All stories by Uttam Ghosh
Goodbye, Mr Gangadhar
Rediff.com12 Oct 2023Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to V Gangadhar, the long-time Rediff.com columnist who passed into the ages on Monday, October 10, 2023.
Uttam's Take: RIP, Ajit Ninan
Rediff.com8 Sep 2023Uttam Ghosh is devastated by the news that Ajit Ninan, the renowned cartoonist who enlivened the pages of India Today and the children's magazine Target for many years, passed into the ages on Friday, September 8, 2023.
What Your Teachers Always Tell You
Rediff.com5 Sep 2023Their one-liners are pithy, sharp and can never be forgotten. Happy Teacher's Day, Dear Teacher.
Rahul Beats The Drum Of Unity
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra travels across Maharashtra, Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com captures scenes from the walkathon to spread kindness and harmony from Nanded.
They Have Been Walking From Kanyakumari
Rediff.com14 Nov 2022As Rahul Gandhi resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Nanded district on November 9, Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com spoke with yatris who have walked from Kanyakumari for more than 63 days.
Uttam's Take: Mourning Morbi
Rediff.com1 Nov 2022Uttam Ghosh mourns the victims of the cable bridge tragedy on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening in which more then 135 people lost their lives.
Uttam's Take: Is Kharge Ready To Fly?
Rediff.com20 Oct 2022Uttam Ghosh's take on the Congress presidential election.
Uttam's Take: Gehlot's Game
Rediff.com27 Sep 2022Ashok Gehlot, widely seen as the Congress's ruling family's nominee for the Congress president's post, bunged a spanner in the works when his MLA supporters submitted their resignations on Sunday night to assembly Speaker C P Joshi.
Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?
Rediff.com20 Sep 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's startling remark in the state assembly that she believed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not behind the alleged misuse of the CBI and ED in the state and that it the handiwork of some BJP leaders.
Uttam's Take: Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV
Rediff.com26 Aug 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gautam Adani's hostile takeover attempt of Radhika and Prannoy Roy's NDTV.
Let Freedom Never Be Extinguished
Rediff.com19 Aug 2022Uttam Ghosh riffs on a quote from Rushdie's double Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight Children to remind us what Freedom of Expression should mean to every human being.
Uttam's Take: Bhagwat's Message For Modi
Rediff.com12 Aug 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mohan Bhagwat's views.
Uttam's Take: Nitish Babu Walks Out!
Rediff.com11 Aug 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar's latest political drama.
The Indian Monsoon Tamasha
Rediff.com4 Aug 2022The monsoons are no picnic. Try to laugh in the rain.
Uttam's Take: ED: The Ultimate Tool Kit!
Rediff.com3 Aug 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Enforcement Directorate being deployed to intimidate the ruling regime's political opponents.
Uttam's Take: No Dissent From MPs Too
Rediff.com18 Jul 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Rajya Sabha firman.
Uttam's Take: The Lankan Lion Flees
Rediff.com14 Jul 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gota's flight in the middle of the night.
Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!
Rediff.com1 Jul 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis -- 'ED', as Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera quipped, a jibe at the Enforcement Directorate filing cases against opponents of the BJP -- taking charge as Maharashtra's new chief minister and deputy chief minister on Thursday, June 30, 2022.
Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?
Rediff.com28 Jun 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current upheaval in the Shiv Sena.
Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits Congress
Rediff.com27 May 2022Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Kapil Sibal's revelation that he quit the Congress, a party of which has been a member of for 30 years, last week.