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Open the magazine emagazine - October 13, 2025 Issue

An Ode to the Battle-Scarred-S Prasannarajan;Plastic Makes Perfect-Lhendup G Bhutia;Chronicle of a Downfall Foretold-MJ Akbar;Game Theory-Dhiraj Nayyar;The Secularisation of Durga Puja-Swapan Dasgupta;Festival with a Difference-Suhel Seth;Trial by Tragedy-V Shoba;Follow The Rules. Or Else...-Rajeev Deshpande;The Ordeal of Phunsukh Wangdu-Rahul Pandita;The Art of the Possible-Siddharth Singh;The Protein Fix-Madhavankutty Pillai;The day of the Matinee Idol-Kaveree Bamzai;Insider-Rajeev Deshpande;The Globetrotter-Sudeep Paul;A Man in Full-TCA Raghavan;Wild Terrains-Madhulika Liddle;Making Life Out of Ruins-Manan Shah;Tech Talk-Madhavankutty Pillai;Checking into Bandra-Suvir Saran;A Spoilsport Called Pakistan-Boria Majumdar;Watch Party-Kaveree Bamzai;Stargazer-Kaveree Bamzai

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Open, a well-lit-window on India, addresses the progressive, globally minded reader, and tries to stay faithful to its promise of not dishing up regurgitated news or majoritarian opinion. Its clutter-free, vibrant design and superior visual content position Open among the best looking magazines in the world. Open set out to be original and stimulating, and stays true to that secret covenant with its readers. Written and edited for the sophisticated minds of modern India, Open, every week, captures the political, economic and cultural spirit of our times and tries to stay faithful to its promise of not dishing up recycled news or opinions. A smart magazine that makes its readers feel smarter, Open presents the best of narrative journalism in India. Cutting edge writing on politics, economy, society, culture, books, art, cinema, and sport makes it a magazine that is in a permanent conversation with India. Open is aimed primarily at the global-minded resident Indian reader, though its online offering (this website) gives its readership a more commanding geographical sweep, adding a loyal following outside India to its growing subscriber base and readership in the country. In some ways, Open is three magazines rolled into one neat, organic bundle. The first section of the magazine, called Openings, is a zippy selection and short analysis of the most relevant and interesting news of the week from around the world. The middle section has sharp features on politics, economy, society, international affairs, sports and much more. The final section, Salon, carries essays on culture, arts, books, cinema, music, theatre and food—plus a popular gossip column on Hindi cinema.

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