Open Minds 2017: Editors note by S Prasannarajan; Open Minds 2017: Public square; Open Minds 2017: Soft power; Indraprastha by Virendra Kapoor; Mumbai notebook by Anil Dharker; The solitary reaper by Jai Arjun Singh; The perceiving eye by Rosalyn D’Mello; ‘Fame is somebody else’s idea of who you are’ by Noel de Souza; Scheduling woes by Rajeev Masand and more;