Features

The Party Without a Plot

Kumar Anshuman

Afflicted by an inert organisation, absent leadership and ideological confusion, Congress needs to forge a revival plan before it’s too late

The Indomitable Dr Panagariya

Ullekh NP

The newly appointed vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog is a scholar with patriotic zeal

‘We will use every provision in the Constitution to push reforms’

PR Ramesh

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke to Open’s Managing Editor PR Ramesh and shared his ideas on reviving the Indian economy. Edited excerpts:

THE GROWTH SUTRA 2015

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

On the Road to Recovery with Arun Jaitley

THE ANATOMY OF LAYOFFS

James Joseph

The TCS pink slip controversy is an occasion to reflect on corporate terminations of employment. Plus, a survival guide for those at the receiving end

A Son of the Soil & A Gentleman

Gunjeet Sra

Why Ajay Vir Jakhar is the coolest farmer, brimming with ideas for an agricultural revolution

CHANGE: A BIOGRAPHY

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S Prasannarajan • PR Ramesh • Ullekh NP • Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Lhendup G Bhutia • Chinki Sinha • Gunjeet Sra • Rajni George • Divya Unny

Why He Still Matters

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MJ Akar • Pratap Bhanu Mehta • Swapan Dasgupta • Sunanda K Datta-Ray •Tunku Varadarajan • Priyamvada Gopal • Madhav Khosla • Yusuf Ahmad Ansari • Sumantra Bose • Sunil Raman

THE STATE BANKER OF INDIA

V Shoba

It began as a slip of a girl in a blue sari. In a male bastion, the queen of Indian banking who took the helm of SBI at a time of financial gloom wears her crown well

SHE WHO BROKE TWO GLASS CEILINGS

Madhavankutty Pillai

A Dalit entrepreneur who earned Rs 2 per day once upon a time and survived a suicide attempt is recognised as someone who saved one of Mumbai’s illustrious companies