Editor’s Note ~ by S Prasannarajan; In Praise of Civic Nationalism ~ by Shashi Tharoor; Enchantments of Memory ~ by Pico Iyer; The World Has a Ball ~ by MJ Akbar; Hindu High ~ by PR Ramesh; Mapping Women’s Anger ~ by Arshia Sattar; Who Are We? ~ by Anirudh Kanisetti; Keep Walking ~ by Rajeev Deshpande; The Architecture of Atonement ~ by TCA Raghavan; Shot Through the Heart ~ by Madhavankutty Pillai; Virtual as Actual ~ by Vinay Lal; Viva Bata! ~ by Sudeep Paul; The Wonder Women of Malabar ~ by Ullekh NP; The Yearnings of the Northeast ~ by Sudeep Chakravarti; Sands of Time ~ by Manvendra Singh; Attitudes of Identity ~ by V Shoba; In Search of a Metaphor ~ by Vineetha Mokkil; One Hundred Days of Solitude ~ by Ira Mukhoty; Free as a Bird ~ by Lhendup G Bhutia; Jack the Ripper. Indian ~ by Shylashri Shankar; The Little Green Book ~ by Bijal Vachharajani; More Broken than Mended ~ by Rahul Pandita; A Mind of Their Own ~ by Nandini Nair; House Warming ~ by Nandini Nair; My Daughter, A Cricketer ~ by Sabin Iqbal; View from the Ground Floor ~ by Sumana Roy; Lionel Messi’s Tryst with Destiny ~ by Aditya Iyer; Dream of the Flute ~ by Amit Majmudar; Girl and Boy ~ by Unni R; 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.
