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Fri, Sep 8, 2023
Uttam's Take: RIP, Ajit Ninan

Uttam Ghosh is devastated by the news that Ajit Ninan, the renowned...

Tue, Nov 1, 2022
Uttam's Take: Mourning Morbi

Uttam Ghosh mourns the victims of the cable bridge tragedy on the Machchhu...

Thu, Oct 20, 2022
Uttam's Take: Is Kharge Ready To Fly?

Uttam Ghosh's take on the Congress presidential election.

Tue, Sep 27, 2022
Uttam's Take: Gehlot's Game

Ashok Gehlot, widely seen as the Congress's ruling family's nominee for the...

Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's...

Fri, Aug 26, 2022
Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gautam Adani's hostile takeover attempt of...

Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Let Freedom Never Be Extinguished

Uttam Ghosh riffs on a quote from Rushdie's double Booker Prize-winning novel...

Fri, Aug 12, 2022
Uttam's Take: Bhagwat's Message For Modi

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mohan Bhagwat's views.

Thu, Aug 11, 2022
Uttam's Take: Nitish Babu Walks Out!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar's latest political drama.

Thu, Aug 4, 2022
The Indian Monsoon Tamasha

The monsoons are no picnic. Try to laugh in the rain.

Wed, Aug 3, 2022
Uttam's Take: ED: The Ultimate Tool Kit!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Enforcement Directorate being deployed to...

Mon, Jul 18, 2022
Uttam's Take: No Dissent From MPs Too

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Rajya Sabha firman.

Thu, Jul 14, 2022
Uttam's Take: The Lankan Lion Flees

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gota's flight in the middle of the night.

Fri, Jul 1, 2022
Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis -- 'ED',...

Thu, Jun 23, 2022
Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current upheaval in the Shiv Sena.

Fri, May 27, 2022
Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Kapil Sibal's revelation that he quit the...

Tue, May 10, 2022
Uttam's Take: Waiting For High Command

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on a strange regurgitation of history.

Wed, May 4, 2022
Uttam's Take: Speak Hindi Or Else...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad's comment...

Mon, Apr 11, 2022
Uttam's Take: Is Aakar A Flight Risk?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on why writer Aakar Patel -- who is also chairman...

Thu, Apr 7, 2022
Uttam's Take: HUH? What Price Rise?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the constant rise in the prices of...

Mon, Apr 4, 2022
Uttam's Take: Shaky Times

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the upheavals in the sub-continent this past...

Thu, Mar 31, 2022
Uttam's Take: Is Modi Listening?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on BJP leader Nitin Gadkari's recent comment that...

Wed, Mar 30, 2022
And Petrol, Diesel Prices Rise Again...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the daily increase in the prices of petrol and...

Thu, Mar 24, 2022
Uttam's Take: What's Going On, Didi?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the brutal political violence in Mamata...

Sat, Mar 12, 2022
Uttam's Take: AAP Goes National

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the Punjab...

Fri, Mar 11, 2022
Uttam's Take: Double Engine Wins!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Uttar Pradesh voted

Tue, Mar 8, 2022
Uttam's Take: Finally ACCHE DIN Are Here

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the exit polls against the backdrop of...

Mon, Mar 7, 2022
Uttam's Take: Please EVACUATE Us!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the plight of stranded Indian students in...

Fri, Mar 4, 2022
Uttam's Take: Putin's Nuclear Threats

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Russia's terrifying nuclear threats.

Fri, Feb 25, 2022
Uttam's Take: Putin's Revenge

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine.

Mon, Feb 21, 2022
Uttam's Take: When MEA Sees Red...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on issues that raise the MEA's hackles.

Thu, Feb 10, 2022
Uttam's Take:No Anti-Incumbency, Modiji?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's...

Mon, Feb 7, 2022
Uttam's Take: Farewell, Lataji

Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to the Incomparable Legend, Lataji Mangeshkar,...

Thu, Feb 3, 2022
Uttam's Take: Amrit Kaal Budget

Uttam Ghosh offers yet another take on the Budget.

Wed, Feb 2, 2022
Uttam's Take: The Gati Shakti Jab

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Budget.

Sat, Jan 8, 2022
Uttam's Take: Empty Chairs, Security Breach

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the brouhaha after the prime minister could...

Sat, Jan 1, 2022
Uttam's Take: HEALTHY, HAPPY, KIND 2022!

Uttam Ghosh wishes all our readers a Healthy, Happy, Kind and Successful 2022.

Mon, Dec 27, 2021
2022 And No Acche Din Yet!

Uttam Ghosh wonders when Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's promise of...

Wed, Dec 22, 2021
Uttam's Take: Who Controls BCCI?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the speculation about who's really in charge...

Fri, Dec 3, 2021
Does Didi Want Congress Mukt Bharat?

Uttam Ghosh asks if Mamata Banerjee plans to make the Congress redundant in...

Sat, Nov 20, 2021
Uttam's Take: Kissa Kursi Ka!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's...

Thu, Nov 18, 2021
Uttam's Take: My Two Indias

Uttam Ghosh is puzzled by the anger generated over Vir Das's observations --...

Tue, Nov 16, 2021
Uttam's Take: TRUTH And Tripura?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the events in Tripura, which led to several...

Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Uttam's Take: Shame On You, Kangana

Uttam Ghosh is appalled by Bollywood performer Kangana Ranaut's inane...

Wed, Nov 3, 2021
Uttam's Take: Why 2070? Why Not Earlier?

Uttam Ghosh -- like most leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow -- is...

Mon, Nov 1, 2021
Uttam's Take: Mark's Metaverse

Uttam Ghosh wonders whether Meta will be a kinder, gentler and non toxic...

Wed, Oct 20, 2021
Uttam's Take: Jashn-E-Price Hikes

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the rise in the price of fuel and cooking gas

Mon, Oct 11, 2021
Uttam's Take: Back to the FUTURE

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Lakhimpur Kheri tragedy.

Tue, Oct 5, 2021
Uttam's Take: Lakhimpur Kheri Tragedy

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Lakhimpur Kheri tragedy.

Thu, Sep 30, 2021
Uttam's Take: Sidhu's Stunt

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Sidhu's latest drama.

Fri, Sep 24, 2021
Uttam's Take: Vaccine RACISM!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Britain's controversial travel advisory...

Tue, Sep 21, 2021
Uttam's Take: 'Abba Jaan'

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Mohan...

Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Uttam's Take: Udta Punjab

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the weekend's whirlwind political developments...

Tue, Aug 24, 2021
Uttam's Take: Nirmalaji's Big Sale!

Will the National Monetisation Pipeline revive the economy, which is in deep...

Mon, Aug 16, 2021
Uttam's Take: Another American DISASTER

Uttam Ghosh wonders how Joe Biden -- who was known to have a sure pair of...

Sun, Aug 8, 2021
Uttam's Take: A Moment to Cherish Forever

Uttam Ghosh will always remember August 7, 2021, the day an Indian athlete...

Wed, Jul 21, 2021
Uttam's Take: Oxygen Crisis Didn't Kill

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's startling assertion that no...

Tue, Jul 20, 2021
Uttam's Take: Snoopgate!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Snoopgate.

Sat, Jul 17, 2021
Uttam's Take: Farewell, Danish

Uttam Ghosh salutes Danish Siddiqui, the incomparable photojournalist who was...

Wed, Jul 7, 2021
Uttam's Take: Maximum Sarkar

Uttam Ghosh's take on the Big Ministerial Shuffle.

Mon, Jun 14, 2021
Uttam's Take: Fuel Prices Rise Again!

offers his take on the constantly zooming fuel prices in the country.

Sat, Jun 12, 2021
Uttam's Take: Coming Home

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mukul Roy's return to the TMC.

Tue, Jun 8, 2021
Uttam's Take: Manjul, We Stand With You

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government notice to Twitter to suspend...

Thu, May 13, 2021
Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India's Vaccine Crisis.

Tue, May 11, 2021
Uttam's Take: Govt snoozes; SC takes charge

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Supreme Court constituting a national task...

Sun, May 2, 2021
Uttam's Take: Mamata: 1 Modi: 0

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Trinamool Congress vanquishing the...

Sat, May 1, 2021
Uttam's Take: Is India better prepared?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's statement that...

Mon, Apr 26, 2021
Uttam's Take: COVID-19's Deadly Attack

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the COVID-19 devastation of India.

Wed, Mar 31, 2021
Uttam's Take: Is Mehbooba a threat?

How long will Mehbooba be treated thus for her apparent refusal to go along...

Fri, Mar 19, 2021
Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Uttam Ghosh salutes the Myanmarese People's resistance to Tyranny.

Thu, Mar 18, 2021
Uttam's Take: Is this BJP's Sonar Bangla?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the unusual events that have occurred within...

Thu, Mar 11, 2021
Uttam's Take: And Didi gets hurt...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee.

Thu, Mar 4, 2021
Uttam's Take: Sarkar se Dissent mat karo, varna...

Uttam Ghosh wonders why the slightest hint of dissent so irks the most...

Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Uttam's Take: Sorry Sardar!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the renaming of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...

Mon, Feb 15, 2021
Uttam's Take: Is the State Afraid of Young Indians?

Disha Ravi is yet another addition to a growing list of young activists who...

Fri, Feb 5, 2021
Uttam's Take: Democracy. India. 2021.

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current state of Indian democracy.

Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Uttam's Take: Whatever happened to Free Speech?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the decisions by the governments of Uttar...

Mon, Dec 21, 2020
Uttam's Take: Farmers vs Corporates

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the plight of the protesting farmers and the...

Fri, Dec 18, 2020
Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Uttam Ghosh wonders if the farmers's concerns will be addressed now that the...

Thu, Dec 10, 2020
Uttam's Take: Modi's Democratic Heritage

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on democracy in the Modi era and the prime...

Tue, Dec 8, 2020
Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the latest hike in fuel prices at a time when...

Fri, Nov 27, 2020
Uttam's Take: RIP, Hand of God

Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to the God of Soccer who passed into the ages on...

Fri, Nov 13, 2020
Uttam's Take: Happy Diwali!

Uttam Ghosh's hopes for India this Diwali.

Wed, Nov 11, 2020
Uttam's Take: Photofinish in Bihar

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Fri, Nov 6, 2020
Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the...

Thu, Oct 29, 2020
Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Uttam's Take: Modi's Bihar poll promises

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the BJP's poll promises in Bihar.

Mon, Oct 19, 2020
Uttam's Take: India on Global Hunger Index

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India on the Global Hunger Index.

Wed, Oct 7, 2020
Uttam's Take: Theatre of the Bizarre

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on this Theatre of the Bizarre.

Thu, Oct 1, 2020
No one demolished Babri. No one raped Hathras victim

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the tragic events of September 30 in the most...

Wed, Sep 23, 2020
Uttam's Take: Another Blow to Democracy

Uttam Ghosh asks if the hasty manner in which the farm bills were passed...

Fri, Sep 18, 2020
Uttam's Take: Ignorance is bliss

Uttam Ghosh compares the two events -- the labour ministry's ignorance and a...

Wed, Sep 9, 2020
Uttam's Take: Kangana vs Sena

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Sena versus Ranaut take.

Tue, Sep 8, 2020
Uttam's Take: And the vultures gather...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the shocking media treatment of a young woman...

Thu, Sep 3, 2020
No Question Hour: What is Modi afraid of?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the strange decision to not allow Question...

Tue, Sep 1, 2020
Uttam's Take: Two kinds of Freedom of Speech

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on these contrasting images of Freedom of Speech...

Mon, Aug 31, 2020
Uttam's Take: Does FM know how to fix Act of God?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the dismal state of the Indian economy and the...

Tue, Aug 25, 2020
Uttams Take: Does the PM Care?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Modi feeding peacocks when...

Tue, Aug 18, 2020
Uttams Take: Facebook's Snake Charmer

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the controversy that erupted after The Wall...

Sat, Aug 8, 2020
Uttam's Take: 5/8, a date India won't forget

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the events of August 5, 2020.

Thu, Jul 30, 2020
Uttam's Take: Rafales are good, but what about COVID?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Rafales's arrival at a time when India's...

Sat, Jul 11, 2020
Uttam's Take: UP's Andha Kanoon

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Vikas Dubey's arrest and mysterious death in a...

Sat, Jun 27, 2020
Uttam's Take: What should Modi do?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how the Government, the opposition eyes the...

Sat, Jun 20, 2020
Uttam's Take: Modiji, don't trust Xi!

What use is it talking to the Chinese?

Sat, Jun 6, 2020
Uttam's Take: I Can't Breathe

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the protests that have swept across America...

Thu, May 28, 2020
Uttam's Take: Blind Man's Bluff

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how the migrants's plight has been aggravated...

Fri, May 15, 2020
Uttam's Take: To hell with Labour Laws!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on BJP-ruled states to freeze labour laws.

Sat, May 9, 2020
Uttam's Take: We mourn them all

Uttam Ghosh pays homage to these martrys for India.

Tue, May 5, 2020
Uttam's Take: Why did PM CARES ignore migrants?

Uttam Ghosh asks why the PM Cares fund could not have paid for the train...

Sat, May 2, 2020
Uttam's Take: Bringing Migrant Indians Home

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's decision to transport migrant...

Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Uttam's Take: Toxic Trump's wonder drug

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on US President Donald J Trump's startling...

Wed, Apr 22, 2020
Uttam's Take: Lynching raises its ugly head again

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the mob lynching that took place in Palghar,...

Fri, Apr 10, 2020
Uttam's Take: Where do these lonely people belong?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on this unique Indian tragedy.

Mon, Apr 6, 2020
Uttam's Take: And there was darkness and light...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Sunday's event where millions of Indians lit...

Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Days and Nights in self-quarantine :))

Rediff's Uttam Ghosh offers a few slices of Quarantine Life.

Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Uttam's Take: Get Lost Coronavirus!

A billion of them could fit on a pinhead, yet this tiny coronavirus has...

Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Uttam's Take: Scindia's survival plan

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Jyotiraditya Scindia's decision to dump the...

Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Uttam's Take: Schmoozefest amidst the ruins

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the violence which has hit Delhi since Monday...

Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Uttam's Take: Trump likes walls!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Trump -- who wants to build a wall between...

Tue, Feb 11, 2020
Uttam's Take: Shaheen Bagh's jolt to BJP

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Delhi election results.

Fri, Jan 31, 2020
Uttam's Take: Who are the 'traitors'?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Union Minister Anurag Thakur's incendiary slogan.

Thu, Jan 30, 2020
Uttam's Take: Kunal Kamra and Free Speech

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the decisions of airlines banning stand-up...

Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Uttam's Take: India slips in Global Democracy Index

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India slipping 10 places to the 51st position...

Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Uttam's Take: Where's the 'Tukde Tukde Gang'?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the 'tukde tukde gang', a slur often used by...

Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Uttams Take: No Iran-US war?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on US President Donald J Trump's tweet 'All is...

Thu, Jan 9, 2020
Uttam's Take: Bharat Bandh!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Bharat Bandh and the economic concerns...

Tue, Jan 7, 2020
Uttam's Take: Attack JNU!

Masked goons attacked the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Sunday...

Mon, Dec 23, 2019
Uttam's Take: Jharkhand: Another BJP debacle

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the election result in Jharkhand where the...

Thu, Dec 19, 2019
Who are the real custodians of the Constitution?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Delhi police's brutal assault on students...

Tue, Dec 17, 2019
Uttam Ghosh: Beware of the Bullies!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Delhi police's brutal crackdown on Jamia...

Mon, Dec 9, 2019
Nirmalaji and the Rising Onion

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks...

Tue, Nov 12, 2019
The Axeman Falleth

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the political crisis in Maharashtra where more...

Mon, Nov 4, 2019
Uttam's Take: Meditating Amidst The Ruins

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi traveling to...

Mon, Oct 21, 2019
Uttam's Take: Who is internationalising Kashmir?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's accusing the...

Fri, Oct 18, 2019
Uttam's Take: Maharashtra poll mood

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Monday's assembly election in Maharashtra.

Fri, Oct 11, 2019
Uttam's Take: BJP vs Sena

On the contentious issue of cutting trees in Mumbai's Aarey forest, the BJP...

Wed, Oct 9, 2019
The woods are no longer lovely, dark and deep

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Supreme Court order which restrained the...

Tue, Oct 1, 2019
Uttam's Take: Elvis is in the Building

Uttam Ghosh</strong> offers his take on Donald J Trump's comment on...

Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Uttam's Take: Greta takes on the big shots

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish...

Mon, Sep 23, 2019
Save Aarey: Mumbaikars and the gardener

Uttam Ghosh</strong> offers his take on the proposed felling of over...

Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Uttam's Take: Bye-bye multi-party democracy

Uttam Ghosh offers his response to the grah mantri's subtle call for single...

Wed, Sep 4, 2019
Uttam's Take: Assam and the NRC

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the NRC.

Wed, Aug 28, 2019
Uttam's Take: RBI opens its coffers to Modi govt

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Rs 1.76 lakh crore being transferred by the...

Sun, May 26, 2019
Uttam's Take: What will Modi2 bring?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Verdict 2019.

Thu, May 23, 2019
Election Commission: Fair or Foul?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Election Commission's controversial role...

Sat, May 18, 2019
Uttam's Take: Who is the real fascist?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on this week's election violence in Bengal.

Thu, May 16, 2019
Uttam's Take: What Amit Shah's road show achieved

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Amit Shah's road show in Bengal.

Sat, May 11, 2019
Uttam's Take: Modi and Diwali Nukes

Uttam Ghosh's Take on Modi's controversial Diwali Nukes statement.

Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Uttam's Take: Has BJP forgotten 26/11?

Uttam Ghosh offer his take on the Pragya Thakur controversy.

Wed, Apr 17, 2019
Uttams Take: EC gets a spine

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Election Commission finally taking action...

Thu, Apr 11, 2019
Uttam's Take: Why is Imran singing Modi Modi?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Pakistan PM's statement about why he wants...

Thu, Apr 4, 2019
Uttam's Take: Speedbreaker Kaun?!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Modi's jibe and Mamata's retort.

Tue, Apr 2, 2019
Uttam's Take: The Jobs Mess

Uttam Ghosh offers his unique take on the No Jobs-Agrarian Distress state of...

Thu, Mar 28, 2019
Uttam's Take: Star wars and elections...

Uttam Ghosh reacts to the pradhan sevak's election-space-missile continuum...

Wed, Mar 27, 2019
Uttam's Take: Election Promises...

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on election promises.

Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Uttam's Take: Boom! Boom! time for BJP

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on politics post the air strikes.

Tue, Feb 5, 2019
Uttam's Take: Bengal under siege

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Didi's dharna.

Thu, Jan 17, 2019
Uttam's Take: The Citizenship Bill

Uttam Ghosh's unique take on the Citizenship Bill.

Fri, Jan 11, 2019
Uttam's Take: The New Quotas

Uttam Ghosh offers his unique take on the 10% quotas proclaimed by Narendra...

Tue, Jan 1, 2019
Uttam's Take: Good riddance 2018!

Uttam Ghosh's Take on the year just gone by.

Sat, Dec 15, 2018
Uttam's Take: Is NaMo worried?

Uttam Ghosh's take on the mood in the prime ministerial residence after the...

Fri, Nov 23, 2018
Uttam's Take: Your Democracy vs Ours

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the turn of events in Jammu and Kashmir.

Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Uttam's Take: Akbar and the MeToo tsunami

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Akbar controversy.

Mon, Sep 10, 2018
Uttam's Take: Kahan gaye woh achche din?

Uttam Ghosh's take on the plunging rupee and the dizzy rise in petrol and...

Thu, Aug 30, 2018
Uttam's Take: The Mahatma to the defence

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the arrests and Professor Guha's assertion of...

Tue, Aug 21, 2018
Uttam's Take: 'Serious Calamity' or National Disaster?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Kerala floods and the Centre's relief...

Tue, Aug 14, 2018
Uttam's Take: Claws and the Gun

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how the growing mood of fear is crushing the...

Wed, May 16, 2018
Psst... What if Modiji is spotted in Cannes!

What if the Pradhan Sevak was at the cine carnival on the French Riviera?...

Fri, May 4, 2018
Uttams Take: In-flight Baat Cheet

The government's decision to permit in-flight calls gave Uttam Ghosh a...

Mon, Jan 1, 2018
Uttam's Take: Indian politics in 2018

Uttam Ghosh on how Indian politics may play out in 2018.

Mon, Dec 18, 2017
Uttam's Take: What happened to NaMo's Mission 150?

With the BJP expected to win about 100 seats -- just eight more than a simple...

Wed, Dec 13, 2017
Uttam's Take: Sea plane and Gujarat Vikas

As the campaign for the Gujarat assembly election ends, Uttam Ghosh takes a...

Tue, Dec 12, 2017
Uttam's Take: Uff! What an election campaign!

How the Gujarat elections are keeping the political parties pulling each other.

Wed, Nov 8, 2017
Uttam's Take: What did DeMo achieve?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on DeMo: A Year On.

Mon, Oct 30, 2017
Uttam's Take: Gabbar Singh Tax

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the tax that was meant to fiscally unite...

Mon, Sep 25, 2017
How dangerous are the Rohingya?

Uttam Ghosh asks the prime minister and his government why the Rohingya are a...

Fri, Sep 1, 2017
Uttam's Take: DeMo ke baad, kya hua

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the RBI's revelation that Rs 15.28 lakh crore,...

Wed, Aug 23, 2017
Uttams Take: What the triple talaq verdict means

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the triple talaq issue.

Mon, Aug 14, 2017
The Gorakhpur tragedy: Does anyone care?

A human catastrophe that indicts the pathetic state of healthcare in India.

Fri, Jul 7, 2017
The Hugger is in Hamburg, folks!

:))) :)))

Thu, May 18, 2017
Uttam's Take: A 'Caged Parrot'

Is the 'caged parrot' at work again, asks Uttam Ghosh.

Wed, Mar 1, 2017
Uttam's Take: Gurmehar's War

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the spectacle where a martyr's daughter is...

Tue, Feb 14, 2017
V-Day celebrations then and now!

On Valentine's Day, Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh tells us how love has changed...

Tue, Jan 24, 2017
Uttam's Take: Trump Calls

Will it be "Donald" and "Narendra" when the American president and Indian...

Fri, Jan 13, 2017
Uttam's Take: It's Poll Time, folks!

And so five states head to elections soon.

Wed, Jan 4, 2017
Uttam's Take: Welcome to UP's political circus

The election campaign in Uttar Pradesh -- the most important election of the...

Thu, Dec 29, 2016
Uttam's Take: Has the Note Ban worked?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on 50 days of demonetisation.

Mon, Dec 5, 2016
Uttam's Take: When will the coffins stop coming home?

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the unfortunate tragedy where our brave...

Thu, Nov 24, 2016
Uttam's Take: Modi as Marx

Uma Bharti, sanyasin and India's minister for river welfare, sourced the...

Mon, Nov 14, 2016
Uttam's Take: Big Brother is watching your money

Uttam Ghosh fears demonetisation will lead to increased governmental meddling...

Thu, Nov 10, 2016
Uttam's Take: What will Trump make America?

Uttam Ghosh imagines what a Trump Presidency might be like.

Fri, Nov 4, 2016
Uttam's Take: Smog Chal Raha Hai

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the capital's smog and deteriorating air...

Wed, Oct 26, 2016
Uttam's Take: No ta-ta to family feuds

Who will win the ugly war within the Samajwadi Party's ruling family?Who will...

Sat, Aug 20, 2016
Uttam's Take: Games Vijay Goel plays

Uttam Ghosh's take on Vijay Goel's antics in Rio.

Fri, Jul 15, 2016
Uttam's Take: Terror on wheels

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the horrific terror attack in Nice, France.

Tue, Jun 28, 2016
Uttam's Take: Swamy and his Games

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Subramanian Swamy's controversial utterances.

Mon, Jun 20, 2016
Uttam's Take: Yoga visas and Masood Azhar

Uttam Ghosh on how the government's move to give 'yoga visas' may backfire.

Fri, Jun 10, 2016
Uttam's Take: On the chopping block

Uttam Ghosh weighs in on the row between the Censor Board and the makers of...

Mon, May 16, 2016
Uttam's Take: Modi@2

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on several issues of the...

Fri, Mar 11, 2016
Uttam's Take: Sri Sri hits all the wrong notes

Uttam Ghosh On the controversy surrounding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World...

Mon, Mar 7, 2016
Uttam's Take: JNU and the Thinking Man

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the JNU ruckus.

Tue, Mar 1, 2016
Uttam's take: 10 ways the Budget will impact you

Electricity tariffs to go up as coal cess is doubled.

Fri, Feb 26, 2016
Uttam's Take: 10 cheers for rail travellers!

Uttam Ghosh on how rail passengers will benefit from the Railway Budget.

Tue, Feb 16, 2016
Uttam's Take: The caging of JNU

Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on the Jawaharlal Nehru University...

Thu, Feb 11, 2016
Uttam's Take: A candle for the Siachen bravehearts

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the ultimate sacrifice by then soldiers of the...

Fri, Jan 22, 2016
Uttam's Take: India's contrasts

Uttam Ghosh offers his perspective on India's contrasts -- the government's...

Fri, Jan 15, 2016
Uttam's Take: When the laughter died

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on comedian Kiku Sharda's shocking arrest

Mon, Jan 11, 2016
Uttam's Take: Modi's incredible India

Uttam Ghosh believes India's best brand ambassador is neither Aamir nor...

Thu, Dec 31, 2015
Uttam's Take: Happy New Year, NaMo!

Uttam Ghosh on the Pradhan Mantri's year :)))

Thu, Nov 26, 2015
Uttam's Take: Be very afraid, Aamir!

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Aamir Khan controversy.

Mon, Nov 9, 2015
Uttam's Take: How Bihari trumped the Bahari

Uttam's Take on the Bihar verdict.

Thu, Sep 3, 2015
Uttam's Take: Sheena Bora case and media overkill

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on the media overkill...

Fri, Aug 28, 2015
Uttam's Take: The real meaning of Patel Power

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on the Patel agitation...

Fri, Aug 14, 2015
Uttam's Take: Hey! Indians need Privacy

Uttam Ghosh joins the vociferous debate on the Indian Citizen's Right to...

Mon, Aug 10, 2015
Uttam's Take: Washout in Parliament

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his unique perspective on the logjam in...

Tue, Jul 21, 2015
Uttam's take: The curious case of Ravindra Jadeja

Call it bad luck or sheer irony, Ravindra Jadeja was part of three Indian...

Wed, May 20, 2015
Modi@1: Has the government done enough for farmers?

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on India's agrarian crisis that has...

Mon, May 18, 2015
Modi@1: Where is the black money?

Uttam Ghosh on Narendra Modi's pre-election promise to get back black money...

Fri, Apr 10, 2015
Where in the World is Rahul!!!

Uttam Ghosh's tongue-in-cheek look at what Rahul Gandhi may have been up to...

Thu, Mar 12, 2015
Uttam's Take: J&K's boat in shaky waters

surveys the scene in Jammu and Kashmir following separatist leader Masarat...

Thu, Feb 26, 2015
Uttam's Take: No man's land

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on the government's proposed land...

Wed, Feb 25, 2015
Uttam's Take: Delhi Confidential

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com's take on Delhi's sensational corporate espionage...

Tue, Feb 10, 2015
Uttam's Take: AAP blooms, BJP looks for lost magic

Uttam's take on AAP's landslide victory in Delhi.

Thu, Feb 5, 2015
Uttam's Take: The battle for Delhi

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on the battle for Delhi's assembly.

Wed, Jan 28, 2015
Uttam's Take: RIP, Common Man

A tribute to the legendary cartoonist R K Laxman.

Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Uttam's Take: Goa minister's miracle cure for gays

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on the outrage triggered by Goa's...

Thu, Jan 8, 2015
Uttam's Take: I am Charlie

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com joins cartoonists worldwide in mourning the lives lost...

Wed, Dec 17, 2014
Uttam's Take: Ghar Wapsi and democracy

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on the raging controversy over the...

Fri, Oct 10, 2014
Uttam's Take: Sena spoke in the BJP wheel

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com offers his take on the split between the Bharatiya...

Mon, Sep 29, 2014
Uttam's Take: Modi's 'fast' track diplomacy

Will Namo make an exception for Barack and Michelle and have a nimbu-paani at...

Tue, Sep 16, 2014
Uttam's Take: Happy Birthday Mr Modi

Uttam Ghosh offers his unique take on the prime minister's birthday.

Wed, Sep 10, 2014
Uttam's Take! Shastri(ya) Sangeet: Secret of Team India's ODI success

Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh unravels the secret weapon which helped India get...

Thu, Sep 4, 2014
Uttam's take: Chacha Modi's Teacher's Day

Uttam's take: Chacha Modi's Teacher's Day

Tue, Aug 19, 2014
Uttam's Take: KCR's Telangana household survey

Uttam's Take: KCR's Telangana household survey

Fri, Aug 1, 2014
Uttam's Take: The silence of Narendra Modi

Uttam's Take on current affairs.

Fri, May 2, 2014
Uttam's Take: Soldier, will it be NaMo or Na Mo?

Even as Narendra Modi goes about claiming a wave in his favour and the rest...

Wed, Apr 23, 2014
Uttam's Take: Narendra Modi's Chai Pe Charcha

Uttam's Take: Narendra Modi's Chai Pe Charcha

Thu, Apr 3, 2014
Uttam's Take: NaMo, the team player

Narendra Modi, in his first interview of this election season to a television...

Fri, Mar 7, 2014
Uttam's Take: When AAP and BJP clashed...

Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh offers his quirky take on the face-off between the...

Thu, Mar 6, 2014
Uttam's Take: Jumbo election has arrived

The Election Commission, the ultimate symbol of Indian democracy, has flagged...

Wed, Feb 26, 2014
Uttam's Take: Jaya's sops for voters

Following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's promise to extend sops...

Fri, Feb 14, 2014
Uttam's take: Aam aadmi's Valentine's Day

Move over the chocolates and roses.

Wed, Feb 5, 2014
Uttam's Take: The AAM buffaloes of Uttar Pradesh

Following the return of senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan's stolen...

Wed, Dec 11, 2013
Uttam's Take: Vroom vroom goes Kejriwal's broom

Artist Uttam Ghosh's zany take on the Aam Aadmi Party founder's efforts.

Fri, Dec 6, 2013
Uttam's Take: Anand Sharma's valiant fight in Bali

As Trade Minister Anand Sharma resists the WTO's attempts to nix India's food...

Fri, Nov 1, 2013
Uttam's take: How big Indian cities celebrate Diwali

Uttam Ghosh outlins the festive madness

Thu, Oct 24, 2013
Uttam's Take: Modi's cake surprise for Mallika

Here's what Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh thinks about how the...

Tue, Sep 24, 2013
Uttam's Take: Laptops and violence in UP

Uttam's Ghosh's cartoon returns

Thu, Feb 14, 2013
DON'T MISS: Uttam's take on Valentine's Day

Love as illustrated by a Rediff.com's cartoonist Uttam Ghosh...

Fri, Jul 9, 2010
Uttam's take: Paul vs Mani

He may not have as many predictions under his belt as Paul, the British-born...

Wed, Jun 16, 2010
Uttam's Take: What's in a language

Uttam's Take on the UK's new rule requiring migrants marrying its citizens to...

Wed, Aug 13, 2008
Uttam's Take: The turmoil in J&K

Uttam's Take on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir

Thu, Jul 24, 2008
Uttam's Take: Somnath and Democracy

Uttam's take on Somnath Chatterjee

Wed, Jul 23, 2008
Uttam's Take: What N-deal means to US & India

Uttam's Take on the N-deal.

Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Uttam's Take: Trust vote roadblock

Uttam's Take on the trist vote

Fri, Jul 18, 2008
Inflation and the nuclear deal

Uttam's take on the political situation in Delhi

Thu, Jul 17, 2008
Uttam's take: The Left and Dr Singh

Uttam's take on the UPA-Left crisis

Fri, Nov 30, 2007
Uttam's Take: Meet retired General Musharraf

Uttam Ghosh presents the likely avatars of Pakistan's new civilian president.

Fri, Feb 24, 2006
Uttam's Take: No more chicken feed

Uttam's Take: No more chicken feed

Tue, Feb 14, 2006
Uttam's Take: The Yankees are Coming!

Uttam's Take: The Yankees are Coming!

Fri, Feb 3, 2006
Uttam's Take: Mulford's muscle

Uttam's Take: Mulford's muscle

Wed, Jan 25, 2006
Uttam's Take: Ganguly In or Out?

Uttam's Take: Ganguly In or Out?

Thu, Nov 10, 2005
Uttam's Take: Is Paris Burning?

Uttam's Take: Is Paris Burning?

Fri, Oct 28, 2005
Uttam's Take: Gowda Bangalored!

Uttam's Take: Gowda Bangalored!

Tue, Oct 25, 2005
Uttam's Take: What LoC?

Uttam's Take: What LoC?

Mon, Oct 17, 2005
Uttam's Take: Wounded Kashmir

Uttam's Take: Wounded Kashmir

Thu, Oct 6, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Iran Vote

Uttam's Take: The Iran Vote

Tue, Sep 27, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Great Cricket Tamasha

Uttam's Take: The Great Cricket Tamasha

Fri, Sep 16, 2005
Uttam's Take: Uncle Sam Post Katrina

Uttam's Take: Uncle Sam Post Katrina

Thu, Sep 15, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Iran Web

Uttam's Take: The Iran Web

Mon, Sep 5, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Katrina Crisis

Uttam's Take: The Katrina Crisis

Tue, Aug 23, 2005
Uttam's Take: Women's Reservation Bill

Uttam's Take: Women's Reservation Bill

Fri, Jul 8, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Sena Wars

Uttam's Take: The Sena Wars

Fri, Jul 1, 2005
Uttam's Take: Economic Reforms

Uttam's Take: Economic Reforms

Thu, Jun 23, 2005
Uttam's Take: The Hurriyat Trip

Uttam's Take: The Hurriyat Trip

Thu, Jun 9, 2005
The Advani Crisis

Uttam's Take: The Advani Crisis.

Thu, Jun 2, 2005
Uttam's Take: Siachen

Uttam's Take: Siachen

Thu, May 26, 2005
Tiger Reserve

Uttam Ghosh's take on the tiger crisis.

Thu, May 19, 2005
UPA party: Who takes the cake?

UPA party: Who take the cake?

Fri, May 13, 2005
The Maoists are coming!

Uttam's take on the political crisis in Nepal.

Thu, May 5, 2005
Uttam's take

Uttam's take

Thu, Apr 28, 2005
Uttam's Take

Uttam Ghosh begins a new column.