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S Prasannarajan

S Prasannarajan is the Editor of Open magazine

Salman Rushdie Comes Home
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Salman Rushdie Comes Home

Words sustain life in his new novel set in India. It’s a fairy tale of the present accentuated by history and mythology, written by a storyteller schooled in the epic Fabulism of the East

10 February 2023
A Word to the Offended
Columns
A Word to the Offended

Modi came to power by demolishing taboos. Some of his one-dimensional followers want to create new ones

20 January 2023
Blame It on the Totem
Columns
Blame It on the Totem

What we see today is not the unravelling but a reminder of democracy's tenacity and elasticity

13 January 2023
Cover Stories
The Pursuit of Greatness

It makes some of politics’ most engrossing stories

23 December 2022
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Editor’s Choice

Nights of Plague | The Books of Jacob | Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar | Novelist as a Vocation | Abominations | 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows | The Story of Russia

16 December 2022
Cover Stories
What Sets Modi Apart

Darers, dreamers, redeemers and the damned in global leadership

16 December 2022
Columns
Revenge of the Metaphor

The counter-dreams of a generation have shattered the lies of Xi's state

02 December 2022
Columns
Culture War In Qatar

It has won despite losing the opening match

25 November 2022
Columns
The Order of the Fabulist

Trump is just one of them

18 November 2022
Columns
Twitter Anxiety

Musk exudes the wrong cultural vibe. That is good enough to set the liberal house on fire

04 November 2022

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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