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Dhrubo Jyoti

Dhrubo works as an edit resource and writes at the intersection of caste, gender, sexuality and politics. Formerly trained in Physics, abandoned a study of the stars for the glitter of journalism. Fish out of digital water.

Articles by Dhrubo Jyoti

Won’t tolerate nuclear blackmail, terror, talks can’t go together: PM Modi

PM Modi said Operation Sindoor was now India’s policy against terror and added that the early morning strikes on “universities of terror” marked a new normal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on Operation Sindoor on Monday. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 13, 2025 08:13 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Pakistan’s dubious record casts shadow over ceasefire deal

India’s efforts to diligently present proof of Pakistani-sponsored terror appeared to be aimed at undercutting its global support and finance for the long term

Pakistani nationals celebrate the ceasefire deal in Multan on Saturday. (AP)
Updated on May 11, 2025 05:16 AM IST

We have promises to keep: Dhrubo Jyoti writes on equity and the pandemic

The pandemic underlined crucial gaps–a legacy of neglect–in healthcare, infrastructure, education. We came together for a while, but apathy is setting in again.

 (HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)
Updated on Mar 08, 2025 01:01 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Telangana’s caste count creates new conundrum

In Telangana's Mahabubnagar, villagers resist a caste survey, fearing impacts on welfare benefits, sparking political controversy and calls for a second round.

An enumerator records details of a respondent in the Siddipet district of Telangana. (HT photo)
Published on Feb 26, 2025 06:20 AM IST

What swung the vote in Delhi polls: Welfare

Saroja Gautam, a domestic worker, shifts her vote from AAP to BJP, prioritizing governance and water issues over welfare promises amid election campaigns.

Water woes at Sanjay Colony. (HT File)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 08:30 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

What swung the vote in Delhi polls: Class

The national capital is home to a phalanx of central and state government workers, as well as among the largest pool of salaried class employees in India

BJP supporters celebrate outside the Delhi BJP office. (Arvind Yadav/HT)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 08:16 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

What swung the vote in Delhi polls: Civic issues

The Capital suffered a bruising five years of governance dysfunction, entangled in the eccentricities of its complex governance system.

Potholes at Mahadev Mandir Chowk. (Arvind Yadav/HT)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 08:06 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

What swung the vote in Delhi polls: Corruption

AAP's rise from the anti-corruption movement faced turmoil with corruption charges against leaders, dimming its incorruptible image and Kejriwal's appeal.

BJP supporters celebrate outside the Delhi BJP headquarters. (Reuters)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 07:56 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

What swung the vote in Delhi polls: Ideology

Five years ago, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) walked a deft line between the Left wing and the Right wing.

BJP supporters celebrate outside the Delhi BJP headquarters. (Reuters)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 07:54 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

BJP shatters Kejri wall: AAP falls in Delhi elections

BJP wins Delhi elections, ending AAP's decade-long rule with 48 seats. AAP faces existential crisis amid anti-incumbency and corruption issues.

BJP workers celebrate the party's victory in Delhi Assembly polls and UP's Milkipur by-election in Varanasi on Saturday. (PTI)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 01:15 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Oppn can’t fathom ‘sabka vikas’: Modi

Modi said the Congress repeatedly put one family first – a reference to the Nehru-Gandhi family – while the NDA government put nation first

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in speaks in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. (ANI)
Published on Feb 07, 2025 06:18 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Exit polls give edge to BJP in tight Delhi race

The exit polls came after a weeks-long bruising campaign and a day of acrimonious polling that saw turnouts nearly best 2020 figures in the city.

Women arrive to cast their votes during at Jamia Nagar, Okhla, on Wednesday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 06, 2025 06:49 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Poll rhetoric casts shadows on Delhi’s Bengali migrants

In Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti, residents face police scrutiny over immigration status, causing fear and uncertainty among Bengali-speaking families.

Nizamuddin as seen besides a drain from Barapullah Flyover, in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar)
Published on Feb 05, 2025 05:39 AM IST
By, , New Delhi

Modi links caste, dynasty in attack on Oppn, Rahul

PM Modi criticised Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha over dynasty politics, poverty, and foreign policy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to Motion of Thanks on President's Address, in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sansad TV)
Published on Feb 05, 2025 12:19 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Guilty or innocent? Wait continues for Sharjeel trial

In December 2019, Sharjeel Imam's speeches against the CAA led to protests and his arrest. Now, five years later, he remains imprisoned amid debates on justice.

Sharjeel Imam along with crime branch officials after getting arrested from Bihar at Saket Police station in New Delhi on 29th January 2020. (HT Archive)
Updated on Jan 28, 2025 06:04 AM IST

The year ahead: Back to the future

In 2025, Delhi and Bihar face key elections, testing AAP's governance and Nitish Kumar's alliances, amid shifting political dynamics in India.

 (HT File)
Updated on Jan 01, 2025 02:16 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

2024 yearender: Revival of the caste card

In 2024, caste shaped India's politics, as the BJP faced challenges from a resurgent Opposition amidst shifting voter dynamics and evolving reservation policies.

The year saw India’s most explicitly caste-coded elections in a generation.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 06:20 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Dhrubo Jyoti picks their favourite read of 2024

Part cookbook, part social commentary and part anthropological exposition, this volume reveals the harsh truths of culinary discrimination but never slips into despair

Shining a spotlight on the cultural traditions, culinary techniques and beliefs of marginalised castes in Maharashtra (Harper Collins)
Published on Dec 27, 2024 03:35 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

The great liberaliser: Manmohan Singh dies at 92

As PM between 2004 and 2014, Manmohan Singh instituted a string of social protection schemes that boosted rural wages and bolstered marginalised communities.

Manmohan Singh, then India’s finance minister, in a photo from October 24, 1991. (HT Archive)
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 06:39 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

What BR Ambedkar means for today’s India

The dissonance between political equality and social disparity is the lived reality for millions of citizens in modern India. Resolving it requires sustained political engagement, not rhetoric

Chennai: Members of All India Lawyers Union (AILU) stage a protest against Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks related to BR Ambedkar, outside the Madras High Court in Chennai, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) (PTI)
Published on Dec 23, 2024 08:59 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Modi blames Congress for stifling Constitution across 7 decades

PM Modi criticized Congress for disrespecting the Constitution, citing Emergency and political manipulation, while contrasting BJP's amendments as beneficial.

**EDS: VIDEO GRAB VIA SANSAD TV** New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the 'glorious journey of 75 years of the India Constitution', in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_14_2024_000378B)(PTI)
Updated on Dec 15, 2024 08:23 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

Notes that tug at the heart of the Republic

Folk artists in Maharashtra use songs about the Constitution to empower marginalized communities, celebrating equality amid ongoing social struggles.

Gautam Awad’s troupe is hired by grassroots communities to mark occasions as varied as Republic Day, weddings or funerals. (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 02, 2024 05:14 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Mahayuti seizes a Maha mandate, Soren keeps his Jharkhand crown

The BJP-led alliance won decisively in Maharashtra, while JMM secured a second term in Jharkhand, reshaping national political dynamics.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters burst crackers during a celebration as Maharashtra deputy chief minister and party candidate Devendra Fadnavis leads from the Nagpur South West Constituency in the state assembly elections, in Nagpur on Saturday. (ANI)
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 01:02 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

Soren riding on sympathy wave wins Jharkhand

Jharkhand's Hemant Soren leveraged his jail term, tribal pride, and women's welfare schemes to secure a historic election win for the JMM.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren with his wife Kalpana Soren show a victory sign during a press conference after INDIA bloc won in the state Assembly elections, in Ranchi on Friday. (ANI/Somnath Sen )
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 09:25 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

Welfare plan led by ‘Ladki Bahin’ affected poll results

In Maharashtra's assembly elections, the Ladki Bahin scheme helped ordinary women become key supporters, aiding the BJP's major victory.

Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis being welcomed by BJP workers after the party-led Mahayuti's victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI11_23_2024_000468A)(PTI)
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 09:23 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

Clear narrative, alliance in sync swung the vote in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra elections saw Mahayuti excel in campaign management, reversing losses and expanding vote share, while MVA struggled with disarray and complacency.

Clear narrative, alliance in sync swung the vote in Maharashtra
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 06:26 AM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

What swung the vote in favour of JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand

The JMM-led alliance’s commanding performance erased some of the historic differences between tribal and non-tribal seats in Jharkhand

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren (2L) with his wife Kalpana Murmu Soren (L) flashes the victory sign during celebrations after their JMM-led alliance secured majority votes in the Jharkhand assembly elections (AFP)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 08:56 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

In Hemant Soren’s successful Jharkhand campaign, tribal connect was key

JMM chief Hemant Soren’s successful campaign for the Jharkhand assembly elections rested on three prongs

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren with supporters during his campaign for the state assembly elections. (PTI/VIA @HemantSorenJMM)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 06:17 PM IST

Mahayuti’s nuts-and-bolts campaign

Mahayuti’s superior handle on the campaign logistics meant that each of the three alliance members focussed on their individual constituencies and regions

Even as Mahayuti leaders hit the campaign trail, MVA leaders struggled to tide over rebels and hammer out an internal seat pact (HT FIle Photo/Raju Shinde)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 03:18 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti

Maharashtra polls: Why women matter

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set to win Maharashtra against the INDIA bloc alliance

Maharashtra assembly polls were held on Wednesday, while votes were counted on Saturday. (ANI photo)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 03:09 PM IST
ByDhrubo Jyoti
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