interview with Outlook, writer and journalist Amitava Kumar exclaimed, “You are not a writer if you don’t carry a notebook.”

Culture & Society

This New Year, You Need A Notebook (Or Five)

BY Anwiti Singh

Outlook's Jan 11, 2025 Issue titled 'War and Peace' Cover

Replug: As Trump Strikes Maduro, Revisiting Outlook's Special 'Endless Wars' Issue

BY Outlook News Desk

xSeshadrixSukumarx : Supporters gather in Erode as TVK founder and actor Vijay addresses a massive public meeting in Erode, Tamil Nadu.

Optics or Reality: Vijay's TVK Gains Visibility as TN Opposition Remains In Flux

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

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IMAGO / Anadolu Agency : TEHRAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 31: Shopkeepers close their businesses during a protest against rising prices and market instability driven by a rapid increase in foreign exchange rates.

Iran Protests: Khamenei’s Regime Is On Shaky Ground

Cover of 'In The Forest Of Metropoles'

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt From Karl-Markus Gauß’s In The Forest Of Metropoles

BY Karl-Markus Gauß

File photo : The book says: "The young people here have been born here or are housed here after witnessing the destruction or occupation of their homes. There are camps like this all over the West Bank."

Our Elsewheres: Beyond The Wall, Writing A Path Through Palestine

Shutterstock : Arial view of empty roads and Mangroves at Charkop sector 8, Mumbai

Development At What Cost? Mumbai’s Mangroves In The Crosshairs

BY Jinit Parmar

Real/Reel: A screen grab from the film Stalker

Art & Entertainment

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Navigating The Nation Factory

BY Ruchir Joshi

Social scientist and welfare economist Jean Drèze

MGNREGA Gave Workers Power, That Is What Is Being Taken Away: Jean Drèze on VB–G RAM G Act

BY Ashlin Mathew

Seagull Books : Alexander Kluge | Air Raid

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt from Alexander Kluge's 'Air Raid'

BY Alexander Kluge

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Seagull Books : An Old Carriage with Curtains

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt from An Old Carriage With Curtains

BY Ghassan Zaqtan

| Photo: Aradhana Seth : Nikhil Chopra

Outlook Anniversary Issue: House Of Shared Contemplations

BY Chinki Sinha

IMAGO / NurPhoto : Karam Festival In Assam Members of the tea tribe community celebrate the vibrant Karam Festival with traditional rituals at a tea estate in Bokakhat, Assam, India, on September 3, 2025.

We Are Tribals, Not ‘Tea Tribes’: A Struggle For Identity And Rights In Assam

BY Md Asghar Khan

Landscape is Not Always Beautiful: Landscape is an Architecture Artworks from the series by Samit Das

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Known And Unknown Worlds Beyond The Visible

NK Bhoopesh : In Kogilu village, hundreds were pushed into the new year carrying not celebration, but excruciating pain, fear, and a deep sense of hopelessness.

Citizenship Row: Political Crossfire Over Bengaluru Demolition Victims

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Evan Vucci : President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Outlook Year-Ender: What The Internet Found Interesting In 2025

AP : Jemimah Rodrigues, centre, reacts after helping India win the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia in Navi Mumbai.

Outlook Year-Ender 2025: Women who resisted and broke the mould

BY Priyanka Tupe

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A high-wire Act In Germany: Excerpt From Max Frisch| Sketchbook 1946–1949

Our Elsewheres: Excerpt from Max Frisch's 'Sketchbook 1946–1949'

IMAGO/ANI News : The welfare board has been tasked with the responsibility to advise the government on matters of animal welfare, including the framing of laws and also oversee the enforcement of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

J&K LG’s Order To Form Animal Welfare Board Draws Mixed Reactions

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Well-Kept Ruins | Hélène Cixous | Seagull Books | 156 pages | Rs 699

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Well-Kept Ruins of Memory And Time

BY Hélène Cixous

| Courtesy: Experimenter : The Subterranean II, 2024 Artwork by Julien Segard

Outlook Anniversary Issue: Between Sky Above, Earth Below

BY Perumal Murugan

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