India

Mercy killing

Haima Deshpande

While the Supreme Court has issued notices to states and union territories seeking their views on legalising passive euthanasia, the families of comatose patients Shruti, Najma and Amit refuse to even discuss the issue. They think they are being unjust to their loved ones

Persistence of the Rahul question

PR Ramesh

As rebellion erupts and resentment grows in Congress, the leader is out of sight as usual. A party sliding deeper into irrelevance

The nation wants the smart hacker

Ullekh NP

...And the Modi Government is all set for discreet hiring of potential candidates from schools and colleges. The new frontier of national security

Power and Glory

Sunil Raman

A walk through the grand alleys of Mughal history and the imprints of the rise, decline and fall of the imperial capital of Shahjahanabad, which is now being redeveloped

Waiting for Elohim

Lhendup G Bhutia

We step into the world of alien worshippers in India who have been thrilled by the discovery of rock paintings depicting UFOs in Chhattisgarh

Lord of the jungle and the magic potion

Rajni George

Once a bank officer, the determined herbal king of Kondagaon shakes money from trees in the Maoist strongholds of Bastar through a collective of 20,000 Tribals whose business looks to expand worldwide. The man and his empire

Fear and foreboding in South Block

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

The Modi model of governance has banished power brokers and set in motion a new work culture. The inside story

“The Neo-Middle Class has to be supported”

PR Ramesh

As the architect of the Narendra Modi Government’s first Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke to our Managing Editor, PR Ramesh. Excerpts

Renaissance on Raisina Hill

Sunaina Kumar

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is shedding its imperial attitude and opening its splendid doors to hoi polloi. On the eve of the second anniversary of the Pranab Mukherjee presidency, Open takes a tour of the House that is changing