OPEN
OPEN

OPEN

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Editor's Note ~ by S Prasannarajan; The end of ideology ~ by Swapan Dasgupta; The outsider who dared ~ by PR Ramesh; The long march ~ by Siddharth Singh; The personal and the political ~ by Sunanda K Datta-Ray; Lobster as a metaphor ~ by Bibek Debroy; A village and a wish list ~ by Kumar Anshuman; “I can play with the boys now” ~ by Karen Blumenthal; Family matters ~ by Nandini Nair; Onward and upward ~ by Ranjit Lal; Stripped to the core ~ by Rosalyn D’Mello; Notes of defiance ~ by Chatura Rao; A field day ~ by Tunku Varadarajan; Girl uninterrupted ~ by Divya Unny; A grain of truth ~ by Dr Ambrish Mithal; A cockney chaffinch and the art of birdsong ~ by Vivek Menon 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.