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Madhavankutty Pillai

Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai  

Columns
Social Music Networking

Spotify launches direct messaging for its users

29 August 2025
Books
Zone of Conflict

An argument against avocado eaters

29 August 2025
sw-motorcycle-phobia
Feature
Licence to Inconvenience

Why bike taxis face roadblocks in key cities

29 August 2025
Imploding City
Feature
The Annual Stress Test

And why Mumbai always fails it every monsoon

22 August 2025
Columns
ChatGPT 5 Is Here

OpenAI says India could become its largest market

14 August 2025
Refugees leaving for Pakistan, New Delhi, September 27, 1947
Cover Stories
A History of Healing

With over 12,000 oral histories, the 1947 partition archive is using storytelling to mend the scars of one of the most traumatic episodes that the subcontinent experienced

14 August 2025
Feature
Edicts from the Meatless

What sense does a meat ban on Independence Day make?

14 August 2025
Columns
Tesla Supercharger Plugs In

The automaker has launched its first charging facility in India

08 August 2025
Ashwin Sanghi
Special
Ashwin Sanghi: The Mythmaker

Ashwin Sanghi’s new book links Korea to Ayodhya. The author speaks to Madhavankutty Pillai about using history, philosophy and spirituality to create bestselling novels

08 August 2025
Feature
Raanjhanaa: Twist In the Tale

An AI-altered movie ending sparks an ethical debate

08 August 2025

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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