Editor’s note ~ by S Prasannarajan; The end of inevitability ~ by TCA Raghavan; The Menon Métier ~ by Shashi Tharoor; Enter the expert ~ by Shrayana Bhattacharya; Gandhi’s shadow ~ by Tridip Suhrud; In praise of the sceptic ~ by Madhavankutty Pillai; Murder in the Madras zoo ~ by Mukund Padmanabhan; Lady killers ~ by Snigdha Poonam; The man who saw thunder in autumn ~ by Rahul Pandita; My father’s war ~ by Reshmi Ray Dasgupta; Mapping the male feminist ~ by Amita Shah; Wearable tradition ~ by Lhendup G Bhutia; Tell me how to be ~ by Neel Patel; Body language ~ by Nandini Nair; Ladies without leisure ~ by Priyanka Kotamraju and Meera Jatav; Daybreak ~ by Nandana Dev Sen; Music from the ruins ~ by Aman Nath; 1922 and all that ~ by Sudeep Paul; Postcards from my past lives ~ by Iqbal Chand Malhotra; The art of being ~ by Renu Modi; Definition is destiny ~ by Kaveree Bamzai; The pedagogy of kindness ~ by Sumana Roy; Grant us pardon, Saami ~ by Perumal Murugan; Stargazer ~ by Kaveree Bamzai and more…
Open, a well-lit-window on India, addresses the progressive, globally minded reader, and tries to stay faithful to its promise of not dishing up regurgitated news or majoritarian opinion. Its clutter-free, vibrant design and superior visual content position Open among the best looking magazines in the world. Open set out to be original and stimulating, and stays true to that secret covenant with its readers. Written and edited for the sophisticated minds of modern India, Open, every week, captures the political, economic and cultural spirit of our times and tries to stay faithful to its promise of not dishing up recycled news or opinions. A smart magazine that makes its readers feel smarter, Open presents the best of narrative journalism in India. Cutting edge writing on politics, economy, society, culture, books, art, cinema, and sport makes it a magazine that is in a permanent conversation with India. Open is aimed primarily at the global-minded resident Indian reader, though its online offering (this website) gives its readership a more commanding geographical sweep, adding a loyal following outside India to its growing subscriber base and readership in the country. In some ways, Open is three magazines rolled into one neat, organic bundle. The first section of the magazine, called Openings, is a zippy selection and short analysis of the most relevant and interesting news of the week from around the world. The middle section has sharp features on politics, economy, society, international affairs, sports and much more. The final section, Salon, carries essays on culture, arts, books, cinema, music, theatre and food—plus a popular gossip column on Hindi cinema.
