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Kaveree Bamzai

Kaveree Bamzai is an author and a contributing writer with Open

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja at Cannes 2019
Cinema
Looking for India’s Cannes-Do Spirit

Indian women are wowing on the red carpet and the after-parties. Now could someone please cast them in movies that compete for the Palme d’Or?

22 May 2019
Game of Thrones Over
Entertainment
Game of Thrones Over

Why this was the best of all possible worlds

20 May 2019
Misa Bharti (centre) and (L-R) Priyanka Vadra Gandhi, Priya Dutt, Kanimozhi and Kavitha Kalvakuntala
General Election 2019
Sisters Lose

The family bias in Indian politics

25 April 2019
The Cult of Hanuman
General Election 2019
The Cult of Hanuman

Political masculinity gets a divine mascot

18 April 2019
Shefali Shah in Delhi Crime
Cinema
Tough Girls

From Udaan to Delhi Crime, women police officers are on a roll. Less so in real life

03 April 2019
Ritesh Batra
Cinema
Ritesh Batra: ‘I believe in building a career, not a project’

Director Ritesh Batra is perhaps India’s most famous film export that few have heard of

27 March 2019
Ranveer Singh
Cover Stories
Ranveer Singh: The Hybrid Star

In a world of ageing Khans who’ve had a particularly terrible 2018, the whispers about Ranveer Singh being the new Khan on the block are becoming louder

14 March 2019
Made in Heaven, a web series by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti
Cinema
Freedom of Impression

Indian web series and Hindi films begin to defy sexual taboos

13 March 2019
She is the Change
Books
Now Showing in Bollywood: Her Power

She is the Change

06 March 2019
Kangana Ranaut in Manikarnika
Cinema
The Future Is Female

She is the new storyteller

03 January 2019

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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