English Blog - Page 2
It all started when i was 13/14 years old. The red blots on my frock....My menstrual cycle! It all started during my summer vacations at my grandparents village. On one hot summery day, I felt some...
1 Jun 2017 1:26 PM IST
In the world we live in, where nuance has little space, and where the news and instant opinion is polarized in black and white terms, I am dubbed, for better or worse, a Narendra Modi critic when all...
27 May 2017 5:17 PM IST
When Sonu Nigam made a statement that he was disturbed by Azaan on loudspeakers, not only did the whole cowshed reverberate, but many so-called liberals applauded his bravery in calling out how...
21 April 2017 7:40 PM IST
Sadhvi Khosla was a BJP volunteer who for long years was part of the party’s troll army. She began to be disturbed by the party’s social media cell targeting women, particularly women journalists,...
3 April 2017 5:51 PM IST
Legal reform in personal laws has been one of the critical yet neglected areas in Indian democracy. This reform is for the dignity and equality of women citizens and thereby all Indians — irrespective...
1 April 2017 4:10 PM IST
Predicting the outcome of an Uttar Pradesh election can be injurious to health. In 1993, extensively covering a UP election for the first time, when my editor asked me for an opinion, I promptly...
3 March 2017 5:39 PM IST
A young woman spoke out against the politics of hate, on friendship with Pakistan, on seeking peace not war. Within minutes she was attacked by the soldiers of nationalism. How dare she challenge the...
3 March 2017 12:13 AM IST
