PATHAAN: IS IT A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE?

Sharad Raj discusses why the film PATHAAN is being celebrated across the country and SRK’s persona and politics.

What’s gone wrong with TV news in India

Broadcast news has dominated as the major source of news and information across the world for over 3 decades. This was all the more possible...

Let's Talk About Trolls

I have been called a whore, a ‘randi’, ‘c***”, bitch and ‘presstitute” on Twitter and other social media platforms so often that now I b...

Why They Are Called To Action?

This week at the eighth annual Women in the World Summit, led by the journalist Tina Brown, activists will talk about the experiences that ignited their sense of purpose. H...

Prime Minister Modi's Energy Has Created Huge Expectations - Bill & Melinda Gates Tell NDTV's Barkha Dutt.

The world’s richest man Bill Gates today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “double or more than double” what India spends on healthcare services? ...

VICTIMS, WOMEN & THE LANDED VOICELESS

So here?? the thing!

As I entered home this evening, my housekeeper Leela Lhama opened the door, as usual.

She normally takes my laptop bag from my hand and...

#Love Knows No Disability: We The People On Love, Sex And Disability

Love knows no disability. On We The People, the team of the film Margarita With A Straw has us talking about sexuality and disability. An estimated 70 million to 100 millio...

The Brave New Bollywood Of Deepika, Big B, Ranveer Where Stars Talk About Their Frailties

If you grew up in the ’90s, you probably remember the public service ad in which Shabana Azmi holds a child suffering from AIDS and gently chides the audience by sayi...

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...