Before Cricket Had Gods, India Had Dhyan Chand: Why India Celebrates National Sports Day Today
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·29 Aug 2026
Before Cricket Had Gods, India Had Dhyan Chand: Why India Celebrates National Sports Day Today Imagine a time when India wasn't known just for cricket in the world of sports.
Ancient Myths, Modern Blockbusters: Why The Odyssey Speaks to Us Today
Open Magazineby Rachel Dwyer·29 Aug 2026
Ancient Myths, Modern Blockbusters: Why The Odyssey Speaks to Us Today The film of the summer in London and worldwide has undoubtedly been Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which grossed over $1...
Nepal Flood Disaster: How a Tattoo Helped Identify One Man Amid a National Struggle to Name the Dead
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·29 Aug 2026
Nepal Flood Disaster: How a Tattoo Helped Identify One Man Amid a National Struggle to Name the Dead Suman Gole’s face could no longer tell his family who he was.
Power Pill: The making of Lupin and homegrown pharma
Open Magazineby Ullekh NP·29 Aug 2026
Power Pill: The making of Lupin and homegrown pharma WHEN YOU WRITE about Lupin and its founder Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG), less is more. His story does not need lavish praise.
The Stories We Inherit: Love and memory shape kinship across generations
Open Magazineby Suvir Saran·29 Aug 2026
The Stories We Inherit: Love and memory shape kinship across generations BEFORE BIJI UNCLE says anything, his eyes have already entered the conversation.
Widening the Canvas
Open Magazineby Shaikh Ayaz·29 Aug 2026
Widening the Canvas THE GLOBAL BUZZ around Indian art is increasingly impossible to miss, particularly following the success of India’s official pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026.
Stepping Up to the Plate: Will India finally manage to clean up its food?
Open Magazineby Lhendup G Bhutia·29 Aug 2026
Stepping Up to the Plate: Will India finally manage to clean up its food? THE RESTAURANT Noor Mohammadi Hotel is something of a cultural landmark in Mumbai.
Ganga Treaty: Waters of Discord
Open Magazineby Siddharth Singh·29 Aug 2026
Ganga Treaty: Waters of Discord THE TREATY BETWEEN India and Bangladesh on the sharing of Ganga waters is set to expire on December 12 this year, 30 years after it was signed.
Back to the Future for ₹1,500: How KidZania and Big Brands Turn Nostalgia into a Profitable Business
Open Magazineby Rajiv Singh·29 Aug 2026
Back to the Future for ₹1,500: How KidZania and Big Brands Turn Nostalgia into a Profitable Business Congratulations. You have been hired as a child. The salary is zero. The uniform may not fit.
What is Climate Injustice? Why CJI Surya Kant Says the Poor Are Paying Twice for a Crisis They Barely Created
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·29 Aug 2026
What is Climate Injustice? Why CJI Surya Kant Says the Poor Are Paying Twice for a Crisis They Barely Created The smoke rose in Manchester. The bill can arrive in Mumbai.
Nepal Flood Disaster: 4,451 Rescued, 579 Dead as Race to Find 1,924 Missing in Hydropower Tunnels Intensifies
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·29 Aug 2026
Nepal Flood Disaster: 4,451 Rescued, 579 Dead as Race to Find 1,924 Missing in Hydropower Tunnels Intensifies Nepal has pulled 4,451 people from flooded valleys, hydropower tunnels and shattered...
Google Gemini Gives boAt Earbuds a Brain. Can boAt Own the AI Experience?
Open Magazineby Rajiv Singh·28 Aug 2026
Google Gemini Gives boAt Earbuds a Brain. Can boAt Own the AI Experience? The earbud has acquired a brain.
Kundli Meets Code: InstaAstro’s $12-Million Bet on AI Reading the Customer
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·28 Aug 2026
Kundli Meets Code: InstaAstro’s $12-Million Bet on AI Reading the Customer Artificial intelligence has been asked to write poetry, diagnose disease, drive cars and eliminate large portions of the...
Meta Trained Sandhya Devanathan for Asia’s Internet Wars. OpenAI Hired Her for the AI Battle
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·28 Aug 2026
Meta Trained Sandhya Devanathan for Asia’s Internet Wars. OpenAI Hired Her for the AI Battle Sandhya Devanathan called it “bittersweet”.
Rain and Shame: As Gurugram drowns every monsoon, the real problem is governance
Open Magazineby Suhel Seth·28 Aug 2026
Rain and Shame: As Gurugram drowns every monsoon, the real problem is governance EVERY YEAR AROUND this time, I write some version of this piece. And every year, I hope it would be the last.
Intimations of a Reshuffle
Open Magazineby Rajeev Deshpande·28 Aug 2026
Intimations of a Reshuffle Speculation is mounting about the expected reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers now that a new team of BJP central office bearers has been announced.
Standing Up to Trump
Open Magazineby Siddharth Singh·28 Aug 2026
Standing Up to Trump CANADA’S Finance and Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne has announced dollar-for-dollar and rate-for-rate tariff measures against American goods exported to his...
Move Over, Bro: Why Royal Enfield Still Cannot Get Enough Women Behind the Bullet
Open Magazineby Rajiv Singh·28 Aug 2026
Move Over, Bro: Why Royal Enfield Still Cannot Get Enough Women Behind the Bullet Two men climbed on two Royal Enfield motorcycles and rode approximately 11,000 kilometres through Nepal, China and...
Ladakh to Get High Court Bench: What President’s Article 240 Regulation Means
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·28 Aug 2026
Ladakh to Get High Court Bench: What President’s Article 240 Regulation Means For people in Ladakh, accessing the High Court has long involved a geographical problem that is difficult to separate...
Vaseline’s Accidental Rebrand: How a Mispronunciation Became a Marketing Moment
Open Magazineby Shailja Tiwari·28 Aug 2026
Vaseline’s Accidental Rebrand: How a Mispronunciation Became a Marketing Moment Korean beauty creator Min Day Lee’s Vaseline obsession became a pronunciation meme.
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