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Dhrubo Jyoti

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

Trust, distrust converge in Ayodhya amid Ram Mandir donation theft case

The controversy has become a test case in the decades-long debate over private control of temples in India and the first major challenge to what became the nerve centre for Hindutva.

Updated on Jul 13, 2026 02:39 IST

Rohit Vemula to Payal Tadvi: Lessons in discrimination, from India’s classrooms

To honour the promise BR Ambedkar made in the Constitution will require a new compact for our marginalised students, and an honest reckoning with their social realities.

Updated on Jul 5, 2026 01:29 IST

Warrior, rebel, north star: Celebrating BR Ambedkar as his manifesto turns 90

(Above left) Ambedkar delivers a speech. (Above right) Ambedkar, at centre, with members of the drafting committee of the Constitution, in an image from 1947. (Images: Wikimedia; HT Imaging: Puneet Kumar)

Updated on May 16, 2026 14:45 IST

After Bengal, citizenship politics takes a new turn

The Special Intensive Revision in the state not only disenfranchised 27 million people but also hardened decades of communal resentment. (PTI)

Updated on May 13, 2026 14:22 IST

What May 4 verdict means for key leaders — Modi, Shah, Mamata, Rahul, Stalin

The results for assembly polls in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry were declared on May 4.

Updated on May 5, 2026 02:20 IST

Election results out, decoding what swung the votes across states

A poll surprise sprung up in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bengal on May 4.

Updated on May 5, 2026 03:13 IST

Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala: Sunset for Satraps

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Nitin Nabin arrive to celebrate the victory in the asembly elections at the BJP HQ o in New Delhi, (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 5, 2026 02:44 IST

Verdict day for high-stakes elections in four states, one UT

Three of the states – Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala – have never seen a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and represent the final frontier for the party.

Updated on May 4, 2026 02:35 IST

Exit poll results: BJP eyes Bengal breakthrough, UDF set for comeback in Kerala

In Tamil Nadu, all but one exit poll predicted that the DMK-led alliance might achieve a majority in the 234-member assembly.

Updated on Apr 30, 2026 07:27 IST

Mandates, muscle and myths in the 2026 West Bengal polls

Bengal has not returned a close verdict in half a century. Even elections billed as close — 2001, 2021 — have yielded landslides. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI)

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 14:50 IST

The founding vision of India’s democracy and Bengal SIR

The reversal of the burden of proof, putting the onus of proving citizenship on the most vulnerable, is part of a worldwide phenomenon where any move to widen the franchise is seen with suspicion. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 16:20 IST

Private lives versus government morality

The transgender certificate does little beyond allowing a person to apply for documents, jobs and education in the gender of their choice. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 26, 2026 15:09 IST

What the upcoming assembly elections mean for the four poll-bound states

At 73, Mamata Banerjee has established a dense and locally rooted political organisation that she rules with an iron hand

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 14:00 IST

4 states, 1 UT set for April poll battles; verdict on May 4

The results will be out on May 4.

Updated on Mar 16, 2026 01:02 IST

In Bihar, a moment of generational change

Nitish Kumar correctly diagnosed rule of law as a key confidence booster for vulnerable communities. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 9, 2026 16:30 IST

Gail Omvedt: The American who bolstered India's fight against caste

Bharat Patankar and Gail Omvedt. (Photo: Sourced)

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 14:22 IST

Mark Tully's baritone, prose beamed India's triumphs, tribulations to the world

Mark Tully. (X@HardeepSPuri)

Updated on Jan 26, 2026 01:47 IST

10 years on, how Vemula’s death forced policy shifts

Rohith Vemula, a PHD student, died by suicide at the University of Hyderabad following months of caste discrimination. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 24:30 IST

In Bengal, a battle over who gets counted

People during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, at a centre in Balurghat, West Bengal on January 2. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 8, 2026 24:36 IST

The Year Ahead: Can regional parties stay the course?

In many ways, 2026 is a test for regional politics. (HT )

Updated on Jan 1, 2026 03:22 IST

The Year That Was: War, warnings and a new doctrine

Representational image.

Updated on Dec 31, 2025 05:07 IST

Dhrubo Jyoti picks their favourite read of 2025

Anurag Minus Verma’s The Great Indian Brain Rot (Bloomsbury India)

Updated on Dec 26, 2025 12:03 IST

Anand Teltumbde: ‘A caste census cannot achieve social justice’

Author Anand Teltumbde (Courtesy Navayana)

Updated on Nov 29, 2025 01:32 IST

‘It’s felt like starting a band’: Behind the scenes of the new magazine, Equator

The founders of Equator hope to launch a print edition next year and meanwhile publish one or two pieces a week on the website. (Equator.org)

Updated on Nov 21, 2025 16:21 IST

Bihar elections: Looking beyond the Mandal versus Kamandal paradigm

Mandal endures because caste continues to be a material concern for millions of Indians, not because it’s an ideological project. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 15, 2025 16:28 IST

What swung the votes in Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar addresses the NDA workers' conference, in Madhubani, Bihar (PTI)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 20:22 IST

What swung the vote in Bihar polls: Caste calculus

BJP supporters with a cutout photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate NDA's performance in the Bihar elections (Rahul Sharma)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 20:21 IST

What swung vote in Bihar polls: Fatigue and resentment among Muslim vote base

BJP supporters celebrate NDA's performance in the Bihar elections in Patna on Friday. (Pappi Sharma)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 20:21 IST

What swung the vote in Bihar polls: Campaigning

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar. (@INCIndia)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 20:21 IST

What swung the vote in Bihar polls: Welfare outreach and cash transfers

Nalanda, Nov 14 (ANI): Women in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's village, Kalyan Bigha, celebrate NDA's performance in the Bihar elections on Friday (ANI)

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 20:22 IST

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