Much like the death sentence, I believe, hidden cameras should be used in the 'rarest of rare' cases. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
A hidden camera can only be a good journalist's last resort. But sometimes, it's the only option. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
A hidden camera must never become a lazy substitute for the rigours of old-style 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yes, fear and repression may be permanent citizens in Narendra Modi's Gujarat. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share
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
The working conditions of Indian labourers in the Gulf countries are notoriously abusive. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share
I feel unabashedly Indian, and this means that not just do I jump to my feet and sing along with the national anthem, it… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share
Apart from democracy, globalisation and economic liberalism is our 20th century area of commonality with the U.S., the burgeoning numbers of skilled Indian workers… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share
The rise of Right-wing populism globally has divided not just countries, but families. It has broken relationships and torn apart friendships. It has created… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share
