Living

Smelling a Sight, Hearing a Look

Rahul Bhatia

What does a person blind since birth ‘see’? We asked 16-year-old Renuka Shinde.

How to Reach the Front Row

Kabeer Sharma

As Delhi Fashion Week kicks off, here are 10 foolproof tips on landing yourself that privileged seat by the runway.

How the Blade Killed the Aftershave

Akshay Sawai

Or how the lotion stopped being the ‘mark of a man’ and the many reasons why it is only remembered as a daddy’s product now.

“We can’t disable our hidden brain”

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Author Shankar Vedantam on the mental prejudice-graph which kicks in as early as age three, how it influences stock markets and why it turns some into suicide bombers.

Canvas for Kids

Avantika Bhuyan

The cute and cuddly photos in kid’s rooms have competition. Artists are creating art specially for kids as young as two months old, and they can’t keep up with the demand.

For a King’s Breakfast

Kabeer Sharma

Fellow Goa holidayers, unite! There’s plenty to lose if this fine Goan beer is pushed over by bigger players and other bullies that are kicking sand in its face.

Shashi Tweeter Tharoor may or may not be suffering from webbed-foot-in-beak syndrome, but the minister of state ought to share some of the grief his ministry’s embassies have caused Indian citizens worldwide. Here’s a sample of their aggrieved tweets:

Secret Lives of Sex Gurus

Kabeer Sharma

They’re women. And they counsel readers on their most terrible insecurities. Who are they, and should we trust their advice?

The Death Debate

Madhavankutty Pillai

While we debate the merits of euthanasia, while well-meaning emotion battles hard-headed reason, Aruna Shanbag languishes in her vegetative state in a hospital bed. It’s been 40 years. Get your head around it.

“We cannot afford not to be here”

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Only five out of 50 luxury Indian hotels passed the quality audit of acclaimed hospitality association Relais & Châteaux. Announcing the India launch of Relais & Châteaux, Jaume Tapies, international president, and Jacques-Olivier Chauvin, CEO, spoke to Open on why India is uppermost on their minds.