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Book Excerpt | Sita And Her World
- Sunday March 22, 2026
- Book Excerpts | Anamika, Nishtha Gautam
"Is it time, then? I'm so sad about not getting a letter from Ram. But why? Birds return to their nests when it becomes dark. Is it time for me to return to myself?"
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Opinion | Lamborghini Crash To Dying In Pits, Many Ways To Cheapen Life In India
- Tuesday February 10, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Systemic indifference in India is no longer an abstract concern; it is a lived reality inscribed on urban landscapes and, increasingly, on citizens' bodies.
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Opinion | In Trump's World, Wikipedia's Lesson On Collaboration
- Friday January 30, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales's life's work rests on a proposition that feels almost subversive in 2026: that most people, given the right framework, want to collaborate in good faith.
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Opinion: The Iran Regime May Survive, But It Has Lost Something Big
- Friday January 23, 2026
- Opinion | Written by Nishtha Gautam
All revolutions have heroes: real and imaginary, rising from the ground and foisted from above, fallible and flawless. Successful revolutions, however, succeed without and despite these heroes.
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Opinion | Might Is Right, Again: On America's 'Kidnapping' Of A Sitting President
- Tuesday January 6, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
The barrage of visuals showing Maduro, inelegantly dressed, in handcuffs on American soil, are startling but nothing new in the US playbook. Remember Gaddafi and Saddam? Only, the theatre is the neighbourhood and not the faraway 'Middle East'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Bangladesh: A Lynching, Nationalism, And Blood Sacrifice
- Wednesday December 24, 2025
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
For the present idea of Bangladeshi nationalism, a Hindu factory worker claiming that God is one and the same for everyone, despite different names, is an inconvenience. It hasn't been a new inconvenience, though.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
- Tuesday November 18, 2025
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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www.ndtv.com
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Book Excerpt | Sita And Her World
- Sunday March 22, 2026
- Book Excerpts | Anamika, Nishtha Gautam
"Is it time, then? I'm so sad about not getting a letter from Ram. But why? Birds return to their nests when it becomes dark. Is it time for me to return to myself?"
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Lamborghini Crash To Dying In Pits, Many Ways To Cheapen Life In India
- Tuesday February 10, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Systemic indifference in India is no longer an abstract concern; it is a lived reality inscribed on urban landscapes and, increasingly, on citizens' bodies.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | In Trump's World, Wikipedia's Lesson On Collaboration
- Friday January 30, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales's life's work rests on a proposition that feels almost subversive in 2026: that most people, given the right framework, want to collaborate in good faith.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion: The Iran Regime May Survive, But It Has Lost Something Big
- Friday January 23, 2026
- Opinion | Written by Nishtha Gautam
All revolutions have heroes: real and imaginary, rising from the ground and foisted from above, fallible and flawless. Successful revolutions, however, succeed without and despite these heroes.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Might Is Right, Again: On America's 'Kidnapping' Of A Sitting President
- Tuesday January 6, 2026
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
The barrage of visuals showing Maduro, inelegantly dressed, in handcuffs on American soil, are startling but nothing new in the US playbook. Remember Gaddafi and Saddam? Only, the theatre is the neighbourhood and not the faraway 'Middle East'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Bangladesh: A Lynching, Nationalism, And Blood Sacrifice
- Wednesday December 24, 2025
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
For the present idea of Bangladeshi nationalism, a Hindu factory worker claiming that God is one and the same for everyone, despite different names, is an inconvenience. It hasn't been a new inconvenience, though.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
- Tuesday November 18, 2025
- Opinion | Nishtha Gautam
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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www.ndtv.com