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Ranjona Banerji
About the AuthorRanjona Banerji
The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.
    Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?

    How advantageous is it to keep fighting with your neighbour, when a small amount of compromise can perhaps lead to a...

    24 May 2025 11:29 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’

    How does one define toxic masculinity? The term became popular in the 1980s and ‘90s in academia

    27 April 2025 12:23 AM IST

    Book Review | Solving the final puzzle of deathBooks
    Book Review | Solving the final puzzle of death

    Ramakrishnan takes us through several streams of thought, some interconnected, some independent, which appear to be...

    12 April 2025 11:43 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Will April bring more roads we do not need?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Will April bring more roads we do not need?

    Just about every weekend, environmental organisations, civil society groups and concerned citizens collect at a chosen...

    22 March 2025 11:56 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Is a foolish ‘friend’ worse than a ghosting frenemy?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Is a foolish ‘friend’ worse than a ghosting frenemy?

    The more intelligent people are, the more difficult I find it to excuse their stupidity

    22 Feb 2025 11:24 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Boons and banes of spontaneous trippingColumnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Boons and banes of spontaneous tripping

    Reflections on the unpredictability of travel, from suitcase mishaps to cultural observations

    26 Jan 2025 12:02 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Can a moral elitist make friends on social media?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Can a moral elitist make friends on social media?

    Have I told you this before? Long ago, my closest friend said this about me: “Ranjona is not prejudiced. She...

    1 Dec 2024 12:46 AM IST

    Book Review | Were Nawabs of Oudh effete or visionary?Books
    Book Review | Were Nawabs of Oudh effete or visionary?

    This is a refreshing and engaging look at the kingdom of Awadh and the colonial powers that whirled around...

    9 Nov 2024 1:14 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Gaza on my mind… Safe at what price?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Gaza on my mind… Safe at what price?

    In today’s conflicted world, old biases resurface, challenging ideals of tolerance and democracy amidst rising...

    27 Oct 2024 12:02 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Kolkata, Haryana boiling; but hate isn’t the answerColumnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Kolkata, Haryana boiling; but hate isn’t the answer

    There’s a certain smugness about us Indians in the way we present ourselves as a culture which is proud of the...

    15 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talentedBooks
    Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talented

    I write this review with mixed feelings. I asked for this book, because Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is such an...

    31 Aug 2024 1:46 PM IST

    People walk past fallen debris blocking the Badrinath National Highway near Joshimath, in Chamoli district, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Are we too cheap to save the Himalayas?

    In order to build more infrastructure and to have more progress and development, there has to be even more destruction...

    14 July 2024 12:05 AM IST

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