Open Magazine - Top Stories

JNU Deprivation Points Row Explained: Why Delhi High Court Put 2026 Admissions on Hold
JNU Deprivation Points Row Explained: Why Delhi High Court Put 2026 Admissions on Hold
6 min read
A candidate can receive up to 12 deprivation points, effectively adding as many as 36 marks to a CUET score. JNU calls it a bridge across geography and disadvantage. The court fears it could rewrite a ...
Bond vs Thor? Pierce Brosnan Is Joining Chris Hemsworth in Extraction 3
2 min read
Pierce Brosnan once played the world’s most famous spy. Chris Hemsworth plays a Marvel god. Now, the two are entering the same action movie — and yes, the pairing is as fun as it sounds.
‘Congress Turning Maoist’: Kiren Rijiju Defends Gen Z Protest Response, Draws BJP’s New Battlelines
5 min read
The Union minister defended the handling of Gen Z protests, escalated the “dimagi Naxal” battle with Congress and hailed Nitin Nabin’s new national team as the BJP’s organisation for the future
The ceasefire was supposed to calm the Middle East, but Iran used it to reload
4 min read
A pause in fighting was meant to create space for diplomacy. Instead, reports suggest Iran used the lull to rebuild its missile arsenal, strengthen the Revolutionary Guard and coordinate with regional ...
Bhind horror: 8 killed, several injured on MP highway — here’s what happened
2 min read
Eight migrant labourers returning to Uttar Pradesh after paddy transplantation work were killed and 32 were reportedly injured when their pickup collided with a truck near Chhimka village in Madhya Pr ...
Kim’s Respect, America’s Hormuz & India’s Voter ID: The Great Trump Ramblings
4 min read
In one sprawling performance, Donald Trump praised Kim Jong Un, scolded South Korea, imagined the Strait of Hormuz as American territory and summoned India’s elections to fix America’s. Welcome to the ...
Amitabh Bachchan Turns UP Police ‘Khaki Ka Sitara’ Into a Star-Studded Salute to the Men in Uniform; Watch
3 min read
Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice to Uttar Pradesh Police’s new anthem, ‘Khaki Ka Sitara’, and now the megastar has given the song another boost with a message of his own: some stars shine on the gr ...
Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav Get Key Roles as Nitin Nabin Unveils New BJP National Team
3 min read
The BJP president has blended veterans, former chief ministers and younger leaders in a sweeping organisational overhaul, with six women among 13 vice presidents and the first team meeting scheduled f ...
Imran Khan Health Scare: What Do Arif Alvi’s ‘Alarming’ Medical Claims Actually Show?
6 min read
Pakistan’s former president says imprisonment and isolation are damaging Khan’s heart and mental health. But is a pulse of 54 dangerous, what evidence remains unavailable, and why is independent medic ...
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