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
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Guest Column
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Why mammograms are safe
By Dr Mukta Mahajan June 03, 2018 -
It is our responsibility
By Jose Louies June 03, 2018 -
Allow captive cultivation of cannabis
By DR Ram Vishwakarma May 20, 2018 -
50 plus? Take care of your bones
By Dr Jatin Talwar & Dr Gaurav P. Bhardwaj May 13, 2018 -
Data protection rules and 2019 elections
By Kamlesh Bajaj April 22, 2018 -
Why this desperation to win?
By Sanjay Manjrekar April 08, 2018 -
Break the walls
By Jorge Ramos February 18, 2018 -
The big health debate
By K. Srinath Reddy February 18, 2018
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.
LAST WORD
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?
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?
We are very close to striking down one of our most regressive laws—the
By Barkha Dutt January 21, 2018
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
A no is a no is a no
India’s politicians have missed a chance to make history twice. The first was a cowardly refusal (save...
By Barkha Dutt October 01, 2017
Constitution above codes
Notwithstanding the interesting irony of an all-male bench passing a historic verdict on an issue that...
By Barkha Dutt September 03, 2017
Women who dare to be disliked
There are many reasons to admire Kangana Ranaut—her acting prowess, her stylish good looks, her...
By Barkha Dutt August 06, 2017
If I were Muslim...
I am agnostic and entirely non-religious; I do not self-identify with any religion and leave the...
By Barkha Dutt July 09, 2017
Studiotronics is turning anchors into actors
I coined a new word this week—Studiotronics—to capture the hysterical histrionics of studio-bound prime...
By Barkha Dutt May 14, 2017
Bovine justice
They thrash a man to death and we call them ‘vigilantes’, a rather shameful and disingenuous euphemism...
By Barkha Dutt April 16, 2017