Sagnik Dutta-Frontline

More stories by this author

Indian demonstrators of Free Software Movement Karnataka hold placards during a protest against Facebook's Free Basics initiative, in Bangalore on January 2, 2016. The group's demonstration was aimed at urging members of the public to say 'no to free basics' which they allege will affect net neutrality and give Facebook monopoly over the internet. AFP PHOTO/ Manjunath KIRAN

Neither free nor basic

Facebook’s latest offering flies in the face of Net neutrality and is merely another ploy to control information access to millions of Indians.

‘Government giving in to reactionary ideas’

Interview with Ved Kumari, Professor of Law, University of Delhi, and Chairperson of the Delhi Judicial Academy.

Noida: Dadri lynching victim Mohd Ikhlaq's son Danish receiving treatment at a hospital in Noida on Tuesday. Danish received severe injuries after he was beaten up by the mob over rumours of cowslaughter and beef eating, recently. PTI Photo (PTI10_6_2015_000108B)

Hate culture

The lynching at Dadri came after months of concerted attempts at communal polarisation.

SAGNIK DUTTA in Bisara,Kaimrala,Chhaulas

A general view shows the residential area of Sankrod village in Baghpat district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, September 1, 2015. A village council in northern India has denied allegations that it ordered two young sisters to be raped because their brother eloped with a higher caste woman. The council's purported ruling led to an international outcry and hundreds of thousands of people have demanded their safety. Picture taken September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Love and loss

The Supreme Court intervenes to provide protection to a Jatav family from Uttar Pradesh which is intimidated by members of the Jat community followin

New Delhi, 30/07/2015: Journalists wait outside Supreme Court to hear final verdict on Yakub Memon's mercy plea. For the first time in an un- precedented overnight hearing SC ruled out mercy plea, clears the way for Yakub Memon's execution for his role in 1993 Mumbai Blast. Yakub, who turn 53yrs today, will hang at 7 a.m. at Nagpur Jail.
Photo: Prashant Nakwe

Legal crusaders

The death penalty litigation clinic provides legal representation and aid to death-row convicts, especially those from the economically and socially b

SAGNIK DUTTA in NEW DELHI

An Indian man surfs the internet inside an internet cafe in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. India's top court reaffirmed people's right to free speech in cyberspace Tuesday by striking down a provision that had called for imprisoning people who send 'offensive' messages by computer or mobile phone. The provision, known as Section 66A of the 2008 Information Technology Act, says sending such messages is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Gags in virtual space

The revelation that the government has been blocking websites causes concern.

SAGNIK DUTTA in New Delhi

A man walks to his newly-built home at Anjar in the Kutch district of the western Indian State of Gujarat, which was ravaged by earthquake in January 2001. The earthquake, which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale (with a series of after shocks), devastated much of the region and caused wide spread destruction. It was felt across the Indian subcontinent and recorded on seismographs across the world. More than 20,000 people were reported killed and over 55,000 were seriously injured in the quake.

Relief and religious identity

The author portrays the conflicts between competing interests in post-disaster Gujarat and shows the tenuous links between neoliberalism as a politica

This combination of images created on September 24, 2013, shows convicted Indian prisoners (L/R): Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta as they arrive for an appearance at The High Court in New Delhi on September 24, 2013. Four men condemned to death for the murder and gang-rape of an Indian student were brought back to court as their lawyers confirmed before judges that they would appeal the sentence. The convicts were produced before the High Court in New Delhi where a panel of two judges said they would take up the case from September 25, the lawyer for one of the men told AFP. AFP PHOTO/STR

‘Right to justice at stake’

Interview with Vrinda Grover, lawyer and human rights activist.

SAGNIK DUTTA,V. VENKATESAN

Corporate spies in the corridors of power

The ongoing investigation into the theft of documents from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas reveals the ugly face of crony capitalism.

SAGNIK DUTTA,V. VENKATESAN in New Delhi

Chennai: 04/10/2014: The Hindu: Business Line:
Book Review Column:

Title: Indians in Singapore 1819 - 1945. Diaspora in the Colonial Port City.
Author: Rajesh Rai.
Publisher: Oxford University press release.

Diaspora dynamics

The author traces a complicated period in the evolution of Singapore and the diverse sociocultural configurations of the Indian diaspora there with re

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 11/11/2014: President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), Asaduddin Owaisi talks to journalists during meet the press in Hyderabad on Tuesday, November 11, 2014.
Photo: Nagara Gopal

‘Hindutva elements feel emboldened by power’

Interview with Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen.

NEW DELHI, 13/09/2009: Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor (centre) with Rt. Revd. Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos Episcopa (right), Delhi Diocesan Bishop and Chief Election Commissioner, Navin B. Chawla at the Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma memorial lecture-2009 on 'Elections and Social Justice in Democratic India', in New Delhi on September 13, 2009._Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

‘The government’s intention is suspicious’

Interview with Dr Abraham Mar Paulos, Diocesan Bishop of Delhi for the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar.

Sign in to Unlock member-only benefits!

Bookmark stories to read later.
Comment on stories to start conversations.
Subscribe to our newsletters.
Get notified about discounts and offers to our products.