From Bihar politics to burpees: Tej Pratap Yadav's workout with Mallika Sherawat has the internet doing a double take
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
From Bihar politics to burpees: Tej Pratap Yadav's workout with Mallika Sherawat has the internet doing a double take If someone had told you a few years ago that Mallika Sherawat would be teaching...
Half a sandwich later, it started moving: Posh Gurugram eatery becomes internet's latest food horror story
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Half a sandwich later, it started moving: Posh Gurugram eatery becomes internet's latest food horror story There are few discoveries that can ruin a meal. A hair in the soup. A fly in the juice.
Put a Sumo on It: How Greenply Entered Advertising’s Product Torture Chamber
Open Magazineby Rajiv Singh·24 Aug 2026
Put a Sumo on It: How Greenply Entered Advertising’s Product Torture Chamber Two Japanese sumo wrestlers flew to Delhi and climbed onto a sheet of engineered wood.
Mirzapur Bullet Ice Cream: When Movie Marketing Makes Violence Edible
Open Magazineby Rajiv Singh·24 Aug 2026
Mirzapur Bullet Ice Cream: When Movie Marketing Makes Violence Edible An entirely imaginary scene. Obviously. Kaleen Bhaiya opened the freezer. Guddu Pandit reached for his gun.
The Disease Has Japan’s Name. Its Next Vaccine May Carry India’s Scale
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
The Disease Has Japan’s Name. Its Next Vaccine May Carry India’s Scale Japanese Encephalitis carries the name of the country where it was first documented.
From Silicon Valley to Safdarjung: Inside Delhi's first robot-assisted knee surgery
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
From Silicon Valley to Safdarjung: Inside Delhi's first robot-assisted knee surgery When most people hear the phrase "robot-assisted surgery", they imagine gleaming private hospitals, hefty bills...
Mumbai Logs In, Beats London and Miami in 'Work From Anywhere Index'
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Mumbai Logs In, Beats London and Miami in 'Work From Anywhere Index' Mumbai is crowded, hurried and rarely associated with an easy working holiday. It has now beaten London and Miami at one.
Barcelona Wanted a Strong Start to Their La Liga Title Defence. Elche Got Caught in the Crossfire
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Barcelona Wanted a Strong Start to Their La Liga Title Defence. Elche Got Caught in the Crossfire When a champion begins a new season, the scoreline is only part of the story.
BJP Looks to Refresh and Reboot its Narrative
Open Magazineby Rajeev Deshpande·24 Aug 2026
BJP Looks to Refresh and Reboot its Narrative The discussions of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central office bearers, state presidents and other functionaries that concluded on Sunday place...
Russia Keeps Attacking. But Former US Vice-President Mike Pence Says Ukraine Is Winning Anyway
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Russia Keeps Attacking. But Former US Vice-President Mike Pence Says Ukraine Is Winning Anyway Mike Pence Arrived in Kyiv With a Message Few Are Saying Out Loud Three and a half years into Russia's...
From Self-Doubt to Spotlight: Who Is Miss Universe India 2026 Kaziah Liz Mejo?
Open Magazineby Mahima Pandey·24 Aug 2026
From Self-Doubt to Spotlight: Who Is Miss Universe India 2026 Kaziah Liz Mejo? Not long ago, Kaziah Liz Mejo says she couldn't bring herself to keep an unfiltered photograph.
Beco’s Aditya Ruia on Why It Took on HUL and What Comes Next
Open Magazineby Shailja Tiwari·24 Aug 2026
Beco’s Aditya Ruia on Why It Took on HUL and What Comes Next Beco’s decision to directly take on Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and its household names Surf Excel and Vim was nearly a year in the making...
Delusional Encounters: Neil deGrasse Tyson debunks favourite alien theories
Open Magazineby Madhavankutty Pillai·24 Aug 2026
Delusional Encounters: Neil deGrasse Tyson debunks favourite alien theories DO ALIENS EXIST? We don’tknow. Possibly. Do they exist here on Earth? Not a chance.
Foreign Disclosure: Report anything earned in an overseas account
Open Magazineby Moinak Mitra·24 Aug 2026
Foreign Disclosure: Report anything earned in an overseas account FOREIGN INCOME IS no longer a side note in an Indian tax return; for many residents, it is now a disclosure item that can trigger...
Noose Connection: A brief history of hanging as a form of execution that India refuses to let go of
Open Magazineby Madhavankutty Pillai·24 Aug 2026
Noose Connection: A brief history of hanging as a form of execution that India refuses to let go of At a museum in Denmark lies the Tollund Man, a man from around 400BCE, 2,400 years ago, and was...
Grief and Grit: woman faces her crumbling marriage and a brave new world
Open Magazineby Sohini Dey·24 Aug 2026
Grief and Grit: woman faces her crumbling marriage and a brave new world WHEN THE UNNAMED narrator in Avni Doshi’s latest novel, The First House spots a new statue of Diana—inspired by Augustus...
Red Rot Explained: How Sugarcane’s ‘Cancer’ Turned India From Exporter to Importer
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Red Rot Explained: How Sugarcane’s ‘Cancer’ Turned India From Exporter to Importer Cut open a healthy sugarcane stalk and its flesh is pale, wet and packed with juice.
Iran Boomerang: How Trump’s Sanctions Could Swing Back Through Hormuz
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·24 Aug 2026
Iran Boomerang: How Trump’s Sanctions Could Swing Back Through Hormuz Donald Trump wants to squeeze Iran until its economy can no longer breathe.
India's Healthcare Paradox: World-Class Treatment, But Can Indians Afford It?
Open Magazineby AB Ravi·23 Aug 2026
India's Healthcare Paradox: World-Class Treatment, But Can Indians Afford It? It is sad but true that government spending on healthcare in India remains abysmally low at around 1.43% of GDP.
Melissa Gilbert Calls Out Hollywood’s Child Star Crisis: Why Young Performers Are Still Failing to Be Protected
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·23 Aug 2026
Melissa Gilbert Calls Out Hollywood’s Child Star Crisis: Why Young Performers Are Still Failing to Be Protected Melissa Gilbert remembers returning to the set of Little House on the Prairie within...
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