Madhumita Saha

Madhumita Saha

Opinion Editor

The writer is an academic-turned journalist. She taught history at Drexel University and New York University before joining WION.

Opinion: CCI should intervene immediately to bring relief to taxi drivers, commuters

  • 2018-03-19 12:39:35

Taxi drivers need speedy addressal to their concerns so that they can go about doing their job, commuters will breathe a sigh of relief and ...

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Opinion: Priya Varrier's idyllic face and hint of sexuality capture nation's imagination

  • 2018-02-13 10:15:39

Priya Varrier takes us on that journey where the innocence of childhood is not lost but neither has one gained the pronounced sexuality of a...

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Opinion: Why this Kolaveri di, Mr Modi?

  • 2018-02-07 12:30:07

Modi, in one sweeping stroke, wanted to completely discredit the Congress. From the Partition to corruption, according to PM Modi, everythin...

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Opinion: Will the Budget help India's struggling farmers?

  • 2018-02-01 09:28:38

Without a clearcut policy stemming from the Budget, the chances are the chasm between rural and urban India will continue to grow, putting t...

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Opinion: Why Modi takes Netanyahu to Ahmedabad?

  • 2018-01-17 08:20:34

Ahmedabad represents Modi's future plan for India. It shows India's enterprising nature at its best.

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Opinion: Why Swami Vivekananda is significant for the Indian state

  • 2018-01-12 07:27:44

Much of what Vivekananda said can well be accommodated within the ideological folds of a modern nation-state. Vivekananda is religious witho...

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Opinion: Why US travel advisory should not affect your travel plans

  • 2018-01-11 11:23:46

Let the State Department come out with travel advisories, but let it not clip your wings. The world is a beautiful place.

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Opinion: Taha Siddiqui's failed abduction. Fearless journalism is costly in Pakistan

  • 2018-01-10 09:18:44

On his way to the Islamabad airport, they tried harming him, tried to shoot him, threatened him of taking his life. Taha escaped.

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Opinion: New H1B rules may put the 'Promised Land' out of bounds for Indians

  • 2018-01-03 13:11:19

The Trump administration is here surely washing its hands off of all the legal immigrants, meritorious or not, aspiring to be American citiz...

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Opinion: Apathy and corruption fuel fire in India

  • 2017-12-29 10:25:26

"Every institution and individual thinks that it will not happen to them; hence, continue to ignore the basic fire safety"

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Opinion: Why Pakistani press was so brutal to Kulbhushan's family

  • 2017-12-28 08:24:34

The moment state's agenda becomes the media's agenda, the dangers are that journalists become apologists of the state.?

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Opinion: In spite of GST, how Modi won Gujarat

  • 2017-12-18 11:09:16

Narendra Modi successfully turned the 6 per cent wavering voter of Gujarat through his emotional appeals and politicking against which the I...

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Opinion: Let's save Amarnath, not destroy its religious essence

  • 2017-12-14 13:12:34

The devotees and others visit Amarnath out of sheer emotional needs, to satisfy their spiritual quest. The rules should retain the essence o...

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December 13, 2001: The day the heart of India's democracy was attacked

  • 2017-12-13 16:14:59

On that day, the Parliament of India -- the very nerve centre of the country's democracy -- was attacked by terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Ta...

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India makes soldiers out of Afghan women to fight Taliban

  • 2017-12-12 12:02:53

The women of Afghanistan, long oppressed and denied of their basic rights, are now fighting for their rights. And India is turning to be a v...

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Afghan women soldiers training under Indian Army 'to kill Taliban'

  • 2017-12-12 08:42:57

When I asked one of the soldiers why she came to India, pat came the reply, 'to kill Taliban'.?

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Opinion: Why Muhammad has to die for love

  • 2017-12-07 10:51:38

The minorities appear as not only different but dangerous-a threat to the purity of the cultural identity of the majority community.

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Opinion: Trump is wrong; Israel alone can't claim Jerusalem

  • 2017-12-06 10:49:11

To fulfill his election promises and to pacify a large number of his orthodox influential voters, Trump is ready to let an already volatile ...

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Opinion: A child needs parents, not a husband

  • 2017-12-05 10:23:49

Social custom is as much to be blamed as poverty for the perpetuation of child marriage in India.

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