Blog: Blog: Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Makes Moral Dilemma Into Beautifully Crafted Gangster Film

Uma Sudhir | Sunday September 30, 2018

If it is a Mani Ratnam film, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of expectations and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam does not disappoint

Blog: 7 Lessons In Crisis Management We Can Learn From Kerala

Uma Sudhir | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Unlike what usually happens during a disaster, the Kerala government has not faced severe criticism for what went wrong on the ground. Popular perception has been that the political class, bureaucracy, civil society and of course the people of Kerala worked well together to overcome the adversity.

Blog: Doctor Anitha, She Was Teased. A Dream Run Ends In Tragedy

Uma Sudhir | Saturday September 02, 2017

Not the EPS-OPS Vs TTK-Sasikala wrangle, not the farmers issue, not even what Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth said, it is Anitha who has become the top headline, creating a huge social and political uproar in Tamil Nadu.

Blog: At Marina Beach, Trust, Hope, Peace - Then, The Descent Of Ugly

Uma Sudhir | Wednesday January 25, 2017

For nearly the entire week of the Jallikattu protests on Chennai's Marina's Beach, I was present and reporting. It felt like an extended picnic, day and night. A rare occasion of collective strength and joy and hope was being celebrated.

Blog: A Day Before Aradhana's Death Became News, I Visited Her Home

Uma Sudhir | Thursday October 13, 2016

I did not go as a journalist. I went without a camera, with a friend who belonged to the Jain community to know more about and understand the circumstances that led to her death.

Blog: No One Heard This Child Scream

Uma Sudhir | Thursday July 09, 2015

Within hours of a teenager being rescued with multiple injuries from the home of her father in Hyderabad, came the case of an 11-year-old child forced to work as a domestic help. NDTV's team was part of the rescue operation on Wednesday.

Blog: 15 Years Since Super-Cyclone, States Battle-Ready for Hudhud

Uma Sudhir | Saturday October 11, 2014

A hot cooked meal of rice, sambar, curry and pickle is something you can far from expect on an assignment of covering a cyclone.

Blog: I Was Attacked by Jayalalithaa's Supporters

Uma Sudhir | Sunday September 28, 2014

NDTV's Uma Sudhir on what it was like to report on the big verdict.

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