The power of the written word
It has been close to eight years since I began writing in THE WEEK. Month after month, writing the...
By Nandita Das March 19, 2017
Columns
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Anuja Chauhan
- Anita Pratap
- Shobhaa De
- Navtej Sarna
- Lakshmy Ramanathan
- Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Swara Bhasker
- Barkha Dutt
- Shashi Tharoor
- Prasannan
- Bibek Debroy
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Sanjaya Baru
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
- Geeti Sen
- Vandana Kohli
- Sadhguru
- Gen Bikram Singh
- Manu Chandra
- Sanjna Kapoor
- Jerry Pinto
- Saina Nehwal
- Nandita Das
- Sania Mirza
- Bala Ambati
- Maroof Raza
- Ajish P Joy
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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The Iran nuclear deal is dead. And it is a good thing, writes Jeff Jacoby
By Jeff Jacoby April 10, 2022 -
Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019
Nandita Das
An actor, director and an activist all rolled into one, Nandita Das is as well known for her award-winning performances on the screen, as for her campaigns for social justice, gender equality and human rights.
LAST WORD
Truth is not an option
These days, ground realities seem to have little use in politics, reminding me of George Orwell’s...
By Nandita Das February 19, 2017
Lest the eyes adjust
2016 has not been perceived as a good year and for good reasons. And, therefore, 2017, even though an...
By Nandita Das January 22, 2017
No Shyam in sight
In less than three months, I will start shooting my film, Manto, based on the life and works of one of...
By Nandita Das December 25, 2016
No time to despair
The day of Donald Trump’s shocking victory was a day of gloom for me. I scoured newsfeeds and was glued...
By Nandita Das November 27, 2016
Unburden, we must
I participated last week in a day-long festival of ideas and conversation on gender empowerment. It was...
By Nandita Das October 30, 2016
In pursuit of being good
Since I have dived into my Manto film, wearing the hats of writer, director and producer, my Sundays...
By Nandita Das October 02, 2016
Reflections in August
Our Independence Day is meant to be a reminder of the incredible idea of India that has endured many...
By Nandita Das September 04, 2016
Every life matters
I recently read a very moving account by someone named Jamie Davenport, who was travelling on a local...
By Nandita Das August 07, 2016
Some random musings from Paris
This comes to you from Paris, a city I first visited exactly twenty years ago, and several times since....
By Nandita Das July 10, 2016
Emotional professional
Yesterday was the last day of my son’s school and his most favourite teacher, Peter, was leaving for...
By Nandita Das June 12, 2016
Test of time
These days Vihaan, my son, and Manto, my protagonist, consume me fully. And in different ways, I...
By Nandita Das May 15, 2016
The ant in the ear of the elephant
Twenty-five years ago, I walked with thousands of farmers, tribals and activists in a five-week...
By Nandita Das April 17, 2016
Listen, Young India speaks
The problem with monthly columns is that anything one wants to say about a pressing recent incident has...
By Nandita Das March 10, 2016
The troll story
I seldom feel like responding to accusations or giving explanations, but today I want to reflect aloud...
By Nandita Das February 21, 2016