Binayak reports on information security, privacy and scientific research in health and environment with explanatory pieces. He also edits the news sections of the newspaper.
Articles by Binayak Dasgupta
‘Working for orphans helped us overcome the trauma of losing children’
“Out of the eleven of us who went, only I returned,” Parameswaran recalls of the day he lost his three children and the 7 relatives who were visiting. The day, a Sunday, was also his birthday. His wife had stayed back.
Updated on Dec 26, 2014 05:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binayak Dasgupta, Nagapattinam
10yrs after tsunami, India still needs to fill in disaster management gaps
Then, tsunamis were missing from the mandate of the Met department. There was no warning system. Ten years later, India looks better prepared although some serious gaps remain. Asian tsunami
Updated on Dec 26, 2014 01:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zia Haq, Binayak Dasgupta, KumKum Dasgupta, New Delhi/nagapattinam/cuddalore
Ten years later, fishing no longer the same
For most of the fishermen, the trauma of the Asian Tsunami and the crippling destruction meant they could not set sail for at least 6 months. In some of the cases, recuperation took as much as two years.
Updated on Dec 23, 2014 02:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binayak Dasgupta, Cuddalore/ Nagapattinam
Proud parents again after tsunami took the light of their lives
The day the tsunami struck the couple lost both their children – a boy, 6, and a girl, 5. The destruction was such that only one photograph of the boy was found. The only image left of the daughter was in their memories.
Updated on Dec 26, 2014 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binayak Dasgupta, Nagapattinam
Orphan to architect: Meghana is stronger than the tsunami
Meghana Rajshekhar was 12 years old in 2004. The daughter of an IAF officer, she had seen a bit more of the country than most of her peers by the time her family settled down in Car Nicobar, which was not far from where the tsunamis originated. Asian tsunami
Updated on Dec 26, 2014 05:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binayak Dasgupta, New Delhi
Online cab companies drop the ball on key safety feature
Last week’s alleged rape of a woman inside an Uber cab by the driver suggests that many taxi booking services in India do not provide a panic button in their mobile applications that can allow a passenger to send out an SOS to select numbers in the event of an attack.
Updated on Dec 08, 2014 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binayak Dasgupta, New Delhi