Namita Bhandare writes on gender and other social issues and has 25 years of experience in journalism. She has edited books and features in a documentary on sexual violence. She tweets as @namitabhandare
Articles by Namita Bhandare
Mountain echoes
Arshi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, the 'chief royal patron' of Bhutan's first-ever literature festival delivers the keynote address at the India House Auditorium. Namita Bhandare elaborates.
Updated on May 21, 2010 04:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
What a cover-up!
Belgium is planning to ban the burqa to ‘liberate’ women. But coercion seldom results in change, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on May 09, 2010 09:46 PM IST
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The eyes have it
This is not only a valued collection of photos of a nation in flux but it also restores visual archiving to its rightful place, writes, Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Apr 23, 2010 11:57 PM IST
An unnecessary link
The fracas over Amitabh Bachchan’s presence at the Bandra-Worli sealink opening is silly, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Mar 25, 2010 08:53 PM IST
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When life offers you lemons...
In 2005, the euphoria surrounding the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi had already set in. The media couldn’t seem to get enough stories on how the capital was on its way to becoming a ‘world-class city’. There was hope everywhere of new beginnings.
Updated on Mar 19, 2010 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare
Priyanka charms all despite heat
In her bright blue sari, smile firmly in place it’s hard to believe that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (37) is standing bang at the epicentre of a whirlwind of confusion and dust of Rae Barely. A cavalcade of some 50 journalists, both print and television, local police, her own Special Protection Group and Congress party workers are in attendance.
Updated on Apr 24, 2009 02:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare, Rae Bareilly
She’s a player who plays by her own rules
There’s a story, most likely apocryphal, relating to Mayawati’s visit to a posh beauty parlour at a five-star hotel.
Updated on Mar 22, 2009 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare
Clueless, defenceless
In a crisis, people need two things: a plan to effectively counter it (or even better, to prevent it), and strong and resolute leaders. Our real tragedy is that we seem to have neither, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Nov 30, 2008 10:30 PM IST
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Thuggery means always having to say sorry
Raj Thackeray is a chip off the old block, yet another one-trick pony from the Sena stable, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Sep 11, 2008 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare
Breaking noose
In the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case one thing is clear: nobody — English or Hindi, tabloid or broadsheet, print or TV — has come out smelling of roses, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Jul 15, 2008 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
A tale of two urban legends
Tragically, neither city delivers on issues that should matter most to its citizens: infrastructure; law and order; a modern mindset that includes involved citizens, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on May 18, 2008 11:08 PM IST
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The All-Rounder
Although he’s supremely conscious of the role his father has played, and continues to play, in his life, you suspect that Jyotiraditya Scindia is not the kind of person to look back with regret. Namita Bhandare tells us more about this Gen Y MP.
Updated on Apr 12, 2008 01:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Namita Bhandare
Writes of passage
In a literature festival, the only stars should be the writers. All other taaras should stay in another zameen, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Jan 30, 2008 10:27 PM IST
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And what is it to you?
We have every right to ask our politicians to be honest, efficient and effective, what they do in their off-hours is entirely their business, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Jan 09, 2008 10:39 PM IST
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Mum’s the word
If Mother’s Day is to have any real meaning, it must go beyond platitudes. Years after the women’s movement hoped to bring about equality, nothing much has changed, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on May 15, 2007 01:37 AM IST
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Big packets bring bigger worries, finds HT survey
Executives nowadays are paying for high salaries with endless work hours and poor quality of family life, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Mar 17, 2007 12:03 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
No working woman, no cry
How does a modern woman strike a work-life balance? Seema Goswami has answers, says Namita Bhandare.
Published on Feb 08, 2007 05:29 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
Traveller who saw many worlds
Those who knew Rabindra Seth call him the 'forever man', writes Namita Bhandare.
Published on Feb 01, 2007 03:55 AM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
Middle class loves to splurge
The segment that's powerful enough to shape India's destiny is the one most of us belong to. HT does a reality check
Published on Jan 29, 2007 03:12 AM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
New middle class mantra is spending
It prefers a good lifestyle to a simple one, an HT-CNN IBN survey shows, reports Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 26, 2007 09:47 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
Rushdie-Naipaul: Mirror images?
The ground beneath Rushdie?s feet has shifted and now he is eerily like his old bete noire Naipaul, says Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 23, 2007 03:02 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, New Delhi
In Sir Vidia's shadow
Salman Rushdie and VS Naipaul in some mysterious way, have turned into mirror images of each other, writes Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Jan 23, 2007 04:33 AM IST
None | By Namita Bhandare
In Sir Vidia?s shadow
Rushdie and Naipaul may not dislike each other any less. But in some mysterious and completely unpredictable way, they have turned into mirror images of each other, writes Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 23, 2007 12:32 AM IST
None | By Namita Bhandare
Hard-sell overshadows literature
Though the Jaipur Heritage fest brought leading writers together, many were dissatisfied with the proceedings.
Published on Jan 22, 2007 07:10 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Army acting dreadfully in J&K: Salman
The fatwa for The Satanic Verses has failed to silence writer Salman Rushdie.
Published on Jan 22, 2007 11:39 AM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Army acting dreadfully in J&K: Salman
Insurgency, he says, began in 1989, but the army?s atrocities in Kashmir had begun well before that, reports Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 22, 2007 03:20 AM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Hard-sell overshadows literature
Salman Rushdie is busy signing autographs on scraps of paper, reports Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 22, 2007 02:35 AM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Shilpa should quit show if can't take heat: Rushdie
Rushdie wishes Shetty to come home with the prize, writes Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 21, 2007 10:24 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Second Jaipur literature festival update
Authors as Tarun Tejpal and Pankaj Mishra are there too, adding to the firmament of stars at the Festival, reports Namita Bhandare.
Published on Jan 21, 2007 09:58 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
Indian literature rides economic boom
Economic power brings literary power & there is big boom in Indian non-fiction & fiction, reports Namita Bhandare.
Updated on Jan 22, 2007 01:59 PM IST
None | Namita Bhandare, Jaipur
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