Outlook is one of India's four top-selling
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weekly
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s. Like many other Indian magazines, it is reluctant to reveal its circulation, but the 2007 National Readership Survey suggested 1.5 million copies.
Outlooks competitors are India TodayIndia Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
, The WeekTHE WEEK is an Indian weekly newsmagazine published by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd. The magazine is published from Kochi and is currently printed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kottayam. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is the largest selling English newsmagazine in India...
, and TehelkaTehelka is an Indian weekly political magazine under the editorship of Tarun Tejpal known for its undercover exposé style of journalism. Its cover price is Rs 20 per issue. The publication began in 2000 as a news website, Tehelka.com...
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Outlook
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continuously since October 1995 by the Outlook Group, whose founding editorEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
-in-chief is Vinod MehtaVinod Mehta is the editor-in-chief of Outlook India.Mehta was born in Rawalpindi, in Pakistan. His family fled to India when he was three. He attended La Martinere school in Lucknow and the university there. He has published three books, including a biography of Sanjay Gandhi. He took over as...
. In October 2008, Mehta appointed Krishna Prasad as Outlooks editor. Earlier, Prasad edited the magazine's special issues. Prasad also publishes the popular blog
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Sandipan Deb and Tarun Tejpal were past editors of the magazine.
Outlook made news for its investigative reports of the "Kargil bungle" and the
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"match-fixing controversy."
Outlook has time and again carried many pro left stories exposing it to the allegations of being a "left-leaning" publication.
Writers for
Outlook included Bhaichand Patel,
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, Daniel Lak, Ashok K. Mehta, B. Raman,
Anil DharkerAnil Dharker is an Indian columnist. His articles appear in several Indian newspapers such as the Times of India, Mid-Day, The Hindu, Gulf News, and other similar publications. He has been editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The Independent, MidDay, Sunday MidDay...
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Saeed NaqviSaeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer, and a Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi...
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Ramachandra GuhaRamachandra Guha is an Indian writer whose research interests have included environmental, social, political and cricket history. He is also a columnist for the newspapers The Telegraph , and The Hindustan Times.-Early life and education:Born in Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India in 1958, Guha studied...
, Prabhu Ghate and
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Currently, the Outlook Group publishes several magazines like
Outlook Business, Outlook Profit, Outlook Money, GEO, Marie Claire, People, Outlook Traveller, Career 360 and
News Weekly. The Outlook Group also publishes the
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Outlook Saptahik. Launched by Hathway Investments Private Limited, the Outlook Group is owned by the Rajan Raheja Group.
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