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Siddharth Singh

Chief Justice Dipak Misra
Politics
Judiciary: Saving the Institution

In rejecting the petition to remove the Chief Justice of India, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has helped fortify the independence of the higher judiciary

25 April 2018
Husain Haqqani
Open Conversation
‘My advice to Pakistan: Stop inventing history,’ says Husain Haqqani

Open conversation with Husain Haqqani, Pakistani diplomat and former ambassador to the United States and Sri Lanka

11 April 2018
Chief Justice Dipak Misra
Politics
Injudicious Move

The effort to impeach Chief Justice Dipak Misra is unlikely to succeed in Parliament but the political calculations behind it are obvious

04 April 2018
Democracy on Trial
Books
Democracy on Trial

Illiberal instincts and the future of politics in the age of Trump, Putin and Xi

28 March 2018
Northeast: Dividends of Geography
Cover Stories
Northeast: Dividends of Geography

The terms of governance will change as the lotus blooms in the Northeast

08 March 2018
BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav and Tripura BJP chief Biplab Kumar Deb greet the supporters after party's victory in Tripura Assembly elections
Battleground Tripura
A Political Dawn in the Northeast

Organizational works pays off for the BJP

03 March 2018
The Great Indian Bank Robbery
Cover Stories
The Great Indian Bank Robbery

It’s time for a wide range of reforms, with no option kept off the agenda, not even the privatisation of banks. Open takes a close look at what’s wrong and what can be done

22 February 2018
Vallabhbhai Patel, 1950
Nehru Vs Patel: An Open Debate
Vallabhbhai Patel: Iron in the Soul

The unifier of India deserves better from his country

15 February 2018
A house gutted by cross-border  shelling on January 21 in Ranbir Singh  Pura village of Jammu & Kashmir
Diplomacy
Pakistan Plays the Rogue Again

India today has the political resolve to counter the permanent aggression of Islamabad

08 February 2018
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Economy
A Budget for Bharat

In the year before the general election the finance minister did what was expected.

01 February 2018

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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