Features

Olive Green in Red Zones

Rahul Pandita

The Indian Army stiffens its anti-Maoist operations. But at what cost?

“Do not let others define you”

Pallavi Polanki

The managing editor of TwoCircles.net, an English news website for Indian Muslims, speaks to Open on what makes his website unique.

Now, Who’s Crouching?

Jay Mazoomdaar

Open magazine does its turn to stall an eco-tourism scam in Rajasthan

Amnesia Hour

Kalpish Ratna

Somewhere, it is always the time of cholera

The Mac Superclone Peddler

Adam Matthews

DaSilva’s company Quo is selling Mac clones, but without the Mac OS. Is it legal? Well...

Now Will You Marry Me?

Avantika Bhuyan

For those who cannot come up with a clever way to pop the big question, there are proposal planners at hand.

Red China’s Party Blues

Sakshi Lee

In the People’s Republic, the Party is all pervasive. But its enormous influence and intense secrecy mask inner impulses of dissent that could yet shake things up

The $50 Billion Shopping Spree

Ninad D. Sheth

After a long break, foreign arms purchases are firmly back on New Delhi’s agenda. But given the new trends dictating the country’s defence needs, indigenous R&D needs to buck up

In an exclusive interview with Open, Home Secretary GK Pillai makes it plain that much more startling information is yet to emerge from the Radia tapes. Answering questions on a range of issues, from the right to privacy and tackling of Maoists to human rights and police reforms, he makes a frank case for what needs to be done. Excerpts:

The Money Trail

Dhirendra K. Jha

The few Radia tapes that have emerged shed light on how the media and government are influenced. The ones that remain with the Centre reveal disturbing flows of money.