Opinion

Opinion: Newsroom: Yes, Nupur Talwar Did Cry

Nupur, currently in an Uttar Pradesh Jail, convicted of the murder of her daughter Aarushi, gave me an interview on NDTV in May, the morning after her husband Rajesh Talwar had been arrested by the Noida police, barely a week after Aarushi had been killed.

Opinion: Newsroom: Public Health Must Be Hard News

The only time Health is a Headline is when there is an immediate crisis, a death of one child in Delhi, Mumbai or any of our cities. This in a way completely misses the real story.

Opinion: Newsroom: When Nana Patekar Became a Real Life Hero

How do we make the stories of Marathwada relevant in Mumbai's Pali Hill drawing rooms or even in Chennai and Bengaluru?

Opinion: Newsroom: The Decision to Use a Dead 3-Year-Old's Photo On Air

The picture flashed on our computers in the newsroom at around 5 pm on Wednesday evening. The reactions even amongst our hardened, most cynical news journalists and editors were instantaneous and heartfelt. How in a civilized world could this happen?

Opinion: Let Journalism Thrive - Television and Media Freedom

These remarks were delivered as a Keynote Address at UNESCO, India to observe World Press Freedom Day.

Opinion: Justice for India's Daughters

I watched 'India's Daughter' last week prepared to hate it. NDTV had been approached by independent filmmaker Leslee Udwin regarding her documentary for the BBC, part of a global initiative on Women's Day to focus attention on sexual crimes against women and how societal attitudes must change.

Opinion: Fault(y) Lines of Poverty

We often ignore human and social implications of poverty, writes Sonia Singh.