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Madhavankutty Pillai

Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai  

Sheltering Shadow: Sindhutai Sapkal in the Pune orphanage where the boys are housed
Profile
All About the Mother

Once a beggar and now a saviour of the abandoned. The journey of Sindhutai Sapkal

10 August 2016
Prohibition Law: Drunk When Drafted
Politics
Prohibition Law: Drunk When Drafted

An explanation for the absurdities of Bihar’s stringent prohibition law

04 August 2016
Penguin Odyssey 2016
Wildlife
Penguin Odyssey 2016

A brief note on South American penguins from Korea that have touched down in Mumbai

28 July 2016
Donald Trump with wife Melania
Politics
For One First Lady to Another

An indication of the entertainment that a Trump presidency promises

21 July 2016
Colin Khoury
Food
Colin Khoury: ‘We are all beneficiaries of ancient farmers in far-flung lands’

Colin Khoury, the author of  Origins of Food Crops Connect Countries Worldwide spoke to Open about the journey of foods and how globalization has given a spurt to it

15 July 2016
In Defence of the Fat Tax
Society
In Defence of the Fat Tax

Taxes are bad, but sometimes they are not

14 July 2016
Foreign Superfoods: The Global Gut
Food
Foreign Superfoods: The Global Gut

It is not surpising that foreign superfoods like chia and quinoa are now being grown on Indian soil. Just under half of what the country eats has its origins elsewhere

14 July 2016
Hippocritic Oath
Society
Hippocritic Oath

The problem of incentives in the practice of medicine

07 July 2016
An Icing on Brexit
Politics
An Icing on Brexit

Britain’s loss against Iceland couldn’t have been more badly timed

30 June 2016
Salman Khan
Cinema
Chasing Salman Khan

The National Commission for Women’s unseemly greed for publicity

23 June 2016

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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