ideology

Author of the Indian Century

MJ Akbar

The redeeming radicalism of Modi

Public Intellectuals: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, 52, Shashi Tharoor, 63, Swapan Dasgupta, 63, Ramachandra Guha, 61

Open

The Commentariat

The Awakening

Swapan Dasgupta

While the terms of Left engagement have changed dramatically in the West, a new Hindu overconfidence has displaced old liberal assumptions in India

Open Decade (2009-2019): Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

The rustle of our pages came from a fast evolving society’s political and cultural churn. We never wanted the argument to stop; we held a perceiving mirror up to it

Elif Shafak: ‘I defend a pluralistic, liberal democracy’

Rajni George

Turkish author Elif Shafak tackles difficult subjects, often to the ire of the ruling regime. She tells Rajni George how storytelling can create empathy