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India

The Romance of the Road

Madhavankutty Pillai

How it shapes our consciousness and culture

Female Fighter Pilots of the Indian Air Force

India has come a long way from 1992, when the Army first opened its doors to women. Since then, the number of women in uniform has risen sharply

Whales: Death on Far Shores

The sight of lifeless whales along the Indian coast remains a mystery

City as Visual Metaphor

An exploration of Chandigarh brings together unexpected works and undiscovered connections

The Savant from Ithaca

Kaushik Basu’s new book bears tell-tale signs of a text that has evolved over time

The Future Is Now

Critical inventions that are poised to revolutionise the lives of Indians in 2016

India Art Fair 2016: Less Is More

Indian artists may not have set hearts aflutter but those from Pakistan and Nepal added spice to the local flavours

Steve McCurry: “You are delighted and horrified in India. You are never bored here. It takes you on a journey of discovery”

Steve McCurry speaks to Open about the perils of globalisation, his love for the monsoons and what’s next. Excerpts

A Nation Beyond Prophets

Four writers who were prescient in many ways about a country few get right

From An Imperial To A National Cuisine

If India’s cuisine was influenced by colonial and princely tastes before 1947, the driving force after Independence was the palate of the urban middle-class. The task of shaping the national cuisine was taken up by the menus of restaurants, cookbooks and magazines and later by TV and films

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