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

Its been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people. (Image:Twitter)

Ranjona Banerji | Hallo there! Have you all Condemned Hamas?

It's been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people

17 Dec 2023 12:07 AM IST

In this photograph taken on July 22, 2016, a Premiere Padmini taxi is parked alongside other taxis outside a railway station in the Indian city of Mumbai. (AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE)

Ranjona Banerji | The dashing kaali-peeli drivers of Mumbai

What made the Mumbai kaali-peeli my lifeline were the people, not the cars.

5 Nov 2023 12:08 AM IST

Book Review | Climate Change is Upon Us All, But Can Seaweed Save the Planet?

Book Review | Climate Change is Upon Us All, But Can Seaweed Save the...

This is in equal measures a book that is intriguing, engaging and infuriating

15 Oct 2023 2:42 AM IST

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