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V Shoba

Ravinder Reddy: The Man with the Heads
Art & Culture
Ravinder Reddy: The Man with the Heads

Having made over 100 fibreglass figures in the past 30 years, Ravinder Reddy continues to be interested in the human form and its ability to arrest attention

14 April 2020
Features
"There has to be a balance between lives and livelihoods"

Dr PV Ramesh, Special Chief Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and a member of Covid-19 response team, spoke to V Shoba

11 April 2020
“There are more people out there looking for wild meat”
Interview
“There are more people out there looking for wild meat”

K Ullas Karanth, an authority on tigers, in conversation with V Shoba

07 April 2020
The Game of Survival
Features
Why We Are In It Together

A board game offers lessons on containing a global epidemic

01 April 2020
Why the 21-day Lockdown?
Interview
Why the 21-day Lockdown?

If we can prevent transmission over the next three weeks, we would have stopped the virus in its tracks, K Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India, tells Open in an interview

25 March 2020
Tech Meets Jugaad
Technology
Tech Meets Jugaad

3D printing ventilator parts and protective clothing could help critical care units tide over a COVID-19 surge

24 March 2020
‘I had a smooth recovery because I was young’
Special
Karnataka in Lockdown Mode

There have been six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Karnataka so far

13 March 2020
‘Museums are a tool of cultural diplomacy,’ says Nathalie Bondil
Art & Culture
‘Museums are a tool of cultural diplomacy,’ says Nathalie Bondil

Curator Nathalie Bondil tells V Shoba that exposure to culture, art and music are integral to our well-being

13 March 2020
Tamil Nadu: The Challenge of the Ordinary
Features
Tamil Nadu: The Challenge of the Ordinary

Political life in Tamil Nadu is no longer dominated by larger-than-life leaders, in spite of Rajinikanth. Both DMK and AIADMK are struggling without a mass hero

13 March 2020
TM Krishna: ‘Engaging with worlds beyond my comfort has made me more real than ever before’
Books
In Conversation with TM Krishna

TM Krishna tells V Shoba how his book on Mrdangam makers made him examine his relationship with instrumentalists and other hierarchies

21 February 2020

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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