PR Ramesh is Managing Editor of Open
It was the ‘double-engine’ magic of Modi-Yogi at work in UP. In the run-up to 2024, the unambiguous message is that leaders like Adityanath will give no quarter to slow-footed rivals
11 March 2022PR Ramesh and Rajeev Deshpande in conversation with Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
04 March 2022The hijab controversy can take the country into dangerous territory but, unlike the 1980s, it will not take people years to grasp its import
18 February 2022Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in conversation with PR Ramesh and Rajeev Deshpande
04 February 2022Every election season, interest groups revive old political tropes that are long past their relevance. With five states holding assembly polls in February and March, this year is no exception. The electorate, however, seems to have moved on
28 January 2022The fate of Modi’s vision for India hangs on the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh elections
07 January 2022The Kashi Vishwanath Dham project is the biggest attempt at India’s civilisational restoration since the rebuilding of the Somnath temple. It seeks to reconnect ordinary Hindus with their spiritual roots
17 December 2021India’s redrawing of its climate change strategy marks a radical shift in the way it plays on the global stage
12 November 2021On his first visit to Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, Amit Shah focuses on development, employment, grassroots democracy and ending terrorism
05 November 2021With many top posts going to specialists from the allied services and the induction of a fresh batch of lateral entrants, the civil services are undergoing their biggest transformation since independence
22 October 2021CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
10 April 2019Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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 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 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