OPEN

Open is a weekly magazine published in English in India. It was established by Sandipan Deb, who previously served as the executive editor of Outlook and the editor of Financial Express. The magazine made its debut on April 2, 2009, across 12 cities in India. Open is the main publication of Open Media Network, which is part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group's media initiatives.

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The Quantum Moment

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Makarand R Paranjape

IS THE UNIVERSE conscious? This question has intrigued humanity for millennia. Now it would seem that mainstream science is suddenly interested in it. A slew of articles, even in popular science magazines including The New Scientist and Scientific American, have flagged this issue. Their focus is a new theory called panpsychism, which I will come to later. First, let’s backtrack a bit.
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025): Maestro from Peru

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

Books | In Memoriam The giant of Latin American literature created intensely realistic portrayals of human nature Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) (Photo: Getty Images) Mario Vargas Llosa, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, was one of the world’s greatest writers of the post-World War II era.He died on April 13, aged 89. Although he lived the last years of his life mostly in Spain, he returned in the end to Peru, his home country, to die.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

MUMBAI-BASED ANTI-PIRACY expert Mayur Kachare, who is the founder and CEO of Pirates Alert which works with private companies and the government, has often seen suburban train passengers hooked to their phones, watching even new movies on WhatsApp, the messaging platform. Most often, the quality of such videos, be it on Telegram or those numerous rogue sites, is excellent, he avers, emphasising that it is this scourge that he and others are waging a war against.
The Tamil Nadu Portent

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

BETWEEN EARLY 2020 and October 2023, the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a series of Bills that were then sent to Governor RN Ravi. There were 12 Bills and he withheld his assent from 10 and reserved two for the president’s consideration. The Assembly, in a special session on November 18, 2023, passed them once again and sent them back to the governor. He then referred them once again to the president.
Woman Defined Again

6 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

News Briefs | Openings There is ample room in this world for every gender category to exist independently On April 16, the UK Supreme Court gave a unanimous verdict that “woman” can be defined by her biological sex alone and not by some assigned or self-assigned gender category. The judgment in the For Women Scotland Ltd vs. The Scottish Ministers is bound to evoke controversy as “gender ideology” now holds sway in the Western world.
Pakistan and Asim Munir’s Helpless Roar

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

News Briefs | Web Exclusive The outburst by Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir reflects trouble in Balochistan. Last month marked the 85th anniversary of the Lahore Resolution, the event that marked the launch of the Two Nation theory that ultimately led to the Partition of India. Yesterday, General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief of army staff, refreshed the memory of that event once again. The speech by Gen Munir—at the Overseas Pakistani Convention in Islamabad—should not provoke Indians.
Ukraine silently encroaches on ‘friendly’ Moldova

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

News Briefs | Web Exclusive The war-ravaged nation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky is building dams in the neighbouring country to overcome its energy crisis Ukraine has encroached westwards over the past year on its friendly neighbour Moldova, a country that has stood by Kyiv against the Russians and sheltered thousands fleeing the war with Moscow, to build hydroelectric dams in a bid to overcome a crippling power shortage, people close to the matter said.
Maoists Demand Peace at Gunpoint

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh |Mario Vargas Llosa

During his recent visit to Chhattisgarh earlier this month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a fervent appeal to Maoist insurgents to quit the path of violence and join the mainstream. In his appeal, made by Shah when he was in Dantewada on 5th April, stated that, “Even today, I have come to request all Naxalite brothers, those who have arms in their hands and those who don’t, that you lay down arms, join the mainstream. You are our own.
Mario Vargas Llosa, the colossus of the Latin American novel - Open The Magazine

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

For those of us who grew up reading Mario Vargas Llosa in the 1990s, no analysis of his oeuvre is possible without a comparison with his former mentor and friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whom Llosa later despised largely over his political views while maintaining respect for him as a writer.
Paramvir Singh Cheema Shining

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Kaveree Bamzai

Cinema | Stargazer Cheema is having a moment on streaming with two series breaking at almost the same time He was as loud in the first and second seasons of SonyLIV’s Chamak as he was understated in Netflix’s Black Warrant. The Jalandhar-born Paramvir Singh Cheema is having a moment on streaming with two series breaking at almost the same time. And for someone who has been struggling in Mumbai, giving auditions aplenty since 2016, the success couldn’t be sweeter.