Modi’s ‘Broken India’ theme carries the first notation of Conservatism—and a moderniser’s social vision

Narendra Modi could be the one who can tell the world that strength and popularity do not necessarily breed autocracy

The new wave of anti-Semitism is sustained by an ahistorical misreading of the origins of terror and the struggle for existence

In the big bad world, it is again the Russian who happens to be the biggest baddie

The words of Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) made South Africa a less dangerous place—and literature an argument for freedom

Now with Shah in the party headquarters and Modi in South Block, there is harmony between the organisation and the Government

How come AK Antony’s conscience did not stir when his secular party mined minority ghettos for votes?

Political Islam triumphs because freedom is an idea that no longer appeals to leaders of the so-called free world

Zia Haider Rahman’s first novel, In the Light of What We Know, is already the literary event of the year (reviewed in Open, ‘A Groundbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’, 23 June 2014). Born in Bangladesh and educated at Oxford, Cambridge and Yale, Rahman has worked as an investment banker and human rights lawyer. The novelist in conversation with S Prasannarajan, editor, Open magazine

India can do without China envy, but it needs to make use of democracy with more vigour. And that is what India expects from Prime Minister Modi