With Rushdie, the government has again chosen the cowardice of practicality over the courage of morality
In his aptitude for flying, his ease in reaching out to people, and his desire to be ‘the regular guy’, Rahul Gandhi is quite like his father. An extract from Open staffer Jatin Gandhi and Veenu Sandhu’s hot-off-the press biography of the leader, Rahul
The Shiv Sena has rallied and riled Mumbaikars for half a century. But its end might be near
An ageing rubber farmer, Gopinath Pillai, remembers the life of his son Javed Shaikh, who was killed in a ‘fake encounter’ and was known as Pranesh Kumar before he fell in love with a Muslim and converted to Islam
How and why marriage bureaus survive in the age of online matrimony
This generation has all but given up the right to have a love marriage
The goal of America’s latest sanctions is to reduce Iran’s export earnings drastically while shielding the global economy from oil price spikes
Punjab elections of the recent past have been the usual Patiala Royals-versus-Badals clash. This time, there is intra-clan rivalry on display as well