Outlook. Hmmm. Today everyone knows it is the main competitor of India Today, which is India’s No 1 news-magazine. Well folks learn from me-stick to what you know is good and don?t experiment with anything that is good. (Read India Today)
Well to get back to the review...I was a subscriber to India Today previously. Then one day an Outlook salesman meets me at work and informs me of their ’’Great Offer’’. If I took a 3-year subscription I would get a ’’Timex Traveler’’ watch worth around Rs 1250 free. Added to this is a ’’Holiday in Hills Book’’ also by Outlook...and a pair of ’’Swiss’’ Knives (Made in China...Don?t get any ideas. dude). Well. Greedy me I took the offer.(Rs 1295 gone...).
Then it started coming to me. My weekly punishment. (God was watching me while I was Greedy). It was election time and all cover stories concentrated on the virtues of Sonia and the ills of Vajpayee. O.k. issues. But what about the other stories. Well they were there. How the Rich and Famous of India dine. And the famous.’’Outlook Polls?. You have got to read one to get the flavor of it. Well Sonia won the vote and here was I hoping that I would get to know about some other developments.
Well.Yea I got to know about Rahul Gandhi’s personal life. Whom he was trying to marry. What he does in his free time. Who is ’’fixing’’ matches? Some interviews with ’’match fixers?. And lest I forget.’’Scoops’’. Don?t ask me about what-the only scoops I know are sold at ice-cream stores. And yes there is a last page.
Special-a nude or a near-nude photo of a latest model/actress/wife/maid. Point is there has to be a nude/semi-nude photo. So...all you Debonair readers you know what to buy if Debonair is banned.
Want more?? No problems. Outlook carries more Bollywood news to make Filmfare afraid. Want to know about Aishwariya’s next film.The latest love story at Bollywood. Shahrukh’s golf skills. You got it. Reach for the Outlook copy. And yes you even get a ’ Diary’ in the last page. Its designed to put you to sleep if you have sleeping problems. So guys with sleeping problems.....jump for it.
Now all you lucky souls reading this review. Have I got an ’’offer’’ for you. I am willing to give you a 2.5 year Outlook subscription for 750 bucks. Think about it. And yes you get the ’’ Chinese- Swiss Knives’’ (with whatever blades are remaining). The ’’ Hill-Holiday’’ Book. Now guys lest you think you are being cheated my raddi-wala offered me 5 bucks for the ’’ Hills Holiday’’ Book. So there. ( Shucks.Why didn’t I take it?). I keep the watch. So if you are interested lemme know.