Open Magazine - November 12, 2018

In this issue

The measure of a statue ~ by S Prasannarajan; Sorting out Babel ~ by Stephen Owen and Sheldon Pollock; Despite the paradox ~ by TCA Srinivasa Raghavan; Where are you, genius? ~ by Devangshu Datta; My Indian Hall of Fame ~ by Rachel Dwyer; Open diary ~ by Swapan Dasgupta; Staying on track ~ by Bibek Debroy; Data capitalism ~ by Aresh Shirali; Easy come, easy go ~ by Jagdish N Sheth; ‘Hardware was a Trojan horse to create a business that uses data to modify behaviour’ ~ by Madhavankutty Pillai; ‘Our healthcare systems are discontinuous and reactive when they should be continuous and predictive’ ~ by V Shoba; ‘If you give people the right to information, they will be ready to donate’ ~ by Lhendup G Bhutia; ‘Our Technology Helps the Police Take Proactive Steps to Check Crime’ ~ by Moinak Mitra; ‘India could use a firm that focuses on social sector data’ ~ by Amita Shah; ‘Software becomes truly intelligent when it simulates data’ ~ by V Shoba; ‘I wanted to help women restart their careers’ ~ by Sonali Acharjee; ‘Think of us as a YouTube for stories’ ~ by Nandini Nair; ‘Like Lego Bricks, Our platform works for all’ ~ by Vipul Vivek; Intimate stranger ~ by Urvashi Bahuguna; Cosmic Enchantment ~ by Jaideep Unudurti; Fairy queen ~ by Divya Unny; In conversation with Jennifer Lopez ~ by Noel de Souza; The man who kept Aamir hanging ~ by Rajeev Masand and more…