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Reading Tea Leaves

If diversity and pluralism is at the core of Indian gastronomic culture, tea is the defining symbol of British identity

A Passage to Unfreedom

Censorship in liberal democracies has shifted from policing the entire terrain of representation to policing boundaries

Achyut Lahkar: The Mobile Revolutionary

Achyut Lahkar who died recently will be remembered for creating plays that smelt of Assam and which brought the magic of cinema onto the stage

The Name of the Rose

Colour, class and tradition in a vase. The meditations of a flower girl

When Elie Saab Goes Desi

At what point does fashion go from inspiration to cultural appropriation?

The Tiñosas Over Havana

Without pressure but without pause. That is the slogan of change in Cuba today

Multiplex Cinema: Being Middlebrowbeaten

What the new multiplex cinema says about the modern India

A Classical Passage to India

After travelling around India for over 35 years, I may not have seen or experienced this sacred space exactly as Kalidasa describes it

Eka Kurniawan: A Terrible Beauty Is Born

The rising star of Indonesian fiction, Eka Kurniawan spins a tale that is as bloody as it is brilliant. He has a message for the world—the truth always exposes itself. The magical realist in conversation with Open

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