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Uddalok Bhattacharya

Uddalok Bhattacharya

Uddalok Bhattacharya was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Uddalok Bhattacharya

Rahul Gandhi must substantiate corruption charge against PM

File photo of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi

Updated on Dec 14, 2016 12:10 IST

Good policing can’t do much without a social transformation

Repeated lapses in the delivery of criminal justice in matters of terrorism charges are not to be seen in isolation because they have prejudices and social conflicts built into them. It is not surprising that the Muslims form a large proportion of undertrials in India

Updated on Dec 14, 2016 05:44 IST

If there is a grand alliance in UP, the Congress should pitch for it

Lucknow: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi with UP Congress President Raj Babbar and party's CM candidate Sheila Dikshit at a road show during his Kisan Yatra in Lucknow

Updated on Nov 3, 2016 09:42 IST

Delhi’s anti-pollution plans are at best piecemeal

Air pollution the morning after Diwali in Connaught Place, New Delhi

Updated on Nov 4, 2016 08:57 IST

Cracker pollution during Diwali is a minor problem

Children burst fire-crackers during Diwali festival celebration on Sunday, in Gurgaon

Updated on Nov 21, 2019 10:47 IST

Hindutva is a way of life with some outposts

Hindu saints protest against Salman Khan's movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Updated on Oct 26, 2016 15:14 IST

The return to pass-fail policy should be a cautious one

With years of getting used to ‘no fail’ policy, students might find it difficult to let themselves be evaluated rigorously

Updated on Oct 20, 2016 13:57 IST

PM knows best: Dalit atrocities can end with empowerment

Ahmedabad : Police detain Dalit community leader Jignesh Mevani during a protest against atrocities against the Dalit community in New Delhi

Updated on Oct 19, 2016 16:41 IST

Society must sensitise itself to the differently-abled

The 2011 census says there are 21 million differently-abled persons in India

Updated on Oct 19, 2016 14:25 IST

Killing of RTI activists: No protection available to them

According to the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, in the past decade, 275 people have reportedly been assaulted or harassed for invoking the law

Updated on Oct 17, 2016 11:45 IST

IIMs should now have little to complain about

Student in front of the auditorium at IIM Calcutta. The most important change the ministry has brought in is removing the HRD minister from the position of the head of the IIM Coordination Forum. This will make it easier for the IIMs to coordinate among themselves

Updated on Oct 8, 2016 16:32 IST

Bihar’s new liquor prohibition law too may fail to stand up in court

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s enforcement of prohibition should have been accompanied by a policy on providing alternative employment to people engaged in the liquor business

Updated on Oct 3, 2016 16:02 IST

The Maratha movement is driven by historical memory

Given the alacrity with which state governments are placating powerful communities by promising them reservations in government jobs, the Maratha movement could escalate into a fullblown one in favour of quotas

Updated on Sep 27, 2016 08:54 IST

Chhattisgarh: Another instance of police brutality due to social pressures

There have been successive commissions to reform the police but the efforts have been mostly unavailing so far

Updated on Sep 19, 2016 07:38 IST

Yechury vs Karat: The CPI(M) starts a debate

CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury: Marxists owe their political existence to a certain history and a certain book and, when thrown against the welter of events, facts have often not fitted into their theory

Updated on Sep 16, 2016 14:35 IST

Quotas in hiring IIM teachers not a good idea

The IIMs are some of the finest of our educational institutions. They need a measure of autonomy

Updated on Sep 15, 2016 11:38 IST

Centre, UP govt have a responsibility towards Bareilly rape survivor

The girl had terminated her education after class 5 because of her penurious conditions and also because of being compelled to do so that she could perform household chores

Updated on Sep 15, 2016 15:21 IST

Sexual harassment charges won’t spare top civil servants

Till recently misbehaving with a woman and getting away with impunity was no rare occurrence for people in the higher levels of government service

Updated on Sep 14, 2016 08:54 IST

BJP leader should explain what he means by eco-friendly Eid

There is a school of thought, to which a former environment minister of India belonged, that being a vegetarian is a good way to prevent environmental degradation

Updated on Sep 26, 2016 14:11 IST

The government should tell students why they shouldn’t leave IITs

Excluding the ones pursuing MTech courses from jobs even though they have the necessary degrees can run into legal difficulties, and the government’s position may not stand up in court

Updated on Sep 12, 2016 11:08 IST

The number of judges in India must increase

Chief Justice of India TS Thakur. That the judiciary is vital to our economy cannot be overstressed

Updated on Sep 12, 2016 07:10 IST

Anna Hazare need not feel sorry that Kejriwal has ‘changed’

Is Kejriwal secure in the fact that he has parted ways with Hazare? Such a sense of security may turn out to be illusory for him

Updated on Sep 10, 2016 15:46 IST

Office of profit: Precedents Mr Kejriwal can use

Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: In the Delhi government’s view, the office of ‘parliamentary secretary’ is not an office of profit. But still the question remains why it did not wait for its Bill on exemption from office of profit disqualification to receive presidential assent.

Updated on Sep 9, 2016 07:39 IST

The new rail fare structure is confusing and will help airlines

The ministry of railways should immediately clear all doubts at this stage, because the new scheme kicks in on Friday

Updated on Sep 8, 2016 06:46 IST

UP chief minister should calculate the cost of freebies

Whatever may be their differences, Akhilesh Yadav and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are on the same page when it comes to recognising the importance of having a laptop

Updated on Sep 6, 2016 09:29 IST

We haven’t given primacy to primary education

A class without a teacher in Lucknow

Updated on Sep 6, 2016 07:35 IST

Ashutosh did not defend rape, so do not harass him

if Ashutosh is guilty, why not hold a whole citizenry guilty? For example, by this logic a person who kept quiet can also be held guilty of abetting a criminal act of which he actually had no knowledge of

Updated on Sep 6, 2016 08:00 IST

It is tough to rein in gau rakshaks at this stage

Hindu Vahini members at a protest march over cow protection in New Delhi

Updated on Sep 6, 2016 03:31 IST

This all-India labour strike will not be the last one

A closed United Bank of India branch as several trade unions call strike against central government in Mumbai on Friday

Updated on Sep 2, 2016 08:52 IST

Bodo agitation exposes Assam’s faultlines

Activists of All Bodo Student's Union (ABSU), National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Progressive (NDFB-P) and People's Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement (PJACBM) shout slogans while blocking the National highway 31 to demand the creation of a separate state

Updated on Sep 1, 2016 14:45 IST

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