Alain de Botton returns to fiction and redeems love from romance. The philosopher novelist in conversation with Nandini Nair

The Delhi-born, US-based writer's new novel captures the terror and tragedy of our time

From the Biodiversity Bill to women in boardrooms, the irrepressible Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw strikes a different note

It’s another Kumbh spectacular on the riverbank as sadhus and seekers join the biggest festival of faith

The rising star of Indonesian fiction, Eka Kurniawan spins a tale that is as bloody as it is brilliant. He has a message for the world—the truth always exposes itself. The magical realist in conversation with Open

Muslim countries don’t support it, neither should India, says the petitioner fighting to put an end to triple talaq. Could Shayara Bano be the woman who challenged the misogyny after Shah Bano?

The most imaginative reinterpretations of the Bard are being seen in Asia, says the foremost Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro

He understands the personal better than a shrink and the political better than a pundit. He explains it all better than a sage. An Open celebration of the world’s greatest storyteller

William Dalrymple was a keen photographer before he became an author. The cell phone has returned him to that abandoned love.

Thank you Rolling Stones, for revealing that music isn’t time and space specific