Features

Nilekani’s Losing His Identity

Anil B. Lulla

Collapse of a Good Track Record

Shivam Vij

Sreedharan’s resignation seems like a gimmick to shrug criticism

Budget

TR Vivek

Grant Pranab Mukherjee this. His Budget for 2009-10 gives UPA-2 a sound if unflamboyant start, with much strokeplay left to come

Our Own Green Warrior

Avantika Bhuyan

Shaping opinions on global warming demands passion and perseverance. It’s why Aarti Bhalla will be the only Indian at Al Gore’s upcoming Climate Project summit

Life without Marxists

Jaideep Mazumdar

Now that Trinamool has trounced the CPM at municipal polls, Mamata Banerjee senses power within her reach in West Bengal. Here’s what this might mean

Look Who’s Not Poor

Shubhangi Swarup

If the purpose of the Poverty Line is to make India look less miserable on paper, the Government might as well pull random numbers out of a hat and call them statistics

Stretching the Mind

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Dr Howard Gardner at Harvard University has had a profound impact on thinking and education. In an exclusive interview with Open, he shares his latest thoughts about the mind and its functioning