Sunetra Choudhury – Author, NDTV.com

Blog: Indrani Mukerjea's Grey Hair Intriguing, But She's Not the Story

Sunetra Choudhury | Saturday July 01, 2017

Every time Indrani Mukerjea appears in court as she faces trial for the murder of a daughter she gave birth to when she was 15, the cameras get a picture of her and it is always published. People can't take their eyes off the greying, exposed roots of her hair. As the grey increases, we all wonder what we'd look like if we were locked up without tools to put our publi...

Blog: Who's Prashant Kishor, Sheila Dikshit Reportedly Asked

Sunetra Choudhury | Tuesday July 05, 2016

The 37-year-old told her that he was from Rahul Gandhi's office and when he shared his vision, she benignly nodded along. Soon after he left, she called her party's top bosses and asked if he really was who he claimed.

Blog: Tina Dabi's Mother And I: A Tale Of 2 Working Mothers

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday May 27, 2016

You know when a string of random events come together in your mind to tell you a larger story? I had that recently, and the reason I write this is because it is haunting me, and also maybe for you or someone else you know too. Or maybe I just needed to put it down to make sense of it for myself.

Blog: Kanhaiya And An Electric Moment Close To Midnight At JNU

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday March 04, 2016

It is often hard to assess how successful a political speech really is. Journalists use turnout, crowd response and their own formulations to gauge, but on Thursday night, the press pack at Jawaharlal Nehru University was unusually unanimous.

Blog: Lessons From <i>Aligarh</i>, In The Time Of 'Anti-Nationalism'

Blog: Lessons From Aligarh, In The Time Of 'Anti-Nationalism'

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday February 26, 2016

At a time when my own profession is under attack for being partisan, Aligarh, like Spotlight and the Aaron Sorkin drama Newsroom, reminds us what's really important in journalism.

Opinion: Odd-Even Led Me To Having An Affair

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday January 15, 2016

As the odd-even experiment ends, I realize that my affair may not last. My phone's photo gallery has a series of pictures of the sky, and the truth is that the horizon isn't as blue as I would have liked. The AQ or air quality index must have affected my IQ, or at least my EQ, because I think something's changed. After all, didn't Delhi come together and try to be nic...

Blog: Bollywood, Thank God For Your New Women

Sunetra Choudhury | Tuesday December 29, 2015

It's that time of the year when everyone's putting out their "Best of" lists- the best books of the year gone by, the big news moments, and of course, my personal favourite, the best movies. And as you go down these lists, I'd like to pitch an idea I've been thinking about a lot lately: the idea that the biggest change in the last one year in Bollywood is that the mov...

Opinion: In Delhi Raid, Many CBI Bloopers And Not For The First Time

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday December 18, 2015

There isn't a dearth of bloopers, as anyone who has tracked the CBI will tell you. One of the more recent ones is from March 2013, just about a day after the DMK pulled out of the UPA alliance.

Blog: Reporting from Paris Right After the Attacks

Sunetra Choudhury | Saturday November 21, 2015

I went to the French capital in the worst of times, but even a week later, I can't say it was any less of an experience that I've ever had in the city.

Blog: Beef is Between My God and Me

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday October 02, 2015

If you asked my parents if they considered themselves proud Hindus, they'd say yes without hesitation. So would I, probably. I know that many others wouldn't. I don't care though - that's between me and my God.

Blog: Delhi Roadside Accident, a Threat, and Gender Politics

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday August 28, 2015

A simple car accident could turn into a harassment case against my husband, and he could get arrested.

Blog: Covering PM Modi Abroad - Here's What It's Like

Sunetra Choudhury | Friday April 17, 2015

Is there much point in covering the PM's trips abroad, asked a couple of senior journalists, when I was readying to cover 2/3rd of his tri-nation tour to France, Germany and Canada.

Blog: Delhi Police? Ha! Even Congress Leaders Don't Get Rahul Gandhi Details

Sunetra Choudhury | Monday March 16, 2015

There's one joke that's done the full round of Parliament today. Political reporters, always open to silly jokes, especially when it's at the cost of a neta, were heard telling each other: "Arrey, police is saying that since they heard media reporting 'Rahul is missing', they thought they'd go and help out.

Opinion: Dear PK, Notes From a TV Reporter

Sunetra Choudhury | Wednesday December 24, 2014

Since Aamir Khan's a perfectionist, he might appreciate these tips.

Blog: Uber and the Loss of Independence

Sunetra Choudhury | Monday December 08, 2014

Uber changed lives of working women like me, writes Sunetra Choudhury.

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