Features

The Madness in Her Method

Jay Mazoomdaar

A desperate Bengal ousted the Left, seeking ‘poribarton’. Six months on, Mamata Banerjee is as vocal as she was while lavishing poll promises, yet ‘change’ looks elusive as ever. So, what’s holding back poribarton?

History of Exposure

Kalpish Ratna

The National AIDS Control Organisation has recently claimed that syphilis is close to eradication in India. While that itself is contestable, the real shocker is what the US condoned in the name of syphilis research

India in the Time of Gandhi

Dhirendra K Jha

Historian Ramachandra Guha has stirred up a controversy with his suggestion of a late 1940s collusion between the Left and Muslim communalists in Hyderabad, but the facts don’t justify his claim

An SUV Style Guide

Madhavankutty Pillai

What it takes to design an SUV: tens of thousands of sketches, 1,800 conversations noted on yellow Post-its, feedback from eight-year-olds, plus a trip to Kenya

The Death of Manmohanomics

Alam Srinivas

Not so long ago, India’s emergence as a tiger economy was seen as a done deal. Today, double-digit growth looks a forlorn dream. What went wrong?

India’s Oil Sector Conundrum

Alam Srinivas

If the Centre reduces taxes on petrol, it will have to raise them elsewhere, which will again fuel inflation

Gandhi Turf Awaits Priyanka

Jatin Gandhi

Despite denials from New Delhi, Congress workers in Amethi and Rae Bareli hope and prepare for Priyanka’s political debut

Fighting over the Prophet’s Birthday

Dhirendra K Jha

Sunni Sufis have rejected Darul Uloom’s fatwa calling on Muslims to stop celebrating Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

For a Greater Say at the IMF

Shailendra Tyagi

BRIC countries have agreed to provide the Fund with money to bail out Europe’s crisis-ridden economies. Here is why

Meet Anna’s Blog Writer

Haima Deshpande

What Anna uttered, Parulekar wrote. So when Anna accused him of misusing the blog, he was stunned. Now, as he speaks to Haima Deshpande of Open, the writer has a singular objective: to clear his name and present the “whole truth”.