Ravish Kumar – Author, NDTV.com

Dear Ma'am, Don't Do This, I Say With Folded Hands - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Saturday February 19, 2022

We won't be able to look our children in the eye if we don't learn to identify the merchants of hatred among us and stop those infected by it.

Blog: There Will Never Be Another Kamal Khan - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Friday January 14, 2022

There will never be another Kamal Khan. Because this country has lost the moral strength to repeat the process by which one becomes Kamal Khan.

Blog: We, Left Behind in Cities, Are Migrants, Not Them - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Tuesday May 05, 2020

It's not a morning walk. It's not a pilgrimage. The walk of migrant workers towards their home is a march against the stripping of their democratic rights. With their walk, they are defying the system, walking on roads which they are not allowed to tread.

Blog: "This Award Belongs To You": Ravish Kumar On Magsaysay Honour

Ravish Kumar | Monday September 16, 2019

This photograph of Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 is dedicated to you. In these tough times, you have supported us. I have received this award, but in reality, it belongs to you readers and viewers, Ravish Kumar said.

Blog: When Abuses Are Considered Proof Of Patriotism - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Even mothers and sisters are reticent on expletives targeting mothers and sisters. Why?

Blog: The Opposition Will Always Remember You, Atal-<i>ji</i> - By Ravish Kumar

Blog: The Opposition Will Always Remember You, Atal-ji - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Thursday August 16, 2018

The real legacy of Atal Bihari Vajpayee lies in the politics of opposition. The politics of opposition is the politics of dissent. From 1957 to 1996, he dedicated his life to exactly that. About 90 per cent of his political career was spent in the politics of opposition. Despite that Atal Bihari Vajpayee had no opponents.

Blog: Ravish Kumar On His Photo With Earphones Going Viral

Ravish Kumar | Thursday May 03, 2018

Earlier this week, there was a breach in my security. I was stuck in a traffic jam when I saw a young man hiding his face, raising his phone from the car to click my photo. Maybe he even shot a video. I couldn't see him. I always wear an earpiece for security reasons.

Blog: Ravish Kumar On <i>An Insignificant Man</i> And What It Exposes

Blog: Ravish Kumar On An Insignificant Man And What It Exposes

Ravish Kumar | Friday November 17, 2017

The irony may make you chuckle. Just a day after a survey from the other side of the world told you that 55 per cent of Indians want a strong leader at the helm of affairs, a film opens at the theatres that tells the story of a leader who billed his insignificance as his biggest strength.

Blog: "PM Modi, Will I Lose My Job?" - By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Friday September 29, 2017

I'm not only hopeful but certain that this will find you hale and hearty. I always pray for your good health and wish that your limitless energy remains intact.

"PM Modi Can Follow Me On Twitter": Blog By Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar | Wednesday September 06, 2017

A political atmosphere has been created (so that) even if it does not endorse actions directly, a political atmosphere supports you...it is the result of that atmosphere that allowed people to laugh today at the murder of Gauri Lankesh.

Blog: BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Is Right, Media Betrayed Him

Ravish Kumar | Wednesday January 11, 2017

The media is certainly questioning the government after BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's video went viral. But Tej Bahadur has also questioned the media. He has asked us for answers too. His statement - that no one in the media shows the condition that jawans are in - pierces the conscience like an arrow.

Blog: I Am Against Those Who Talk Of Throwing Shoes After 50 Days

Ravish Kumar | Friday December 30, 2016

Pictures of shoes are being shared on Facebook and Twitter. It is being stated on social media that "50 days are almost up, where should the welcome with shoes be arranged?" Do those who oppose him also secretly hold the desire to become part of or lead the baying crowd? Many people are writing again and again that "the shoes are ready, please let us know where we sho...

Blog: Enough Persecution. Dalits Should Stop Skinning Cows.

Ravish Kumar | Thursday July 21, 2016

Vijay Deewan, 59, says he has no caste, no religion. But on much prodding he said that his mother and father were Brahmins. For the son of a Brahmin family to take up this profession in 1982, the resolve he must have had to annihilate the poison of India's caste system is something you can only imagine. It was this that made me think that amid the raging controversy o...

Blog: Open Letter To MJ Akbar From Ravish Kumar, Zero TRP Anchor

Ravish Kumar | Wednesday July 06, 2016

Do you think when journalists ask difficult questions, they are pimping another party? Which question can make one a pimp? If editors like you can tell me, I can learn a thing or two.

Opinion: Ravish Kumar On Why He Spoke To You 'In Total Darkness'

Ravish Kumar | Sunday February 21, 2016

As streets rang out with slogans against JNU, TV anchors kept people tied up in debates. Delhi's Dwarka and Rajendra Nagar were witness to such rallies. It seemed the media couldn't care less that with these shrieks, an air of dangerous and violent animosity towards the JNU was being fanned.

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