When Sania Mirza says she feels hurt or fed up at constantly grabbing the headlines for the wrong reasons, it's an understandable reaction. But when she goes ahead to say she doesn't want to play in India anymore, we can't… — 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
