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 social media discord and abuse, and led to unprecedented name-calling. — 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
