Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010). Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.
Articles by Sunetra Choudhury
FB whistleblower offers to testify before House panel
Sophie Zhang is a former Facebook data scientist who warned in an internal memo that there was a “political sophisticated” attempt to influence the February 2020 Delhi elections.
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 04:54 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
‘Repeal of farm laws a win for opposition’: Jayant Chaudhary
Farmers have shown a lot of courage by asking some hard questions to the government throughout the last year, he said.
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 02:15 AM IST
‘They want to control everything as if they are going to rule for 100 years’
Kharge says the move to extend the period of CBI and ED chiefs for five years means that the government wants their choice of people for a longer time so that they can harass the common people, the opposition parties, NGOs, and journalists
Updated on Nov 16, 2021 03:04 PM IST
In his book, Ban ki-Moon talks about his time as ex-UN secy general; mentions Tharoor
“Even now, nearly fifty years later, I tell the Indian people that half of my heart belongs in their country,’’ Moon writes in the book
Updated on Nov 15, 2021 10:02 PM IST
‘Blaming Nehru would not solve China problem’: Nirupama Rao
Nehru thought these two big countries of Asia could work together to become the third force in world politics that could benefit India. Now, as it turned out, he was proved wrong in his calculations about China, says Nirupama Menon Rao
Updated on Nov 03, 2021 02:54 PM IST
Priyanka bumps into Akhilesh Yadav on plane. They speak, say will meet again
The partnership between Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s Congress fell apart after the 2017 UP assembly elections following a dismal showing
Updated on Oct 22, 2021 07:38 PM IST
Plan to induct strategist Prashant Kishor into Congress hits roadblock
After a series of meetings that started in the spring of 2020 when Kishor first met party president Sonia Gandhi, and meetings with regional leaders across the country, the plan has now been “put off”, two leaders familiar with the details said
Updated on Oct 08, 2021 06:12 PM IST
UP Police manhandled me, tried to force me into their vehicle: Priyanka Gandhi
Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told HT, “I tried to walk but they were pushing and shoving. Then they started beating my colleagues, punched one of them several times in the stomach and lifted him up and tried to stuff him into a jeep
Updated on Oct 05, 2021 09:09 AM IST
Exclusive: Need visa to go to UP, asks Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
Baghel said the visit of Congress leaders to violence-hit district to express solidarity with the families of aggrieved farmers should not be seen through the prism of politics.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 03:11 PM IST
Sunetra Choudhury | Written by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
Indra Nooyi on demanding what you’re worth and always having a back-up plan
The former PepsiCo chairperson and CEO discusses facing and fighting subtle acts of discrimination in her career, battling for pay parity in the boardroom, and what it really takes to make it to the top.
Updated on Oct 01, 2021 07:47 PM IST
Don’t try to be Superwoman: Indra Nooyi on choice, freedom and having it all
The former PepsiCo chairperson and CEO, now 65, has a memoir out titled My Life in Full. In it, she traces her journey from Chennai to Connecticut to only the 11th woman in the world to head a Fortune 500 company. She speaks of her pursuit of pay parity in the boardroom, of profits and growth for the multinational, and of her home life: caring for an ailing father and an exacting mother, tending to a marriage and two daughters. Excerpts from an interview.
Updated on Oct 01, 2021 08:03 PM IST
‘Congress a better platform... in tune with idea of India’: Jignesh Mevani
Jignesh Mevani spoke to Sunetra Choudhury about why it is the right platform for him even as the party has faced a series of defections
Updated on Oct 02, 2021 12:12 PM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Indra Nooyi memoir: The secrets to balancing work and family life
In her book, My Life in Full: Work, Family and our Future, Indra Nooyi focusses on the importance that organisational support plays in working women’s lives. For instance, she lists the offer of three months of paid leave by BCG to take care of her father in India when he was diagnosed with cancer
Updated on Sep 27, 2021 11:04 AM IST
‘Not because of CoWIN’: RS Sharma on UK quarantine rule for Indians
NHA chairman RS Sharma, who supervises functioning of the CoWIN platform, said a baseless controversy was created by some people around the digital platform in context of the UK travel rule that mandates a 10-day quarantine for flyers from India even if they are fully vaccinated.
Published on Sep 24, 2021 08:35 PM IST
‘Not because of CoWIN’: RS Sharma on UK quarantine rule for Indians
NHA chairman RS Sharma, who supervises functioning of the CoWIN platform, said a baseless controversy was created by some people around the digital platform in context of the UK travel rule that mandates a 10-day quarantine for flyers from India even if they are fully vaccinated.
Updated on Sep 24, 2021 08:55 PM IST
Book on Kashmir by R&AW officer’s daughter fans furore
Saiba Varma’s book The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir has been published by Duke University in the US and Yoda Press in India.
Updated on Sep 17, 2021 01:53 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
26/11: What Mumbai Diaries gets right, and what it gets wrong
When the new web series, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 dropped last week, it wasn’t the first attempt to portray the horrific events surrounding the 2008 attacks on India’s financial capital when terrorists unleashed an attack that left 172 dead and changed India’s security outlook and apparatus forever
Updated on Sep 15, 2021 10:52 AM IST
‘Why has Govt not used its majority in House to pass Women's Reservation Bill?’
In an interview with Hindustan Times, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s politburo member and former MP, Brinda Karat, talks about whether the Women’s Reservation Bill is still relevant, and the significance of reservation for women in politics. Edited excerpts:
Updated on Sep 12, 2021 03:08 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
CPM’s Brinda Karat underscores significance of women’s reservation bill in conversation with HT
HT spoke to CPM’s politburo member and former MP Brinda Karat about whether this proposed law is still relevant.
Updated on Sep 11, 2021 02:43 PM IST
BJP plans events to mark PM Narendra Modi’s 20 years in public life
The special drive has been named “Sewa Aur Samarpan Abhiyan”, which means a campaign in tribute to service and dedication.
Updated on Sep 05, 2021 02:44 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Committed to holding caste census: BJP MP
Munde said that the BJP was not the kind of party that said one thing in opposition and then changed its position in government. Munde’s words come at a time when the demand for a caste census has grown louder .
Updated on Aug 26, 2021 04:45 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
OBC commission member Bajaj backs caste census
The last time there was a full caste census was in 1931, but in recent weeks, the demand for one has only gotten louder with the BJP’s own leaders such as Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi justifying the need for one
Updated on Aug 25, 2021 06:20 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Inside story of a defection: How Sushmita Dev switched from the Congress to TMC
The surprising switch of Sushmita Dev, who was known for her emphatic defence of the party leadership even as the Congress faced multiple crises, came after a summer of disappointing election performance in her home state of Assam and active wooing by both the BJP and TMC
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 05:17 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Indians stuck in Afghanistan struggle to return home
India on Monday said it will take all steps for the security of Indians and its interests in Afghanistan and facilitate the repatriation of Sikhs and Hindus who wish to leave the war-torn country.
Updated on Aug 17, 2021 04:53 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Peace has returned to Assam, Mizoram: Himanta Biswa Sarma
"My ministers visited Aizawl and after that meeting, we issued a joint press release whose operative part was that no state will deploy their police forces at the border and they will try to resolve all disputes peacefully. Second, both states have decided that CRPF will be at the border till we come to certain solutions," the Assam chief minister said.
Published on Aug 11, 2021 06:22 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
All parties must come together and save India: Kapil Sibal
We feel that the BJP is destroying the foundations of our republic; they have belittled every institution in this country.
Updated on Aug 11, 2021 05:56 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Oppn leaders discuss 2024 poll strategy at dinner hosted by Sibal
At least 20 of the so-called “G-23” group of leaders, who wrote a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi last year asking for an overhaul in the party organisation, were present at the dinner, as was former finance minister P Chidambaram.
Updated on Aug 10, 2021 05:52 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
BJP plans outreach programmes for new ministers
Called the Jan Ashirwad Rally, the three-day events are being carefully curated so that they underline the social message sent out by last month’s cabinet expansion that expanded the council of ministers to 77.
Updated on Aug 10, 2021 05:29 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Day after his 73rd birthday, Sibal set to host Opposition leaders on Monday
Sharad Pawar, Derek O’Brien, Omar Abdullah, Akhilesh Yadav, and Lalu Prasad are likely to make an appearance.
Updated on Aug 09, 2021 05:21 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
OBC list: Centre moves to give states the power
The new bill effectively nullifies the top court’s decision, which triggered protests by state governments and OBC groups. In India, separate OBC lists are drawn up by the Centre and each state concerned.
Updated on Aug 05, 2021 04:45 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi