India

Disparately, Desperately

Siddharth Singh

What is it that unites the four states? It’s more than the changing idea of welfarism

Mamata Banerjee: I’m the Change

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

In a Bengal that has shed ideals and ideology for pragmatism, politics still swirls around Mamata Banerjee, loved by the bustees and dismissed by the bhadralok. The Didi paradox

Jayalalithaa vs Karunanidhi: Absentee Amma and the Scriptwriter

V Shoba

It’s epic kitsch all over again as Jayalalithaa meets Karunanidhi in the arena for what could be their last big battle. Open watches the preparations

VS Achuthanandan: Comrade VSOP

Shahina KK

What is it that makes VS Achuthanandan, Kerala’s most youthful politician at 92, the most popular Indian communist? Open catches up with the relentless fighter as he prepares for another battle

Dalits: Stand up and Be Counted

Kumar Anshuman

Dalits across the states are refusing to be anybody’s vote bank

The Art of Proposing: The Question of a Lifetime

Sonali Acharjee

The art of proposing and why some women are still not dazzled

The Politics Of Smart-up India

PR Ramesh

Nambi Narayanan: Still Waiting for Justice

Ullekh NP

More than two decades after he was framed in a false case, the Kerala government is yet to pay damages to former scientist Nambi Narayanan. Now he wants the Centre to set up a panel to reexamine the case fabricated by the state police and IB