Leonardo da Vinci: The Science of Genius

Open Diary

City Lights

Has culture lost its place in Bangalore?

A Leader Comes Home

PV Narasimha Rao, one of India’s most misunderstood prime ministers, finally gets a biography he deserves

The Shashi Mystique

This anecdotal biography charts the evolution of India’s first crossover star

Reading the Lives of Others

The intimate pleasures of biography

CHANGE: A BIOGRAPHY

S Prasannarajan • PR Ramesh • Ullekh NP • Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Lhendup G Bhutia • Chinki Sinha • Gunjeet Sra • Rajni George • Divya Unny

The Eternal Poet

A new biography of Sahir Ludhianvi brings to life the poet who changed the idiom of Hindi cinema lyrics

A Lot Like Rajiv

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

Steve Jobs, the Enigma

This book offers multiple ways of looking at Apple’s charismatic creator. Of these, expect the appreciative to outlast the gossipy