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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Heroism of the Ordinary

5 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Kaveree Bamzai

Columns | Watch Party Film Review | Poster of the Week | Role of the Week | Series of the Week Ajay Devgn and Vaani Kapoor in Raid 2 Raid 2 | Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Vaani KapoorAjay Devgn is the master of minimalism, using minimal facial expressions to convey maximum impact and minimal body movements to suggest great action. He is also the master of sequels. From Drishyam to Raid, Devgn loves to return to the familiar.
Mr Bodacious Meets Ms Bossy Pants

5 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Kaveree Bamzai

Columns | Streaming Smart The Royals | Director: Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana | Cast: Ishaan Khatter, Bhumi Pednekar | Hindi | Netflix He is a rajkumar, she is an aam kumari. He is a polo-playing playboy prince. She is the driven CEO of hospitality start-up WorkPotato. When they meet, sparks fly. Watching a romcom makes one think in romcom clichés. But this is a deliriously silly romcom where the gaze of the two female directors is on the male.
Last Dance in Chennai

5 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Boria Majumdar

IT WAS THE 2013 Champions Trophy and Indian cricket was in the doldrums. The spot-fixing scandal had erupted a few days earlier and MS Dhoni was in the eye of the storm. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was the team implicated and things looked dire for the sport and also for Dhoni, the skipper. India was due to go to the Champions Trophy in England a week after IPL and not many had given the team a chance. Dhoni, captain of India, thought otherwise.
The Sober Generation

5 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

THE concept called “sober curiosity” perhaps explains why the generation born between 1997 and 2012, called Gen Z, is drinking less than even millennials and previous generations. While others were driven by defiance of disciplinarian elders, curiosity about the forbidden, or the lure of euphoria, Gen Z, by and large, is excited to explore what happens if you don’t indulge.
Pakistan’s Formula for Self-Destruction

5 days ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

AT A CONCLAVE of overseas Pakistanis who had gathered in Islamabad last month, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir thundered, “You have to narrate Pakistan’s story to your children so that they don’t forget it when our forefathers thought we were different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life.”Even discounting the nationalist fervour that marks such occasions, Munir’s fulmination was quaint. Why would he remember something that was said 85 years ago as a political idea?
Percival Everett Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Aditya Mani Jha

On Monday, the American writer Percival Everett won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel James, his second Pulitzer following his 2021 win for the novel The Trees. A finalist for the Booker Prize, James had already been awarded the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award. A few weeks ago, American Fiction, the film based on Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, also picked up five Oscar nominations, eventually winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
Americans learnt nothing from mistakes in Vietnam 50 years ago: Michael Kazin

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Ullekh NP

Michael Kazin is an award-winning professor of history at Georgetown University and the editor of Dissent. A respected political commentator, his insights into American policy and its global impact are widely regarded. An expert on US politics and social movements, his most recent book is What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.
Punjab Says Not a Drop of Water for Haryana

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

In a strongly worded resolution passed on Monday, the Punjab legislative assembly said the “Government of Punjab will not give even a single drop of water from its share to Haryana.” It went on to say that the 4,000 cusecs of water that is being given to Haryana for drinking purpose will be continued as a matter of humanity “but not even a drop more will be given.” The resolution was passed unanimously, cutting across party lines after it was moved by the state’s water resources minister...
Another Water War This Time In India

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Siddharth Singh

Web Exclusive Haryana’s demand for an extra 4,500 cusecs of water to tide over its immediate need for drinking water has been met with strong opposition from Punjab A special session of the Punjab legislative assembly is scheduled today and observers expect the assembly to pass a resolution on the distribution of river waters between Punjab and its neighbouring state, Haryana.
The Valley of Fear

1 week ago | openthemagazine.com | Kaveree Bamzai

Columns | Watch Party Film Review | Return of the Week | Heist of the Week | Adaptations of the Week Emraan Hashmi in Ground Zero Ground Zero | Director: Tejas Prabha, Vijay Deoskar | Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Sai Tamhankar, Zoya Hussain, Mukesh TiwariWHAT HAPPENS WHEN cinema gives you more nuance than news media? One of the perils of fictionalising news events is that the latter can quickly overtake the former.