36 Twelve Newsmakers, Resurrected Ever wondered what happened to Prince, the borewell kid; Sher Singh Rana, who shot dead Bandit Queen Phoolan; Sushil Kumar, the Rs 5-crore KBC jackpot winner; or Thangjam Monorama, whose ‘rape-murder’ sparked a naked protest against the army in Manipur? Plus, won’t you like to meet Gladys Staines, the grandmother, and cricketer Joginder Sharma, the DSP. 56 The Rank Pile Our University Special—packed with power reports by Union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, former Delhi University vice chancellor Dinesh Singh, Ashoka University professor Saikat Mazumdar, educationist Mukti Kanta Mishra, and writer Devapriya Roy. And, of course, the exhaustive Outlook-ICARE rankings are part of the package. 4 LETTERS 92 INTERVIEW 96 GLITTERATI 98 DIARY
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