Textbook journalism everywhere in the world has always frowned upon the sting as a tool of reporting. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
If you leave out the magnetic stardom of sportsmen and actors, middle-class India today really has just two heroes - the army and the… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Women - whether in politics, media or business - can't have it both ways. We can't demand to be judged irrespective of our gender… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
I don't care if a flight attendant is fat as long as she doesn't sneak back to the galley for a gossip when she… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
In 2020 we saw the poorest Indian citizen suffer as migrant workers, in the hundreds of thousands, fled the cities on foot, sometimes barefoot,… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, people complain about what they see on television. Yet, if you are lapping this up because it's random entertainment or from… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
What other, newer democracies find relatively easy - conducting an election, the counting of votes, the peaceful transition of power - seems to have… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Politics, by definition, is risk averse. Perhaps that's why America was so awestruck when Barack Obama ended the Black vs White debate by painting… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
In many ways, Ahmed Patel was the mind of Sonia Gandhi. Nearly everything we know about her publicly was constructed or revealed with his… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
India cannot pretend anymore that none of its citizens fancy membership to the Global Jehad club. We need to examine where our secularism has… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Yes, fear and repression may be permanent citizens in Narendra Modi's Gujarat. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Much has already been said about the indisputable integrity of men such as AB Bardhan and Prakash Karat. So, why is it that while… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
The working conditions of Indian labourers in the Gulf countries are notoriously abusive. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
