Features

Courts of Discontent

Siddharth Singh

The law minister’s remarks have been interpreted as crossing a Lakshman rekha. They are hardly that

‘Vande Bharat is a symbol of resurgent India’

Amita Shah

For Sudhanshu Mani, the innovator behind the Vande Bharat train and author of My Train 18 Story, it was the realisation of a childhood dream that India should have a swanky, modern and fast train. He spoke to Open about his journey and his train’s

Falling for Foliage

V Shoba

Rare houseplants have become instagrammable collectibles for a new generation of urban greenthumbs

To the Moon and Beyond

Madhavankutty Pillai

With the launch of NASA’S Artemis, the race for space colonisation begins even as India waits and watches whom to partner with

A Crypto Meltdown

Ullekh NP

Does the FTX collapse mark the end of cryptocurrency? Insiders say such shocks are temporary and typical of financial markets

United Against Terror

Rajeev Deshpande

A series of high-profile conferences in New Delhi sees a wider acceptance of India’s concerns and strategies

A Trade Wind from Australia

Siddharth Singh

India has not let trade pessimism and its unhappy experience with trade liberalisation talks come in the way of bilateral trade deals

Prayer and Protest

Chintan Girish Modi

Prayer and Protest: Two directors come together to dramatise Tibet’s struggle

Sam Bankman-Fried: Cryptic Fall

Lhendup G Bhutia

Cryptocurrency’s poster child has sent the industry into a tizzy with his fraudulent practices

Modi at G20

Siddharth Singh

India’s concerns about abjuring war for diplomatic solutions to conflict and its growing unease at Russia have been reflected in the group’s summit declaration in Bali