As the last of the Indian sailors held by Somalian pirates return home, survivors relive the horrors of being held hostage for years
Aatish Taseer's new novel, The Way Things Were, is an Indian classic spanning the eventful decades between the Emergency and the advent of Modi, set in Lutyens' Delhi. The novelist in conversation with the Editor of Open magazine
Can you think of any shop that would sell a toothpaste, or a 67-year-old newspaper, or an aircraft? The curious world of online classifieds
The high voltage drama at Barwala town ended with Rampal’s arrest and crowds of dismayed followers
It was the kind of horror that could have happened only in a place where life is cheap and easily disposable. We find out what went wrong in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where fifteen women died after attending mass sterilisation camps and more than a hundred were taken ill
In Hyderabad, a city where you are what you eat, we look for the original, minimalist cuisine of India’s newest state
In his hometown, Nehru is an outsider who has little relevance beyond the arcana of history
A firebrand leader, Raghavan used his sturdy, film-star looks, alpha male image, rugged nature and ruthless ambition to rustle his way through the ranks of the party
Still the Unwanted • Doctor Tourism • Homeless in Delhi • Sugar Rush and Modi