Abhishek Saha is a senior correspondent. He reports for the Kashmir bureau.
Articles by Abhishek Saha
An open letter to right-wing hardliners, please stop spewing venom
And, I write this in response to what one of RSS's prominent leaders said last Friday—that all Indians are 'culturally, nationally and DNA-wise Hindus'.
Updated on Mar 16, 2015 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Identity and crisis: Nagaland lynching reflects Northeast's fissures
A few days before the lynching in Dimapur of Syed Farid Khan, a Bengali-speaking Muslim man from Assam accused of rape, my mother, who lives in Guwahati, called up to share something that had disturbed her.
Updated on Mar 10, 2015 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Lathmaar Holi: 2 villages and a legend behind feisty festival
Mythology says this is the village where Krishna stayed for a few years with his foster father Nanda Baba and mother Yashoda. Nandgaon and the adjacent Barsana, the native place of Radha, is where Holi is played in all its multi-hued glory as villagers re-enact the romantic escapades of the two celestial lovers. The world comes to watch as the Lathmaar Holi is played in all its mythological significance and a large dollop of fun.
Updated on Mar 05, 2015 10:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Nandgaon/barsana
A healing touch: How a team of Indian Muslims made history
The only thing amiss with the book is that Burak Akçapar has dedicated rather too many pages to provide a concrete context to the Medical Mission. Though the book is titled and based on the Medical Mission of 1912-13, a detailed account of the same comes only towards the end.
Updated on Feb 25, 2015 03:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
The politics at Oscars and what we Indians lack
Like Common and Legend, many winners at this year’s Oscars used the glittery ceremony to voice their concerns on issues which they feel strongly about.
Updated on Feb 24, 2015 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Shame the rapist, but what about the voyeur in you
The gangrape video doing the rounds on WhatsApp proves that there are many Indian men who are not rapists, but harbour a perverted bent of mind in the private.
Updated on Feb 11, 2015 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
AIB roast: Move beyond freedom of speech, seek reason
Soon after the AIB ran into controversy with the Maharashtra government, the popular narrative focused on the comics being the poster-boys of freedom of expression--perhaps in an attempt to have our own Charlie Hebdo moment.
Updated on Feb 05, 2015 01:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Finance minister Arun Jaitley must be dismissed: Ram Jethmalani
"Arun Jaitley must be dismissed as the Finance Minister for black money to be recovered," advocate Ram Jethmalani told a packed house on the last day of the Jaipur Literature Festival at the Diggi Palace on Sunday afternoon.
Updated on Jan 25, 2015 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Jaipur
Issue of women’s rights is more cultural than legal: Chetan Bhagat
Women’s rights and equality became the focal point of best-selling author Chetan Bhagat’s HT-sponsored session at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Diggi Palace on Sunday, with the writer saying that it’s more of a cultural issue than legal.
Updated on Jan 25, 2015 05:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Jaipur
Indian army's behaviour during the 1971 war was extraordinary: Salil Tripathi
During the Bangladesh war of 1971, when journalist Salil Tripathi was a young boy, he remembers pasting black paper on the windows of his house in Mumbai in an attempt to ward off any possible attack. The author spoke to HT about the significance of the 1971 war and the Shahbag movement of 2013.
Updated on Jan 25, 2015 12:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
JLF 2015: Bringing a princess home
When senior political journalist Anita Anand came across a photograph of a young Indian woman selling The Suffragette newspaper outside Hampton Court in England in 1913 her quest to find out who that woman was lead her to the life of the daughter of the last Sikh emperor Maharajah Duleep Singh.
Updated on Jan 23, 2015 10:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
JLF 2015: It's time India too discussed curbs on freedom of expression
The four panelists shared their views on what it means to 'speak against the grain of society' and how for each one of them it means something different.
Updated on Jan 23, 2015 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Jaipur
Abhishek Bachchan is my only friend in new gen stars: Waheeda Rehman
The face did not launch a thousand ships. But it did launch the career of one of the most accomplished actors in Bollywood, a beauty that 'age cannot wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety'.
Updated on Jan 22, 2015 09:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Jaipur
JLF 2015: Is a BJP leader to blame for the Perumal Murugan controversy?
A senior BJP leader has a hand in Hindu radicals raising hackles five years after Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s book about a woman trying to have a child with a stranger was published, said the editor of a publishing house at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Wednesday.
Updated on Jan 22, 2015 06:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Jaipur
The two JLF controversies that you must know about
When some of the world's best creative minds, known for vociferously thinking out loud, are put together for discussions, bold expressions and radical thoughts are expected outcomes. And the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has, over time, proved to be one such occasion.
Updated on Jan 20, 2015 11:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Top 12 sessions to look forward to at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015
This year's Jaipur Literature Festival promises to have something for everyone. But with 170 sessions spread over six venues within Jaipur's Diggi Palace, things can get confusing. Which is why we've drawn up a list of 12 interesting sessions you must attend.
Updated on Jan 20, 2015 10:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Theatre, not gun, is the weapon of resistance for these West Bank refugees
In 2002, Palestinian actors Faisal Abu Alhayja and Ahmed Rokh were only 13 when the second intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israel, was underway.
Updated on Jan 09, 2015 02:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Jharkhand: Vulnerable Birhor tribe suffers as govt schemes fail
Birhors, one of the eight tribes in Jharkhand categorised as particularly vulnerable tribal groups, were forced to leave their traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle and adapt to a modern way of life.
Updated on Jan 03, 2015 09:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Tilra (jharkhand)
Jharkhand’s Asur tribe losing traditional skills in modern times
The Asurs were once hunter-gatherers whose life was closely linked to the forests they lived in. However, when the British enacted the Indian Forest Act in 1865, several tribes like the Asurs were cut off from their roots.
Updated on Jan 02, 2015 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Polpol Path (jharkhand)
Cut off from roots, Jharkhand's endangered tribes in battle for survival
The UNESCO has put Asur, Birhor and Korwa in its list of world’s endangered languages while Birhor has been tagged as 'critically endangered' with just 2,000 speakers left.
Updated on Jan 01, 2015 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Bishunpur
When a woman's choice to love and live becomes her death wish
Two murders and a slap expose the working of a mindset that's uncomfortable with a woman expressing her freedom to love and make love with whoever she wants. The consequence of a woman exercising her freedom to choose and live life as she wishes can be harsh.
Updated on Dec 11, 2014 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
Believe it or not: Inside 14th century Delhi fort, djinns grant wishes
In the niches and alcoves of Feroz Shah Kotla, believers pray, light candles and write letters to djinns. For the faithful, these spirits made of fire listen patiently and can solve any problem. Visiting them on Thursdays is guarantee of prayers being heard.
Updated on Nov 17, 2014 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
These pictures prove that Pushkar Mela is much more than camels and nomads
The week-long mela is internationally popular for the 'largest camel fair' in the world. But residents feel that along with the animal trade it is the amalgamation of different cultures and people that makes this event what it is. And that's just what you're about to see here.
Updated on Nov 09, 2014 05:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Pushkar
Why and how has multicultural India become racist?
For a country as diversely populated as India, where the nuance of ‘unity in diversity’ is oft quoted and rhetorically celebrated, racial attacks are bound to evoke a number of questions, with the most basic being ‘why?’.
Updated on Oct 31, 2014 12:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Is this Nobel? Pointing out Malala, Satyarthi's religion
The Nobel Peace Prize has a history of being jointly awarded to people from nations locked in conflict, but never has such stress been laid on the religious identity of the recipients. Does Malala and Satyarthi's faith matter?
Updated on Oct 15, 2014 01:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
From white tiger to ISIS terror: Does online make a tamasha of them all?
Soon after Maqsood was mauled to death inside the white tiger enclosure in Delhi zoo, photographs and a video of the horrific incident, clicked and recorded by onlookers, came into the public domain.
Updated on Sep 28, 2014 05:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
A revolutionary life: The Bhagat Singh you didn’t know
A closer introspection into the life of Bhagat Singh reveals that there exists a narrative that is completely different from what mainstream historiography tells us about the revolutionist and his acts.
Updated on Mar 23, 2015 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
What else can you do with the world other than want to change it, says Neel Mukherjee
Neel Mukherjee, the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Lives of Others was recently in Delhi to discuss his book. The novel has been described as searing, savage and deeply moving.
Updated on Sep 25, 2014 05:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
Doodling his way to fame: Assam boy to represent country in doodling competition
Santanu Kaushik Hazarika, the India winner of the Red Bull Doodle Art, speaks to Hindustan Times, about the winning art piece, how he doodles and what doodling exactly means. Santanu will represent India in the final international round, in Cape Town in October.
Updated on Sep 23, 2014 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
So what about Bollywood itself, Deepika?
The 'cleavage news post' on Deepika was deplorable and her reaction commendable. But can we blame only the ‘journalists’ (if only the writer of that ‘news item’ could be called one) or ‘the media’ as the biggest villains for commodifying a woman’s body?
Updated on Sep 16, 2014 05:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, New Delhi
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