COVER STORY
The World’s Most Populous Nation and the Myth of a Jobless Utopia
It’s intellectually lazy and dishonest to think that a universal basic income will fix the discontent arising from widespread unemployment
Outlook Magazine - Slow Death of IT Sector Jobs - 22 June 2026 Issue
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
Outlook Cover StorySlow Death of IT Sector Jobs: How AI Layoffs Are Reshaping India’s Tech Workforce and Middle Class Dreams
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
CBSE OSM Evaluation Controversy: Technical Glitches, Blurry Answer Sheets and Students’ Distrust in Digital Marking
The CBSE’s on-screen marking (OSM) system, introduced to make evaluation faster and more transparent, has instead triggered allegations of blurry answer sheets and crashing portals, sparking a larger debate over the future of high-stakes public examinations
India’s Health Report Card 2024: How the Nation Scores on Key Healthcare Metrics
The sixth edition of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2023-24 by the Union health ministry, provides a snapshot of health, nutrition and family welfare indicators across the country
AI Threat to India’s New Middle Class: How Automation Is Reshaping IT Jobs, Gender Roles and Social Mobility
Artificial intelligence-based systems are not socially neutral; they are already exposing existing socio-cultural realities
The Transformer: How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Skills and the Future of Work in India
The future of work in India will depend less on whether AI replaces jobs and more on how the country prepares to utilise AI and its workforce to work alongside it
AI Disruption in India: How Automation Is Killing White-Collar Jobs and Forcing a Shift to Gig Work
India’s post-1991 middle-class growth model is reaching a breaking point. Saurabh Mukherjea’s Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work examines how technological disruption, stagnant wages, debt and structural weaknesses in education and employment are reshaping Indian society and work.
Modern Warfare Is Network-Centric: Gen Anil Chauhan on Theatre Commands, Integration and India’s Future War Strategy
Integrated indigenous systems can often generate greater combat effectiveness than even superior foreign platforms operating in isolation.
Exclusive Interview‘The Cockroach Always Survives’: Abhijeet Dipke on CJP, Exam Leaks, Unemployment and Youth Politics
What began as an internet joke about unemployed “cockroaches” has exploded into a viral youth movement. In an interview with Outlook, founder Abhijeet Dipke speaks about satire, youth anger and the backlash that followed.
From Operation Sindoor to AI Warfare: India's Future Battle Strategy
From Russia-Ukraine to West Asia, discover how global wars are reshaping India’s strategy as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff explains tri-service synergy, counter-drone grids, AI-enabled decision-making and the roadmap for integrated theatre commands and air defence modernisation.
- Outlook Cover Story
Slow Death of IT Sector Jobs: How AI Layoffs Are Reshaping India’s Tech Workforce and Middle Class Dreams
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
CBSE OSM Evaluation Controversy: Technical Glitches, Blurry Answer Sheets and Students’ Distrust in Digital Marking
The CBSE’s on-screen marking (OSM) system, introduced to make evaluation faster and more transparent, has instead triggered allegations of blurry answer sheets and crashing portals, sparking a larger debate over the future of high-stakes public examinations
India’s Health Report Card 2024: How the Nation Scores on Key Healthcare Metrics
The sixth edition of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2023-24 by the Union health ministry, provides a snapshot of health, nutrition and family welfare indicators across the country
AI Threat to India’s New Middle Class: How Automation Is Reshaping IT Jobs, Gender Roles and Social Mobility
Artificial intelligence-based systems are not socially neutral; they are already exposing existing socio-cultural realities
The Transformer: How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Skills and the Future of Work in India
The future of work in India will depend less on whether AI replaces jobs and more on how the country prepares to utilise AI and its workforce to work alongside it
AI Disruption in India: How Automation Is Killing White-Collar Jobs and Forcing a Shift to Gig Work
India’s post-1991 middle-class growth model is reaching a breaking point. Saurabh Mukherjea’s Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work examines how technological disruption, stagnant wages, debt and structural weaknesses in education and employment are reshaping Indian society and work.
Modern Warfare Is Network-Centric: Gen Anil Chauhan on Theatre Commands, Integration and India’s Future War Strategy
Integrated indigenous systems can often generate greater combat effectiveness than even superior foreign platforms operating in isolation.
- Exclusive Interview
‘The Cockroach Always Survives’: Abhijeet Dipke on CJP, Exam Leaks, Unemployment and Youth Politics
What began as an internet joke about unemployed “cockroaches” has exploded into a viral youth movement. In an interview with Outlook, founder Abhijeet Dipke speaks about satire, youth anger and the backlash that followed.
From Operation Sindoor to AI Warfare: India's Future Battle Strategy
From Russia-Ukraine to West Asia, discover how global wars are reshaping India’s strategy as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff explains tri-service synergy, counter-drone grids, AI-enabled decision-making and the roadmap for integrated theatre commands and air defence modernisation.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Balancing Competing Rights: Bhojshala Judgment, Religious Character Disputes and the Future of the Places of Worship Act
The judgement may lead to more cases being filed concerning “religious character”
Bhojshala–Kamal Maula Verdict: Why the Madhya Pradesh High Court Held the Places of Worship Act Freeze Inapplicable
Why Section 4 of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, does not apply
Representation vs Reservation in UP Politics: BJP, SP and the New Backward Caste Battle Before 2027
Uttar Pradesh may be entering a second-generation Mandal moment
Tamil Nadu’s New Coalition Era: Can Vijay’s TVK Redraw Dravidian Politics?
It is difficult to slot Chief Minister Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam into Tamil Nadu’s established political binaries
Maharashtra’s Double-Engine Government: Big-Ticket Infrastructure, Vadhvan Port And The Battle For Central Support
As metro corridors rise and bullet train tunnels bore through hardy landscape, the Mahayuti alliance is asking whether the Centre is keeping pace with the state’s infrastructure ambitions.
India-Bangladesh Border Fencing, Illegal Migration and BJP’s West Bengal Win: What’s Next for Bilateral Ties?
The BJP’s electoral success in West Bengal underlines a significant political shift in the largest state bordering Bangladesh. It is time to fence the border to counter large-scale illegal immigration
Delhi Health Minister on Heatwave, Dengue and Emergency Care: ‘We Are Ready for Any Emergency Response’
Delhi’s BJP-led government outlines its strategy to tackle heatstroke, dengue and climate-linked illnesses through disaster-management protocols, Ayushman Bharat reimbursements, newborn screening under the ANMOL scheme, expanded MRI and CT access via PPP, stricter EWS compliance in private hospitals, and an upcoming EV policy aimed at cleaner, more accessible public health and governance.
Amma Ariyan at Cannes Classics: Restored Malayalam Cult Film, John Abraham’s Vision and Legacy Revisited
Discover the journey of Amma Ariyan from a crowd-funded Odessa Collective experiment to a Cannes Classics showcase, as editor Bina Paul reflects on John Abraham’s avant-garde language, the film’s mix of documentary and fiction, its Naxalite and humanist themes, and its legacy in Malayalam parallel cinema.
Managing Income Volatility: Financial Planning for Gig and Freelance Workers
For freelancers and gig employees with erratic income, the biggest challenge is to navigate unpredictability and chalk out an effective savings and investment plan
Sacred And Sublime: Exploring Sikkim’s Buddhist Landscapes, Monasteries and Prayer Flags
A road trip through Sikkim reveals how prayer flags, meditation caves and mountain monasteries weave Buddhism into the landscape
Delhi Diary: Inside the Deadly Heatwave Turning India’s Capital into a Furnace
Explore how a relentless heatwave is reshaping life in Delhi—from collapsing ecosystems and overworked gig workers to literary depictions of oppressive summers—and why vanishing green cover, rising mercury and poor urban planning have plunged the city into a climate crisis.
