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The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.. (AP Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Another TV war, with no solution in sight

The so-called heroism of Leon Uris' fiction appeared now to be just that

15 Oct 2023 1:53 AM IST

Bombay Doordarshan provided entertainment where theatre artistes demonstrated their massive talents. (Image by Freepik)

Ranjona Banerji | Kitsch or reality TV: What's your pick?

Reality TV. I think I've found my niche. Bring on the vulgarity, the pomposity, the gossip and the falling out!

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Cover photo of In the Body of a Woman: Essays on Law, Gender and Society by Aaliya Waziri. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Angsty examination of our body of laws through lens of...

What Waziri lays bare are the inequalities of our gender laws. The insensitivity of our judicial pronouncements.

27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Women raise slogans during a protest after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a few men in violence-hit Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Old women will save the world

And as long as we have the courage, we can show all women, and maybe even men, the light.

23 July 2023 12:32 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | How gold star journals get their science wrong

Ranjona Banerji | How gold star journals get their science wrong

There is uncertainty about as big as the star on the pronunciation of its name.

25 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of Anaximander and the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander

Rovelli makes it clear from the beginning that this book is not the history of the discoveries of Anaximander.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Yucky to yummy: Do our tastes change as we age?

Food and eating habits are perennial fun conversations on social media

14 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

A view of the Howrah Bridge from the vessel P S Bhopal. (Photo by arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | When we are exceptional' but our nostalgia is...

If you bombard me with Bombay/Mumbai nostalgia, I'd be over the moon. I'm lying. I'm not fond of Internet forwards

16 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India edited by Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur and T.R. Shankar Raman. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Bouquet of surprises bound to change your outlook on...

Review of 'At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India'

12 March 2023 12:38 AM IST

Apart from tourists and misfits like us, serious shoppers rush past you to get to queues outside the brands of their choice. (Photo By Arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

I know very little about the lives of very rich people and the clothes they wear and accessories they fill their lives...

5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiser

What Thakur and Reddy have done here is a public service: To carefully lay out the problems we face when it comes to...

26 Feb 2023 1:39 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Alpha, Boomer, Z, Gen X! Which is the coolest one?

This Internet cut off makes almost no sense. I know people born in 1930s the Silents who are addicted to their...

19 Feb 2023 12:11 AM IST