Horns of a dilemma
Efforts to conserve one- horn rhinos in Assam's Kaziranga National Park have left a trail of dead bodies of people living in fringe villages
Hindustan Times / January 2016 / Human Rights
Special correspondent at Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Efforts to conserve one- horn rhinos in Assam's Kaziranga National Park have left a trail of dead bodies of people living in fringe villages
Hindustan Times / January 2016 / Human Rights
Vigilante groups in Western Uttar Pradesh sharing hardline Hindutva ideology ensure that the atmosphere in the region remain polarised
Hindustan Times / October 2015 / Politics
Report from the hunting ground of India's biggest human trafficker
Hindustan Times / September 2015 / Human Rights
Life inside Haryana's shelter homes which provide refuge to runaway couples who face family opposition and fear for their lives
Hindustan Times / August 2015 / Miscellaneous
Violence in the red corridor has ensured that advasis branded as Maoists languish in prisons for decades
Hindustan Times / April 2015 / Human Rights
The women contingent of one of the biggest paramilitary forces in the world inducted in the heart of the Maoist territory is clueless about its role, the enemy and what lies ahead
Hindustan Times / February 2015 / Miscellaneous
Bride traffickers narrate how they go about the business of sourcing girls from distant states for families in north west India seeking wives for their sons. Shortlisted for Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2015
Hindustan Times / December 2014 / Human Rights
What happens when the prime minister's office decides to bypass traditional news media for social media
Hindustan Times / August 2014 / Politics
The Sahariya community in Bundelkhand region has been pushing its children into modern day slavery in the hope of saving them from starvation
Hindustan Times / June 2014 / Human Rights
Stories of trafficked brides or ‘molki’ women who are subjected to sexual slavery and bonded labour in north west India, facing skewed sex ratio. Winner of 2013- 14 Laadli media & advertising award for gender sensitivity
Hindustan Times / March 2014 / Human Rights
On Muslim affiliates of RSS
Hindustan Times / January 2014 / Politics
The hope of a better life, assurance of easy money and a government job make some men cross the India- Pakistan border for meagre amounts
Firstpost / May 2013 / Miscellaneous
In the hope of getting Indian citizenship, 500 Hindus from Pakistan's troubled Sindh province are staying on the outskirts of Delhi
Firstpost / April 2013 / Human Rights
The AAP has broken the omerta code of silence through a series of expose on political leaders
Firstpost / October 2012 / Politics
How Indian children adopted across borders often fall through the cracks of domestic laws
Firstpost / May 2012 / Human Rights
How a visit by Rahul Gandhi changed the life of a dalit woman in Amethi, for worse
Firstpost / May 2012 / Politics
Indian laws make it absurdly easy to censor online content
Firstpost / April 2012 / Online Speech
On Faizan Ahmed, 25, who became the face of the weaver community in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2012
Firstpost / February 2012 / Politics
Curious case of the imaam at Taj Mahal who gets Rs 150 per month as salary from ASI
Governance Now / January 2011 / Miscellaneous / [Pdf , 644 KB]
Story of around one lakh Indians fenced out of the country by the country's border with Bangladesh
Governance Now / May 2011 / Human Rights
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