Open Magazine - Top Stories

US-Iran Hormuz Ping-Pong Continues. Now Tehran Wants India at the Table
US-Iran Hormuz Ping-Pong Continues. Now Tehran Wants India at the Table
5 min read
Tehran’s envoy in Mumbai says the Strait of Hormuz remains under Iranian control and will fully reopen only after Washington honours a 14-point agreement. Even as Iran dismisses reports of direct nego ...
BWF World Championships: Sindhu, Ayush Exit as Satwik-Chirag, Treesa-Gayatri Reach Quarterfinals
4 min read
PV Sindhu’s 88-minute battle with China’s Wang Zhi Yi ended India’s singles challenge, but Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand broke an 11-year barrier and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty survived a ...
SEBI F&O Loss Study Explained: Why 9 in 10 Retail Traders Lost ₹91,685 crore in FY26
7 min read
Fewer Indians traded equity derivatives in FY26 and their combined losses declined. But the average loss rose to ₹1.17 lakh, options accounted for 92 per cent of the damage and traders who kept return ...
Who Was Sajjan Kumar? Congress Heavyweight, 1984 Riots Convict and the Long Road From Parliament to Prison
5 min read
Once a powerful Delhi politician and three-time MP, Sajjan Kumar's political career was ultimately consumed by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. He died at 80 while serving life imprisonment, closing a ...
Ronaldinho’s Shock Comeback at 46: Inside His Surprise Return to Football with Italy’s Ravenna FC
6 min read
Ravenna says Ronaldinho will be officially registered, wear its No. 10 shirt and chase one final professional goal. But this is unlikely to be a conventional season-long comeback: the Brazilian icon i ...
No FIR in Sex Determination Cases? Supreme Court’s Big Ruling Explained
4 min read
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has held that police cannot ordinarily register FIRs or investigate offences under the PCPNDT Act. Instead, the law's specialised authorities must lead the p ...
From Royal Exit to British Return: How Six Years in America Changed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
5 min read
They left Britain seeking freedom, privacy and a new life. Six years later, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are preparing to return with their children. In between came Oprah, Spare, lawsuits, family r ...
How Virat Kohli Helped Jordan Cox Survive the Lowest Moment of His Career
4 min read
Jordan Cox thought his England Test dream had vanished when injury struck days before his debut. Then came a conversation with Virat Kohli. What followed was less about batting technique and more abou ...
Why Are Cremations Moving to Rooftops in Varanasi? The Rising Ganga Is Rewriting Life Along the Ghats
3 min read
The Ganga is still below the danger mark in Varanasi, but it is rising fast enough to cut off ghats, disrupt the famous Ganga Aarti and force cremations at Manikarnika and other riverfront sites onto ...
open magazine cover
14 Aug 2026 - Vol 05 | Issue 33

Freedom Issue 2026

Shashi Tharoor on being radical liberal | Ram Madhav on how Gandhi used his Hinduism | TCA Raghavan on a diplomat's travels in history | Sumana Roy on the novel beyond the Booker | Carlo Pizzati on the dissolution of Borders
Behold Gandhi the Hindu: How Sanatana Dharma Shaped India’s Independence Movement and Nationalism
Testament of a Radical Liberal
Freedom Issue 2026: Editor's Note
The Capital of Mobilisation: Delhi and the unfinished argument of the Republic