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Ranjona Banerji
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The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.
    Ranjona Banerji | Inside The Mind Of An Internet TrollColumnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Inside The Mind Of An Internet Troll

    But you know what upsets these trolls even more than being female, Bengali, witches, Islamo whatever? It’s being all...

    16 May 2026 10:15 PM IST

    Book Review | Unselfconscious Chronicle of an Overlooked CityBooks and Art
    Book Review | Unselfconscious Chronicle of an Overlooked City

    This is neither a sentimental nor a self-conscious book, although it is redolent with the author’s memories of the city...

    7 March 2026 12:52 PM IST

    Book Review | A Travelogue of Life Amidst SilenceBooks and Art
    Book Review | A Travelogue of Life Amidst Silence

    Learning from Silence is a travelogue of sorts, as much internal as external

    6 Dec 2025 12:50 PM IST

    Book Review | First-wave Indian feminist who was multi-talentedBooks and Art
    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 amazing...

    31 Aug 2024 1:44 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | No need for a joint silver, Vinesh feat sans parallelColumnists
    Ranjona Banerji | No need for a joint silver, Vinesh feat sans...

    There is something very final about sport. Winners and losers. No matter what they tell you about playing the game, the...

    11 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Are we too cheap to save the Himalayas?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Are we too cheap to save the Himalayas?

    If you wanted to take the name of this column literally, how far off the beaten track would you like to go? Instead of...

    14 July 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Infra mania killing us, but why stick our necks out?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Infra mania killing us, but why stick our necks out?

    By the time anyone reads this, I’ll be on a walk down a cool tree-lined street in the Himalayan town of Dehradun....

    23 Jun 2024 3:45 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Populism or elitism? What’s your poison?Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Populism or elitism? What’s your poison?

    Is it fair to write a column about other columnists? Let’s see. For the past 12 years or is it 13, India’s best-known ...

    12 May 2024 1:29 AM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Palestine, and a tale of two democraciesColumnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Palestine, and a tale of two democracies

    It’s fascinating to watch how functioning democracies totally abhor any semblance of democratic behaviour from its ...

    28 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Book Review | Manifesto of Indian citizen shows constant vigil must for democracyBooks and Art
    Book Review | Manifesto of Indian citizen shows constant vigil must...

    Audacious Hope has an intriguing format. Rather than tell you anything new, it recasts events, past and present, in...

    20 April 2024 12:51 PM IST

    Ranjona Banerji | Sonam Wangchuk’s Himalayan blunder!Columnists
    Ranjona Banerji | Sonam Wangchuk’s Himalayan blunder!

    India’s Himalayan region is in deep distress. O no! Have your eyes started glazing over and become unfocused? ...

    31 March 2024 12:37 AM IST

    Book review | A writer’s diary is a repository of ideasBooks and Art
    Book review | A writer’s diary is a repository of ideas

    A diary is perhaps the most self-indulgent literary device. It is a way for a creative person to express those...

    9 March 2024 8:45 PM IST

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