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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  

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
The Rewards of Being a Spectacle
Politics
The Rewards of Being a Spectacle

They might look foolish but both Hindu Sena and Donald Trump know what they’re doing

16 June 2016
Anurag Kashyap
Society
Udta India

It is not North Korea, just good old India that Anurag Kashyap is experiencing

09 June 2016
Tanmay Bhat
Society
Life Inside the Farce Hole

This humourless place called India

02 June 2016

Authors

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 president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

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

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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