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A weekly news and current affairs magazine for modern India.
#JagdeepDhankhar: Inevitable Exit - How the Vice President made his position untenable: The latest issue of the magazine is now available. Enjoy good writing and original arguments ~ @prasannara @RajeevDOpen @BernsteinReich PR Ramesh @suhelseth @mjakbar @Swapan55 @RShivshankar…
Meet and Greet: The first day of the #MonsoonSession saw a lot of ‘meet and greet’ bonhomie between MPs despite BJP and the I.N.D.I.A. bloc exchanging sharp words ahead of #Parliament convening, writes @RajeevDOpen t.ly/BVt3C
Vilnius has the touch of a weekend all week. Delhi would find the capital of Lithuania incongruous and mysterious. If the capital is quiet, the villages are silent. The soft silence is a gentle metaphor for a nation that believes in calm after having suffered European feudalism,…
Flight of the Elite Sanjaya Baru’s new book examines a different version of brain drain @PenguinIndia openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/f… via @Openthemag
Crime and Wrongful Punishment: Police shortcuts in the heat of public outcry eventually undermine justice, writes @cpmadhavan, t.ly/GUYwd
Money Mantra: Learning From The Earnings Season - Home in on performance, not promises, writes Ramesh Singh t.ly/v8Duq
The embarrassment of #JagdeepDhankhar’s resignation and the implied conclusion that the BJP leadership seriously erred in its choice apart, it is hard to see how his exit could influence any political variable, writes @RajeevDOpen t.ly/QPwqi
#TariffTalks: U.S. Delegation In India After #PiyushGoyal Snub! With the hegemony of the U.S. dollar all but vanquished, India looks forward to a more balanced trade and tariffs deal with the U.S., reports @ShortPostIn openthemagazine.com/feature/tariff…
#Cholas in the Crosshairs: #NarendraModi’s invocation of a medieval ballot system taps into a deeper battle for Tamil history. openthemagazine.com/feature/cholas…
In the art world, Pankaj Sahni was indispensable. When artists faltered, he held their hands. When collectors hesitated, he eased their doubts. When shows floundered, he picked them up and made them shines, writes @suvirsaran t.ly/hSd6Y
While there may be little new to the existence of fan clubs such as @actorvijay’s, what’s certainly novel is his and their readiness to be mobilised into a political movement—a first since MGR, who, on the back of his fan following, founded AIADMK, a party that ensured his…
Making these #KolhapuriSandal is hard and tedious. Craftsmen can take several days to make a single pair. There is also little money, with middlemen pocketing much of the profits. Then, most craftsmen are caught up in ‘debt traps’, writes @lennyspeaks t.ly/7Nssc
A lot of people were intrigued whether I still had the desire to act. I think the timing was right. The nostalgic value of the 25th anniversary and the confluence of digital and television platforms, #SmritiIrani tells @kavereeb t.ly/Lbd1C
Meet and Greet: The first day of the #MonsoonSession saw a lot of ‘meet and greet’ bonhomie between MPs despite BJP and the I.N.D.I.A. bloc exchanging sharp words ahead of #Parliament convening, writes @RajeevDOpen t.ly/BVt3C
Sholay@50: The classic film Sholay, starring #AmitabhBachchan and #Dharmendra, celebrates 50 years in August and the world is aligned with events and tributes, writes @kavereeb t.ly/VJ3l6
#GuruDutt did not radically change the Hindi film but he showed that the form that was established in the 1940s/50s•–of melodrama, song and dance, grand dialogues–could be regarded as art as well as entertainment. He imaginatively used its features so that they were not…
Memories of a Hundred: Old Trafford is looking for a batsman of #SachinTendulka’s stature, writes @BoriaMajumdar t.ly/uC6ff
Notes from a Red State: MAGA malcontents could drive Trump to double down on isolationism, writes @RShivshankar t.ly/Touu9
In 2009, @actorvijay gave his cause a name; all his rasigar mandrams were rebranded as Makkal Iyakkam, or People’s Movement. The Vijay Makkal Iyakkams flourished, drawing in even college kids as members in vast figures. One such youth who was drawn to enrol with the Velachery…
