Features

The Enduring Mystique of Naveen Patnaik

Ullekh NP

As the Odisha Chief Minister is all set for a fourth term, Ullekh NP, travelling across the state, finds out why one of India’s suavest politicians is the smartest as well

Love and Longing on WeChat

Lhendup G Bhutia

How a generation is using messaging apps to score dates and, if lucky, hookups

A Glass of Milk and Plenty of Water

Ajit Ranade

An economist lists five priorities for the next government

At 90, he is presiding over a disintegrating dynasty, and this election could be the last electoral battle of a man who scripted some sensational moments in Dravidian politics. Vaasanthi captures the agony of being M Karunanidhi

Fear at the Top

Ullekh NP

A new government means a new set of favourite bureaucrats. Who will stay on and who won’t?

The Meaning of Candidate Nilekani

Shiv Visvanathan

Hope and fears about the future of technocratic imagination

Dalal Street’s Suryanamaskar Explained

Shailendra Tyagi

Sun’s bet is that it can fix the factory glitches, get US regulatory clearances, and turn the Sun-Ranbaxy combine into a low-cost generics export powerhouse.

His Master’s Mind

PR Ramesh

He is as feared and admired a politician as his mentor. His strategic skills and organisational acumen are as legendary as the controversies that swirl around him are never-ending. PR Ramesh embarks on a journey in search of the real Amit Shah, variously described as the man who holds the key to Narendra Modi’s conscience, a ruthless artist of realpolitik , the smartest spin doctor in town and the man nobody dares mess with. A definitive portrait

Editor’s Note: An Open Republic

S Prasannarajan

This special edition of Open is a celebration of arguments, and we have invited some of the brightest from the world of ideas to make the name of this magazine the abiding ideal of India.