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

Hindutva is a way of life with some outposts

Hindu saints protest against Salman Khan's movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan.(HT)
Published on Oct 26, 2016 08:44 pm 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(Hindustan Times)
Updated on Oct 08, 2016 10:02 pm 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(PTI)
Updated on Sept 27, 2016 02:24 pm 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(PTI)
Published on Sept 16, 2016 08:05 pm 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
Published on Sept 15, 2016 05:08 pm 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(Hindustan Times)
Published on Sept 12, 2016 12:40 pm 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.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)
Published on Sept 09, 2016 01:09 pm IST

We haven’t given primacy to primary education

A class without a teacher in Lucknow(DEEPAK GUPTA / HT)
Published on Sept 06, 2016 01:05 pm 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(India Today Group/Getty Images)
Published on Sept 06, 2016 09:01 am 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(PTI)
Updated on Sept 01, 2016 08:15 pm IST
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