Bihar: The Lucky Ally

The Intolerance Myth

Is India as wretched as it is being portrayed by a section of the intellectual class?

On the Sultan’s Trail

V Shoba follows the footsteps of a warrior king and listens to the voices of admiration and anger that echo his still volatile legacy

The Deal Our Bureaucrats Deserve

Instead of going the corporate way with top government jobs, a better HR model for IAS officers would be the tenure system that US universities like Harvard have for professors

Menswear, Ungendered

Androgyny has established itself firmly in mainstream men’s fashion this winter and it’s only getting bigger

Revolution of the Runaway Brides

The newly married women’s fight for toilets has made Swachh Bharat a movement in rural India

Nicolas Hénin: ‘France Should Not Make the Mistake the US Made After 9/11’

Four Bonds, a Numeral and Common Sense

The masala bonds to be traded on the LSE are a timely idea, but for these to acquire a reputation for safety, global investors would need to be assured of the rupee’s stability

Vive Paris: From the Open Archives

Open has been consistent in writing about the ideas that shape the future and divide the present, and no idea concentrates the global mind as much as radical Islamism does today. Here we carry excerpts from the past pages of the magazine, and taken together, the following views by our first-rate contributors tell us that we haven’t travelled much from that horrifying day in January this year in Paris

After Bihar: The Road from Patna

Astute manipulation of the caste matrix and a savvy campaign led the Grand Alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad to an epochal victory. The BJP underestimated the power of its opponent and fell victim to its own contradictions