The Cuban cigar is coveted worldwide but what does it mean to the country itself? Ullekh NP ventures into the tobacco heartland of Pinar del Río and finds a connection with Kerala and the beedi

The cartoons of Abu Abraham savaged the pieties and pretences of politics. An exhibition brings back the originality with which he captured an era

This Indian-origin, Durban-based epidemiologist couple’s mission is to save millions of lives through their groundbreaking AIDS research

If there is to be real hope for Europe, it will require a new Renaissance, avers the Princeton University professor in an interview with Open on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

Israel-born historian, political scientist and public intellectual Ilan Pappé speaks to Open

Nayanjot Lahiri unearths ASI files to retell how the cities of the Indus Civilisation were found a hundred years ago

The Centre is formalising measures to protect the rights of platform economy workers

He was an intellectual and a politician whose party couldn’t perhaps tap his potential to the fullest