Rohit Khanna – Author, NDTV.com

Blog | "They'd Give Their Right Arm For Him": Remembering India's 'Sabre Killer'

Rohit Khanna | Monday September 02, 2024

"He didn't know how to slow down. At 89, he had a fall and broke his hip bone. But even in a wheelchair, he was cracking jokes and smiling through the pain". How friends remembering India's 'sabre killer' Denzil Keelor

Opinion | Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai - Three Brutal Rape Cases, 50 Years Apart

Rohit Khanna | Friday August 16, 2024

The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?

Blog: Paris Olympics 2024 - The Pain And Pleasure Of Coming 4th

Rohit Khanna | Monday August 12, 2024

Besides India's 9 'near-misses,' the 2024 Paris Olympics has seen some other unusual '4th place' stories play out, which underline both the pain and the pleasure of being the 'near-miss' 4th finisher.

Blog | To Those Trolling Sonakshi And Zaheer, <i>Khamosh!</i>

Blog | To Those Trolling Sonakshi And Zaheer, Khamosh!

Rohit Khanna | Tuesday July 02, 2024

Let's return to Shatrughan Sinha's gentle reminder - that his daughter and Zaheer have broken no law. India, as it was envisioned by our founding fathers, is meant to be a country where diversity and choice are underwritten, guaranteed, and protected

Blog | 'Bhangra' In America - US Senators' Heartwarming Baisakhi Performance

Rohit Khanna | Wednesday April 17, 2024

Seven Senators and Representatives from the state of Delaware spent weeks to learn the Punjabi folk dance and actually performed it on the occasion of Baisakhi.

Blog | The 'Not-So-Anokhi' Story of Anokhilal-Death Sentence Twice, Now Free

Rohit Khanna | Friday April 05, 2024

India's legal system is riddled with flaws, which are repeatedly outlined in court verdicts, and yet we don't have the compassion to compensate an accused who has suffered years of wrongful incarceration.

Blog: 'Sorry Papa, Forgive Me' - Notes From Kota, And A Plea For Change

Rohit Khanna | Sunday February 25, 2024

Roughly two students die by suicide every month in Kota, India's coaching capital. Key among many other factors that contribute to this rot is the glaring lack of accountability the city's coaching centres enjoy.

Opinion: Goodbye To Ameen Sayani, For Whom Every Listener Mattered

Rohit Khanna | Wednesday February 21, 2024

Sayani's self-confessed approach to radio programming was to strike an intimate relationship with each of his listeners, as if they were bonding like friends during the show.

Blog: Dear Daughter, Like <I>'12th Fail'</I>, We All Need Our Lifelines, Our Crew

Blog: Dear Daughter, Like '12th Fail', We All Need Our Lifelines, Our Crew

Rohit Khanna | Wednesday January 17, 2024

The simple takeaway is just this - All us, even the best of us, we need our 'Crew' to support us, to cheer us on, to offer us precious timely advice, to be our moral compass, to be in our corner when the times are tough.

Blog: Dear Daughter, Beware the 'Rizz' of 'Animal' And Toxic Masculinity

Rohit Khanna | Tuesday December 26, 2023

Rizz is not just the word of the year, it also describes the times we live in - where the surface-level razzle-dazzle of anything or anyone is all that is needed for it, or the person, to become the talk of the town, and the flavour of the season.

Opinion: Afghanistan's Rashid Khan - Children Of Conflict, Now Cricket Stars

Rohit Khanna | Tuesday November 14, 2023

"What's Rashid Khan's age?" I asked my Dad, who is a serious cricket fan. "32 or so..." was his answer. "Wrong," I said.

Blog: Lessons From Matthew Perry And Chandler, Through Addiction, Fame

Rohit Khanna | Thursday November 02, 2023

What's lovely about Perry is that he wanted to be remembered less as 'Chandler', and more as someone who fought drug and alcohol addiction, and who did what he could to help others fight addiction too.

Opinion: Remembering Bishan Singh Bedi: The Man Who Found <i>Sukoon</i> in <i>Junoon</i>

Opinion: Remembering Bishan Singh Bedi: The Man Who Found Sukoon in Junoon

Rohit Khanna | Monday October 23, 2023

Bishan Singh Bedi did not turn up among us to be loved. He would have been the first person to admit that about himself. Even his son says this about his dad - "You may love him, hate him, but there is no way you can ignore Bishan Singh Bedi."

Blog - "Use Moral Compass": Father's Letter To Daughter On Israel-Hamas War

Rohit Khanna | Sunday October 15, 2023

Israeli forces were Sunday readying for a looming Gaza ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history.

Blog: Letter To My Daughter In Canada

Rohit Khanna | Tuesday September 26, 2023

Over the years, Canada has allowed Khalistan supporters, many now Canadian citizens, to speak their mind, citing freedom of speech. They've ignored India's claims that some of them have been responsible for extremist violence in Punjab.

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