Jyoti Punwani And Uttam Ghosh

Stories by Jyoti Punwani And Uttam Ghosh

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Rediff.com   13 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India's Vaccine Crisis.

Uttam's Take: Govt snoozes; SC takes charge

Uttam's Take: Govt snoozes; SC takes charge

Rediff.com   11 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Supreme Court constituting a national task force to ensure that allotment of medical oxygen to the states and Union Territories is done on a 'scientific, rational and equitable basis'.

'An Indian film without songs is meaningless'

'An Indian film without songs is meaningless'

Rediff.com   10 May 2021

Vanraj Bhatia, the creator of unforgettable music, hated the fact that the 'New Wave' directors did not respect Hindi cinema's multi-song format.

Uttam's Take: Mamata: 1 Modi: 0

Uttam's Take: Mamata: 1 Modi: 0

Rediff.com   2 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Trinamool Congress vanquishing the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bengal.

Which Covid victims does Modi mourn for?

Which Covid victims does Modi mourn for?

Rediff.com   2 May 2021

Modi did not consider these deaths important enough to express regrets. Will these lives continue to count for nothing? asks Jyoti Punwani.

Uttam's Take: Is India better prepared?

Uttam's Take: Is India better prepared?

Rediff.com   1 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's statement that India is better prepared in 2021 to handle COVID-19.

Uttam's Take: COVID-19's Deadly Attack

Uttam's Take: COVID-19's Deadly Attack

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the COVID-19 devastation of India.

Why does Modi ignore the dead and dying?

Why does Modi ignore the dead and dying?

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2021

Rarely have we seen such intoxication over power, which ignores the cries of those dying, notes Jyoti Punwani.

Uttam's Take: Is Mehbooba a threat?

Uttam's Take: Is Mehbooba a threat?

Rediff.com   31 Mar 2021

How long will Mehbooba be treated thus for her apparent refusal to go along with what the Modi Sarkar want? Uttam Ghosh offer his take on the unsavoury episode.

We won't see the likes of Sagar Sarhadi again

We won't see the likes of Sagar Sarhadi again

Rediff.com   24 Mar 2021

Though he went back to writing "beautiful scenes" for other Bollywood directors, his deep interest in the lives of ordinary citizens never slackened, evident from the way he made himself available to human rights groups whenever they called him.

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh salutes the Myanmarese People's resistance to Tyranny.

Uttam's Take: Is this BJP's Sonar Bangla?

Uttam's Take: Is this BJP's Sonar Bangla?

Rediff.com   18 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the unusual events that have occurred within Modi-Shah's BJP.

Ansuya Dutt had rare courage

Ansuya Dutt had rare courage

Rediff.com   16 Mar 2021

Ansuya Dutt, who never stopped fighting for women's rights, can be an inspiration to us never to lose sight of our basic beliefs, never mind peer pressure.

Uttam's Take: And Didi gets hurt...

Uttam's Take: And Didi gets hurt...

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee.

Uttam's Take: Sarkar se Dissent mat karo, varna...

Uttam's Take: Sarkar se Dissent mat karo, varna...

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh wonders why the slightest hint of dissent so irks the most authoritarian government since Indira Gandhi's time that it deploys the agencies at its command to try and silence dissenting voices.

Someone like Shiv Kumar had to be tamed

Someone like Shiv Kumar had to be tamed

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2021

'At 23, he has experienced what very few of his age have: Poverty at home, a stint in jail for his student activism.' 'His experience told him that if you want your rights, you have to fight for them.'

Uttam's Take: Sorry Sardar!

Uttam's Take: Sorry Sardar!

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the renaming of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium in Ahmedabad to the Narendra Modi stadium.

'Sending him back to jail will endanger his life'

'Sending him back to jail will endanger his life'

Rediff.com   23 Feb 2021

'At this age we all know that death is inevitable, but everyone wants to die with dignity.' 'The judges have given the answer.'

90% disabled Saibaba, covid positive, still in jail

90% disabled Saibaba, covid positive, still in jail

Rediff.com   19 Feb 2021

In the Nagpur Central Jail, a COVID-19 patient who has been complaining since the last 10 days of high fever, breathlessness, joint pain, cold and sore throat, is being treated in jail quarantine. The prisoner is Professor G N Saibaba, 90% handicapped, wheelchair-bound, with a damaged heart and pancreas; dependent on others even for his essential bodily functions.

Uttam's Take: Is the State Afraid of Young Indians?

Uttam's Take: Is the State Afraid of Young Indians?

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2021

Disha Ravi is yet another addition to a growing list of young activists who the Delhi police have arrested since last year on various charges that have yet to be proved in a court of law.