Amita Shah
How one man’s campaign to restore ponds is making a difference
Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction
Shilpa Gupta’s immersive works interrogate censorship and celebrate language
Three documentaries—about pioneering women journalists, brothers who rescue birds, and the lookalikes of Bollywood stars—are getting international recognition
The dividends of beauty, family, friendship and 25 years of life in the hills