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Aarish Chhabra is an assistant news editor at Chandigarh. He handles the regional online portal and social media team, besides reporting and writing primarily on politics and socio-cultural markers.
Articles by Aarish Chhabra
Pakistani girls' band shining light for Pragaash
If ever there was an example of how stereotypes are mere figments of an imagination stuck in time, this music band from Pakistan stands out.
Updated on Feb 12, 2013 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
Cramps, and a lesson in the end
If one word could describe the 10km corporate leg of Sunday’s Chandigarh Cyclothon, it would most certainly be ‘cramps!’ Ours was the third most populated club – after the Enthusiastic-Kids-of-Excited-Corporate-Bosses Club that was followed by the Oh-No!- My-Cycle-Broke-Down Club – but our socialist agenda set us apart. Aarish Chhabra writes
Updated on Feb 05, 2013 10:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra
As Punjab govt struggles to censor lewd songs, time to look within?
Filled with chaste Punjabi expletives directed at rapper Honey Singh, his mother and sister, an audio clip by a group of girls has gone viral on YouTube. With nearly a million hits in 10 days, it may not have yet matched up to the popularity of Honey and Jazzy B’s latest song, but it ends up doing exactly what it criticises. The irony is not lost on anyone.
Updated on Jan 03, 2013 01:04 AM IST
None | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
Death of an immortal satirist
Stupid as the human heart is, it never occurred to me that one day Jaspal Bhatti could die too. I have imagined my own death, even pictured my own funeral, feared for my loved ones too, and experienced enough bad news in my five years as a hard-hearted journalist. Yet, when I spotted the ticker on a news channel routinely flashing BREAKING NEWS and then suddenly announcing JASPAL BHATTI KILLED IN ROAD MISHAP, disbelief struck me. Aarish Chhabra writes
Updated on Oct 26, 2012 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra
Punjab’s struggle with drugs
Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks may have sparked a controversy concerning the extent of drug abuse in Punjab, but it’s no secret that drug addiction amongst the youth in the state is huge. A ground report by Anshu Seth, Aarish Chhabra and Vishav Bharti.
Updated on Oct 21, 2012 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anshu Seth, Aarish Chhabra and Vishav Bharti, New Delhi
Police lie nailed: Knew editors were Dalits, still used SC/ST Act
Two weeks after two publishers and as many editors were arrested for reprinting late poet Babu Rajab Ali's work carrying caste-denoting words, the Punjab police claim to have found out that the two editors-cum-poets were Dalits themselves and have since withdrawn the SC/ST Act against them.
Updated on Oct 01, 2012 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
Dalit editors spared SC/ST Act; yet cops stand by case
Under fire since the September 15 arrests of two publishers and as many book editors from Barnala and Samana over some caste-denoting words in reprinted works of late poet Babu Rajab Ali, the Punjab Police have now withdrawn the SC/ST Act against the two editors-cum-poets - Sukhwinder Singh Swatantar, 50, and Jagjeet Singh Sahoke, 65 - who belong to the Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Updated on Sep 30, 2012 03:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
Sanitising history
In one fine stroke, the Punjab police have managed to put a question mark on the entire Punjabi poetry, modern classics, and if one were to fall in the trap of a baseless argument, even Guru Granth Sahib.
Updated on Sep 26, 2012 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Barnala/jagraon/moga
SDM lends push to folk music
By day, he uses the pen. By night, he wields it. Meet Bakhtawar Singh, the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Tarn Taran by day, and Sufi poet-lyricist Bakhtawar Mian by night. The 1992-batch Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officer has been working for the past five years to promote singers
Updated on Jun 21, 2012 01:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Tarn Taran
Big Picture: Suggestive lyrics, discordant notes
It is not exactly music to the ears, and has got more to do with hungry eyes, restless feet and heaving hips. That's how Aman Deol, the 25-year-old firebrand leader of NGO Istri Jagriti Manch, describes current Punjabi music.
Updated on Apr 16, 2012 02:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
Punjab's jagged education graph
From a British-educated lawyer and candidates with multiple degrees to those who haven't passed Class 12 and others who are plain illiterate, the nominees of leading political parties mirror the jagged education graph of people in Punjab. Learning curve
Updated on Jan 24, 2012 01:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra, Chandigarh
A dream ticket
It’s tough to be a journalist and have friends in a cricket-crazy nation. Aarish Chhabra writes.
Updated on Sep 10, 2011 07:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aarish Chhabra