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Vidya Subramanian

Vidya Subramanian

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

Articles by Vidya Subramanian

Reflections on surveillance in the middle of a pandemic | Opinion

In case of the coronavirus pandemic, finding those who carry the virus and preventing others from coming into contact with them is so far the only effective means of preventing the spread. But here, it is the process of finding that has set off surveillance and privacy alarm bells

Updated on Apr 4, 2020 11:19 IST

To the stars and beyond: A hundred years of Isaac Asimov

Updated on Jan 4, 2020 14:21 IST

An Isaac Asimov quiz on his birth centenary year

The first three books of science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, won the Hugo Award in 1966.

Updated on Jan 3, 2020 08:28 IST

Develop effective policies to regulate tech giants

The way forward from here must therefore necessarily be one of regulation of technology giants through forward thinking digital policies that will create safeguards for users of platforms such as Facebook.

Updated on Feb 7, 2019 06:33 IST

The fate of Hindi at JLF 2018: Can it be made the language of the elites?

The session on Hindi, titled Hindi medium: Language and elitism, was attended by Annie Montaut, Avinash Das, Satyanand Nirupam, Satya Vyas and Vineet Kumar at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Monday.

Updated on Jan 29, 2018 12:31 IST

Why are Indians fascinated by PG Wodehouse? JLF tries to seek answers in its own way

From left: Swapan Dasgupta, Shashi Tharoor, Amrita Tripathi and Philip Normal during a session titled The Wodehouse Effect at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Updated on Jan 28, 2018 08:46 IST

The new ethics of frugality at JLF 2018: Small, less and slow is the way forward

Jeffrey Gettleman, Pankaj Sekhsaria and Prerna Singh Bindra in conversation with Amita Baviskar during a session titled In Denial: Betrayals of the Earth at the the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Updated on Jan 27, 2018 09:43 IST

Vishal Bhardwaj: When they strangle us, we will scream. This is the time for screaming

More than about politics or Kashmir, Haider was, to Vishal Bhardwaj, about his father. The director said this during a session titled Revolutionary Poets: On Hamlet, Haider and Shakespeare’s Ability to Speak Truth to Power at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday.

Updated on Jan 26, 2018 09:36 IST

Muhammad Yunus at JLF 2018: Poverty in the world is a solvable problem

Using bonsai as an explanation for micro credit, Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus said during his session with Mihir Sharma at the Jaipur Literature Festival said, “If you take the seed of the largest tree in the forest, and plant it in a small flower pot, it will not grow to be a big and mighty tree.”

Updated on Jan 26, 2018 08:36 IST

Is all power an exercise of violence? Jaipur Literature Festival asks tough questions

Foreign and Rajasthani folk artists perform during the inauguration of Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 at Diggi Palace in Jaipur on Thursday.

Updated on Jan 25, 2018 13:18 IST

JLF 2018: Harvard astrophysicist says only 5% of universe is made of atoms that we understand

Lisa Randall at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2018 at Diggi Palace in Rajasthan.

Updated on Jan 25, 2018 09:12 IST

There is no call to justify or glorify the outlawed practice of sati

Members of the Rajput community shout slogans as they protest against the release of the film Padmavati

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 10:39 IST

Padmavati controversy: Thugs and vandals cannot decide what we should or should not watch

Fringe groups hitched to some conservative Hindu bandwagon have threatened to kill Bhansali and maim Deepika Padukone (who plays Padmavati) if the film is released without their approval.

Updated on Nov 16, 2017 10:54 IST

Women deserve better than prison treatment in universities like BHU

Students of the Banaras Hindu University protest against the molestation of a student inside the campus

Updated on Oct 3, 2017 06:33 IST

Chandigarh boy’s Google story is an indictment of India’s education system

What is it about certain companies, in certain parts of the world that makes us go into raptures? Would the school, the principal, and indeed the government have reacted like this had this boy been hired by some Indian company?

Updated on Aug 3, 2017 17:15 IST

Indian cinema does not need Pahlaj Nihalani or the CBFC

Attempts to stymie art sends the message that new and innovative stories have no place in our cinematic universe.

Updated on Jul 27, 2017 11:19 IST

Just in case anyone’s forgotten, all tennis greats are not men

Martina Navratilova has 18 Grand Slam titles (a tie with her great rival Chris Evert). She also has a total of 56 grand slam titles including her doubles and mixed doubles wins

Updated on Jul 18, 2017 07:24 IST

Opinion: Ramachandra Guha’s resignation letter proves our cricketing heroes have betrayed us

Ramachandra Guha, who has resigned as a member of the Committee of Administrators for BCCI, has levelled conflict of interest charges against Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly, both Indian cricket icons.

Updated on Jun 4, 2017 11:21 IST

Art of Living should not be allowed to get away with damaging the Yamuna

Workers disassemble the stage used during the World Culture Festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living in New Delhi, April 02, 2016.

Updated on May 31, 2017 12:02 IST

Amarinder Singh had no business justifying the use of human shield in Kashmir

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ended up endorsing the use of a man tied to a jeep as a human shield in Kashmir.

Updated on May 16, 2017 16:57 IST

The utter uselessness of banning social media in Kashmir

Kashmiri students browse internet on their mobile phones in Srinagar. By banning social media websites such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter, the government is encouraging people to find alternative ways of resistance, while inconveniencing millions of people who aren’t trying to brew discontent.

Updated on Apr 27, 2017 14:01 IST

Give the VIPs their golf carts and get them out of the way, please

Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits flood affected villages.

Updated on Apr 27, 2017 04:40 IST

Mumbai’s Humboldt Penguins are victims of Indians’ penchant for being litter bugs

Visitors in the Byculla Zoo looking at Humboldt penguins kept in a 1500 square foot enclosure.

Updated on Apr 20, 2017 08:41 IST

Prasar Bharti doesn’t need an international propaganda channel

The Prasar Bharti’s proposal to set up a digital channel to tell the ‘India Story’ to counter the narratives of what is perceived to be a biased international media is problematic. The largest public broadcasting agency in India would do better to focus on dissemination of information and awareness campaigns on important issues within the country.

Updated on Apr 10, 2017 11:35 IST

#StopHindiChauvinism: Uniformity is not a prerequisite for unity

The hastag #StopHindiChauvinism has been trending ever since MK Stalin protested the idea of milestones on highways in Tamil Nadu being rewritten in Hindi. But this is not just a South India problem.

Updated on Apr 4, 2017 12:04 IST

Racist attack on Nigerians in Greater Noida is hardly surprising

Endurance Amarawa, Ibgiya Malu Chukwuma and Precious Amalsima in Greater Noida, UP, March 28. They were attacked by a group of protestors, who were shouting slogans against Africans and demanding that those behind the death of the teenage boy, who died of a suspected drug overdose, be arrested

Updated on Mar 28, 2017 10:21 IST

Here’s why Elon Musk’s iconic Tesla might just work in India

Updated on Feb 16, 2017 08:43 IST

When Bernie Sanders brought a giant printout of a Trump tweet to the US Senate

TV screengrab of Bernie Sanders speaking at the US Senate. Behind him a printout of tweet by Donald Trump

Updated on Jan 6, 2017 08:04 IST

The surprising friendship between cricket and military technology

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Updated on Feb 15, 2014 19:42 IST

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