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Uttam Ghosh

Ace illustrator Uttam Ghosh is the brain behind the popular Uttam's Take series. You can e-mail the author at uttamghosh@rediffmail.com

Stories by UTTAM GHOSH

Uttam's Take: Terror on wheels

Uttam's Take: Terror on wheels

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the horrific terror attack in Nice, France.

'Manida has left us a lot to celebrate with'

'Manida has left us a lot to celebrate with'

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2016

A meeting to pay homage to K G Subramanyam, one of India's most interesting painters and thinkers.

Uttam's Take: Swamy and his Games

Uttam's Take: Swamy and his Games

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Subramanian Swamy's controversial utterances.

Uttam's Take: Yoga visas and Masood Azhar

Uttam's Take: Yoga visas and Masood Azhar

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2016

Uttam Ghosh on how the government's move to give 'yoga visas' may backfire.

Uttam's Take: On the chopping block

Uttam's Take: On the chopping block

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2016

Uttam Ghosh weighs in on the row between the Censor Board and the makers of Udta Punjab.

The plight of farmers in drought-affected Beed

The plight of farmers in drought-affected Beed

Rediff.com   18 May 2016

Peasants from Maharashtra's drought-affected Beed district feel the government machinery and politicians are indifferent to their plight.

Uttam's Take: Modi@2

Uttam's Take: Modi@2

Rediff.com   16 May 2016

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on several issues of the day.

Drought Tales: Humanity triumphs in parched times

Drought Tales: Humanity triumphs in parched times

Rediff.com   16 May 2016

Drought or no drought... life goes in the water-starved Beed district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region

PICS: The children of Maharashtra's drought

PICS: The children of Maharashtra's drought

Rediff.com   11 May 2016

Undaunted by Sachin Kengar and Yogita Desai's deaths, scores of small children in Maharashtra brave the scorching, unbearable, heat to draw water from unguarded wells.

Sachin, 9, died fetching water in the drought

Sachin, 9, died fetching water in the drought

Rediff.com   9 May 2016

'What will we drink if we start fearing these wells?'

The child who died fetching water

The child who died fetching water

Rediff.com   6 May 2016

Yogita Ashok Desai, 12, died of 'cardio pulmonary arrest', after she collapsed on her way home after fetching water.

Abs that Bollywood will envy!

Abs that Bollywood will envy!

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2016

Body-building and the traditional form of kushti (wrestling) rein supreme in this little village near Mumbai.

I become a Harappan seal maker for a day

I become a Harappan seal maker for a day

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2016

History can actually be fun, discovers Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Red Star over Saffron Mumbai!

Red Star over Saffron Mumbai!

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2016

Kanhaiya Kumar is India's latest political rockstar. More so in Mumbai, where his address this evening gave Mumbaikars a glimpse of the heydays of the Communist movement in the city of textiles mills and mill workers.

Uttam's Take: Sri Sri hits all the wrong notes

Uttam's Take: Sri Sri hits all the wrong notes

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2016

Uttam Ghosh On the controversy surrounding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival.

Uttam's Take: JNU and the Thinking Man

Uttam's Take: JNU and the Thinking Man

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the JNU ruckus.

Uttam's Take: 10 cheers for rail travellers!

Uttam's Take: 10 cheers for rail travellers!

Rediff.com   26 Feb 2016

Uttam Ghosh on how rail passengers will benefit from the Railway Budget.

Uttam's Take: The caging of JNU

Uttam's Take: The caging of JNU

Rediff.com   16 Feb 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on the Jawaharlal Nehru University controversy.

Uttam's Take: A candle for the Siachen bravehearts

Uttam's Take: A candle for the Siachen bravehearts

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the ultimate sacrifice by then soldiers of the Madras Regiment on the Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield.

Uttam's Take: India's contrasts

Uttam's Take: India's contrasts

Rediff.com   22 Jan 2016

Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on India's contrasts -- the government's ambitious economic agenda vis-a-vis farmers' woes and social unrest.