Opinion

Opinion: Why India-Pakistan Could Be A Big Headache For The Next US President

If she's elected president, Hillary Clinton may need to do some plain-speaking with Pakistan much sooner than she had bargained for.

Opinion: Arnab Goswami, You Don't Scare Me. But You Should Worry India

What should concern all of us much more is that one of the leading names of Indian media believes in censorship, wants to gag free expression, kill nuance, distort the truth and send journalists to jail. Like I said - and I stand by it - thank you, Mr Goswami for disparaging my journalism. Because a compliment from you would be a deep insult.

Open Letter To Smriti Irani From Barkha Dutt

As a strong woman who could have been a trailblazer for equality, you, sadly, more than let down the side.

Opinion: Udta Rajan, Reh Gaya Pahlaj

Raghuram Rajan showed India respect and commitment. The tragedy is - he did not get the same in return.

Opinion: Open Letter To Chetan Bhagat On Kashmir From Barkha Dutt

It is humanism, Chetan, that I had hoped your letter would have reflected - and didn't. Because without it, we are in danger of pushing a state already on the edge right over the precipice.

Opinion: Meeting Kanhaiya Kumar, Who Made Azaadi An Anthem - By Barkha Dutt

The ghar wapasi (homecoming) of Kanhaiya Kumra has delivered some home truths to the Narendra Modi government. Their clumsy overreach and mindless muscle-flexing on an issue that was best left for university authorities to tackle has given birth to a new political star.

Opinion: A Letter To PM Modi From 'Anti-National Sickular Presstitute' Barkha Dutt

"I write to you today because like so many of my fellow citizens, I am both angry and anguished": A Letter To PM Modi From 'Anti-National Sickular Presstitute' Barkha Dutt

Opinion: Mehbooba's Inheritance Of Loss And Her Signals To The BJP

The chaharum or fourth and final day of mourning has come and gone, but Mehbooba Mufti is keeping both her party and the BJP guessing.

Opinion: Barkha Dutt On Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's True Legacy

It was February 18, 2015- the state of Jammu and Kashmir still did not have a Chief Minister or a new government, though elections had concluded in the third week of December. Furious negotiations had been on for almost two months to reduce the ideological distance between the BJP and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). But amid the frenzied speculation over governme...

Opinion: Barkha Dutt On The Women's Safety Remarks That Went Viral

Every country is struggling with entrenched misogyny in varied ways. The gender debate, in effect, is a global one, says Barkha Dutt.