Features
Stamped and Cast Aside
Come 2010, mobile phones and emails will have taken another victim. India Post will no longer extend the licences of letter writers
Who Stands by George?
Open’s report on Leila Kabir and Jaya Jaitly’s backroom battles for George Fernandes’ political legacy has prompted strong and contradictory responses from both women. We rest our case
It Was Neither Nehru Nor Jinnah
Neither had the power to set the agenda for the Partition. The blame lies squarely with the British empire and its representative at the time—Mountbatten.
Amid Flying Bricks and Rubble
The party that Lal Krishna Advani built so dedicatedly for so long has started coming apart and the ‘iron man’ is still at the centre of it all, whether partymen and the RSS want him there or not
Minding the Gap
The London Underground will now have train drivers enlightening passengers with words of wisdom from famous philosophers
Print Your Own Currency
Local currencies are often seen as a frivolity, but several communities in America are dead serious about their do-gooder potential in a fast globalising world
Going… Going… Still Going
Thanks to the economic downturn, Indians who’ve always dreamt of a fancy residence in London can get one cheap. Even Lakshmi Mittal has one on offer.
Monsters vs Humans
A young Indian in Bangalore is part of a team that’s vying to win the Pokemon World Cup this week
Revival of the Fittest
Bored with your morning jogs and routine aerobics? Check out the latest craze of fitness enthusiasts—ancient martial arts that have kicked in afresh
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