An Open Republic

Patrick French • Shashi Tharoor • Shekhar Gupta • Priyamvada Gopal • Sunanda K Datta-Ray • Ananya Vajpeyi • Jug Suraiya • Tishani Doshi • Bennett Voyles • and others

Shades of an illiberal society are still visible in one of the world's most volatile democracies. Ideologies that restrict modernity are prevalent. Ideas of change are hard to come by. On the fifth birthday of the magazine, the following articles carry fine minds at their argumentative best. A portrait of an India more open than it is today

Run of the Mill ~ by Patrick French

India pays lip service to a 19th century European idea that is of little relevance today

Decolonisation of the Mind ~ by Priyamvada Gopal

A question for Lord Macaulay's children

The Unwelcome Mat ~ by Shashi Tharoor

India can't play out its soft power on the global stage if we continue with our restrictive visa policy

CBI to Probe Headless Body, CAG to Audit Topless Bar ~ by Shekhar Gupta

How can the media help a society become more open when it shuts the door on facts?

Another Gold Brick in the Wall ~ by Bennett Voyles

Why democracy and protectionism don't mix

Urgency of the Alternative ~ by Ananya Vajpeyi

What does an AAP candidate say about Indian democracy?

Very Humdrum, Sir ~ by Sunanda K Datta-Ray

The last Englishman could still be an Indian

In Praise Of The Androgyne ~ by Tishani Doshi

An elemental reunion of the sensuous and the erotic

May the Joke Always Be on Us ~ by Jug Suraiya

How the politically incorrect ethnic joke keeps us together in the great fraternity of laughter