Call them just another form of fungi if you want, but here is someone who expects them to save the world

The trial of a French Consulate employee, accused of raping his minor daughter, has begun in Bangalore. His wife Suja Jones speaks to Open on her battle for justice and why is it important to listen carefully to your child

Rendezvous with ‘a leading Syrian dissident’

Meet Shukria Barakzai, a leading advocate of women’s rights in Afghanistan who wants to run for the country’s top office in 2014

…under a blanket of red dust in Goa’s mining belt

If you look past its author’s name and ‘Nobel prize winner’ appellation, Home is a taut read with a jazzy rhythm—till you reach a revelation that makes you squirm

A decorated war hero on love, bachelorhood and why Gen VK Singh is an honourable man

How do you make a new story every time out of a problem that just won’t go away?

Ahmad Kazmi, the media and a message that might have gone horribly wrong

This election campaign in Goa is different

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…