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Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt is an Emmy-nominated reporter, an author and a columnist. One of India's finest journalists, Dutt is a Contributing Editor of THE WEEK.

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Keep soldiers out of poll battles

Keep soldiers out of poll battles

There is no doubt that India’s decision to bomb a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist base

By Barkha Dutt March 09, 2019
Trans bill is regressive

Trans bill is regressive

One of the most progressive voices in the Supreme Court, Justice Dhananjaya

By Barkha Dutt January 12, 2019
A soldier’s soldier

A soldier’s soldier

Retired lieutenant general D.S. Hooda, former northern army commander in Jammu and

By Barkha Dutt December 15, 2018
Volleys of another kind

Volleys of another kind

There is so little good news coming out of Jammu and Kashmir these days: the

By Barkha Dutt November 17, 2018
Loud and clear

Loud and clear

Every woman has a #MeToo story. It could be a stranger on the street, a colleague at

By Barkha Dutt October 28, 2018
India's shame: stop the killings of sewer workers

India's shame: stop the killings of sewer workers

It took the photograph of a 11-year-old boy hunched over his father’s body for us to

By Barkha Dutt September 30, 2018
Unity in adversity

Unity in adversity

In a country divided by unprecedented bitterness and toxic polarisations, this week,

By Barkha Dutt September 02, 2018
Hug hug, wink wink

Hug hug, wink wink

By now, Rahul Gandhi’s hug of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spawned a million

By Barkha Dutt August 05, 2018
In Kashmir, one man’s small hopes

In Kashmir, one man’s small hopes

Today if you talk of hope or peace or dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, the words sound

By Barkha Dutt July 08, 2018
Why I think soldiers should not be netas

Why I think soldiers should not be netas

Recently, BJP president Amit Shah began the party’s mass contact programme (to mark

By Barkha Dutt June 10, 2018
A metaphor for India

A metaphor for India

The news is so depressing these days—especially out of Jammu and Kashmir—that any

By Barkha Dutt May 13, 2018
Press Council has done its time

Press Council has done its time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have reversed a controversial and short-lived

By Barkha Dutt April 15, 2018
Why worship Lenin?

Why worship Lenin?

You absolutely don’t have to be an admirer of Vladimir Ulyanov, or Lenin—as the

By Barkha Dutt March 18, 2018
Judges do well, what about lawmakers?

Judges do well, what about lawmakers?

We are very close to striking down one of our most regressive laws—the

By Barkha Dutt January 21, 2018
Keep private lives, private

Keep private lives, private

In an election season, most normal decencies are abandoned in the primeval pursuit of power. Our...

By Barkha Dutt November 26, 2017
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