Features

So Much for the Ban

Haima Deshpande

Maharashtra is unable to justify its 2005 closure of dance bars before the Supreme Court

The Mask of Publicity

Chitra Padmanabhan

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has plucked the notion of power-with-accountability out of the political domain and planted it in a personalised celebrity universe

The Other Side of Brazil

Sergio Mukherjee

What the country’s recent football glories conceal

“We were controlling the Army. I was their field marshal”

Mihir Srivastava

One month after the disastrous floods in his state, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna speaks to Open’s Mihir Srivastava

Rapid Action Grinder

Chinki Sinha

An app that helps gay men find partners. Quickly

Identity Crisis

Anil Budur Lulla

A man assumes his younger brother’s identity to satisfy the age criterion for a job. So began a decades-long saga that has left the younger brother anxious about his property

The Modi Mythology

Jatin Gandhi

Manufacturing consent, saffron style

The Boy Who Doesn’t Talk in Class

Lhendup G Bhutia

Dear Principal: do you have a problem with an autistic child in your school?

The Making of a Celebrity Chef

Gunjeet Sra

Former model Aditya Bal has hosted popular television cookery shows and even has a recipe book to his name. But guess what: less than a decade ago, he did not even know how to cook

In the bid to defend the IB in the Ishrat Jahan case, neither the CBI’s evidence nor the close relationship between Narendra Modi and the agency’s man in Gujarat at the time is being given due consideration