Dhrubo works as an edit resource and writes at the intersection of caste, gender, sexuality and politics. Formerly trained in Physics, abandoned a study of the stars for the glitter of journalism. Fish out of digital water.
Articles by Dhrubo Jyoti
Spring thunder to bloody rebellion: Key dates in history of Naxal-Maoist movement
A comprehensive timeline of events how the Naxal movement started in India to present-day armed Maoist revolt
Updated on May 25, 2017 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Spring thunder to bloody rebellion: Key dates in history of Naxal-Maoist movement
A comprehensive timeline of events how the Naxal movement started in India to present-day armed Maoist revolt
Updated on May 25, 2017 12:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Saharanpur Dalit-Thakur violence: 5 things about UP’s caste-communal cauldron
Saharanpur in western UP has a history of caste and communal violence, fuelled by religious diversity and political attempts at polarisation
Updated on Jul 21, 2017 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Naxalbari@50: Anti-Maoist anger, Mamata minority push help RSS gain in Left citadel
On 50th anniversary of Naxal movement, Victims of Maoist violence say deaths were in vain. This helps RSS attract youth and set up schools and shakhas, as underlined by Amit Shah’s recent visit.
Updated on May 24, 2017 01:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Naxalbari | Dhrubo Jyoti and Pramod Giri
Naxalbari@50: Maoist uprising was sparked by this tribal woman leader
Naxal movement started 50 years ago for farm rights . Shanti Munda was part of the first uprising. As Amit Shah’s visit grabs headlines, HT focuses on women leaders.
Updated on May 29, 2017 12:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Naxalbari (West Bengal) | Dhrubo Jyoti and Pramod Giri
We are so inured to anti-Muslim bias that we have forgotten Hashimpura
The Hashimpura massacre that killed 42 Muslims shows the history of anti-Muslim bias in India had a root far deeper and older than any single party or ideology. It isn’t isolated or exceptional but a result of everyday bias of seeing Muslims as aggressive or crime prone.
Updated on May 22, 2017 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Let’s Talk About Racism | Movies tell us to use ‘kaala’ as an all-weather insult
Actors with dark skin find it tough to get leading roles and ‘fair is success’ has remained a redoubtable mantra.
Updated on May 23, 2017 07:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
Kochi Metro’s transgender outreach is cause for cheer
Kochi Metro’s decision to offer three-year contracts to 23 transgender people helps in setting a model for the government to enact affirmative action policies in jobs for one of India’s most marginalised sections.
Updated on May 19, 2017 10:18 PM IST
Why Darjeeling is the last frontier for Mamata’s Trinamool Congress
The Trinamool Congress wants to break the jinx of the north Bengal hills rejecting parties from the plains. But a minister’s faux pas in the run up to the municipal polls may throw a spanner in that dream.
Updated on May 14, 2017 05:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Dhrubo Jyoti and Pramod Giri
Triple talaq: Supreme Court needs a Muslim woman on the bench
Case such as triple talaq require a complex mesh of gender and religious identities, associated fears and vulnerabilities that are best understood and articulated by women who come from similar locations in life
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 04:22 PM IST
India must lift ban on social media in Kashmir, it impacts fundamental rights: UN
On April 17, the government banned 22 social media sites and applications, including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, in an attempt to stop people in Kashmir from spreading rumours and uploading controversial videos.
Updated on May 11, 2017 05:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
December 16 gang rape: The real reason why Khairlanji or Bilkis Bano don’t trigger a ‘tsunami of shock’
There is nothing to celebrate about the capital punishment to the rapists of the December 16 case. Death penalty is arbitrary and handed out with alarming regularity to the most underprivileged communities.
Updated on May 06, 2017 12:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Govt proposes three levels of punishment for unruly flyers after Gaikwad-AI row
DGCA proposes three levels of punishment for unruly flyers.
Updated on May 05, 2017 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Press freedom rankings: India slips 3 places to 136, ‘Modi’s nationalism’ blamed
In the index released on Wednesday, India was ranked just three places above Pakistan and was one notch below violence-torn Palestine.
Updated on Apr 27, 2017 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Govt plans national no-fly list for passengers with ‘disruptive behaviour’
The Centre is in the process of establishing a national “no-fly list” for unruly passengers in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India staffer on-board a plane.
Updated on Apr 11, 2017 01:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Tarun Vijay sparks racism row: ‘We’ve south India... we live with black people’
Former Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay was invited by news channel Al Jazeera’s online show The Stream to discuss a string of recent attacks on African students in Greater Noida.
Updated on Apr 09, 2017 07:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Cow protection important to save world from moral degradation: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, in a series of tweets, extolled the virtues of cows and cow protection after the assembly made cow slaughter punishable with life imprisonment.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Poorna movie review: Rahul Bose overshadows an otherwise impressive narrative
Poorna cannot bear the weight of Bose’s savior character who is going to change people’s lives and a state’s education all single-handedly – the talented girls and the amazing support cast of Dhritiman Chatterjee and Heeba Shah all recede to the background.
Updated on Mar 30, 2017 01:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Bullets don’t see who is hit, young boys should stay at home: Kashmir top cop
Jammu and Kashmir’s police chief said young boys in Kashmir were committing suicide by turning up at encounter sites and pelting stones at security forces, an issue the army chief addressed as well, saying his forces would resort to force if civilians interfered in military activity.
Updated on Mar 30, 2017 01:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Aadhaar failed to stop corruption, denying elderly benefits: Activist Nikhil Dey
In a conversation with HT, Dey – a member of the Mazdoor Kishan Shakti Sangthan who has worked on Aadhaar over the past decade – alleged that the 12-digit unique identification number failed to stop corruption at the ground level
Updated on Mar 29, 2017 12:14 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
The seed of racism that fuelled Greater Noida attacks has roots in Bollywood | Opinion
Festering racism in India is back under the spotlight after Nigerian students in Greater Noida were beaten, kicked and punched by a rampaging mob.
Updated on Mar 29, 2017 11:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Sushma Swaraj asks Pakistan to locate missing clerics of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
India has asked Pakistan for an update on the whereabouts of two Muslim clerics from Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah who have gone missing in Karachi, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said on Friday.
Updated on Mar 17, 2017 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Cong won Goa, Manipur but BJP threw money to steal the mandate: Rahul Gandhi
His comments came roughly an hour after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test in Goa on Thursday but didn’t stop BJP’s Manohar Parrikar from taking oath as chief minister this evening
Updated on Mar 15, 2017 01:21 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
Assembly elections: Dalits vote for issues and candidates, not caste
As results poured in from the two largest states that went to the polls, it became clear that Dalits were neither a monolithic group nor voted en-masse for one party.
Updated on Mar 13, 2017 09:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Assembly elections 2017: Exit polls say BJP ahead in UP, Goa; Congress and AAP neck-and-neck in Punjab
The BJP could emerge as the single-largest party in four of five states that voted to elect new assemblies over the past month, including Uttar Pradesh, exit polls predicted on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 12, 2017 07:18 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | DK Singh and Dhrubo Jyoti
Punjab exit polls predict close fight between Congress and AAP, SAD-BJP seen decimated
The ruling Akali Dal-BJP alliance in Punjab is facing a crushing defeat according to the two exit polls predicted on Thursday, but were divided on whether the Congress or the Aam Aadmi Party would form the next government.
Updated on Mar 12, 2017 07:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Uttar Pradesh exit polls: BJP may be single-largest party in assembly elections
The BJP could emerge as the single-largest party in Uttar Pradesh, two exit polls predicted on Thursday, giving the saffron party an advantage in what could turn out to be a hung assembly. Official results are out on March 11.
Updated on Mar 09, 2017 11:09 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
Women’s Day: Please don’t promise CCTVs for their safety
The focus on CCTVs detaches the struggle for women’s liberation from its essential core of also being a struggle against caste, class, sexuality, ability and religious power. It imagines women’s safety as a standalone monitoring issue instead of as the consequence of systemic power dynamics.
Updated on Mar 08, 2017 02:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
Ramjas protests: Javed Akhtar, Yogeshwar Dutt wrestle over nationalism, Gurmehar
A swirling row over nationalism at Delhi University singed social media on Tuesday with poet Javed Akhtar and grappler Yogeshwar Dutt wrestling it out on Twitter.
Updated on Feb 28, 2017 06:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
A cautious round of applause to Kerala’s self-help group for transgenders
Transpeople are affected by our imagination of development that gentrifies parks and city spaces, throwing sex-worker transpersons out on the streets and vulnerable to violence. They are affected by the withdrawal of the State from education and health, which means they have to negotiate with for-profit organisations with no mandate of social inclusion
Updated on Feb 25, 2017 08:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti