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Ranjona Banerji
About the AuthorRanjona Banerji
The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.
    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)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Bouquet of surprises bound to change your outlook on...

    How well named is this book? I started thinking that I would learn all about the marvellous creatures shown on the...

    12 March 2023 12:39 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)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

    Murder mysteries. Scandi noir. Crime thrillers. Police procedurals (a phrase I learnt only recently). Fantasy sagas....

    5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiserLifestyle
    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 1:24 AM IST

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

    I have learnt so much from being addicted to Instagram reels. I would have watched that other short video app stuff but...

    19 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Scheduled domestic flights in India were completely suspended for a period of two months between March 25 and May 24, 2020, due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. (Representational image: Twitter/@airindiain)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Is flying in India safe for elderly?

    There are several philosophical sayings about journeys and travel. Some tell you the destination is the main thing. Most...

    22 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | A 60-yr-old’s adventures and snarling aunties

    Age is just a number they say. And the older you get, what they mean, I think, is that it is an unjust number. Like now...

    18 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Tourist life, ‘real’ life and the fate of being...

    This is a game us locals regularly play. We look at the car numbers which pour into the city at weekends and abuse them...

    20 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of Dangerous Pursuits by Suniti Namjoshi (Photo by arrangement)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Fables study climate, capital and the flawed beauty of...

    Dangerous Pursuits demonstrates the writer’s depth of thought and breadth of skill. We float effortlessly from satire...

    23 Oct 2022 1:30 AM IST

    Thukral said through this partnership, WhatsApp is committed to enhance the digital skills of the aspiring entrepreneurs and empower the youth of our country to create a safe digital environment for all. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Clubbing, cliquing and the fear of belonging

    It still irks, even though I really don’t care, that I got chucked out of a club. It was the only one I’ve...

    23 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Ink Black Heart By Robert Galbraith (Photo by arrangement)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Rowling’s edgy whodunit isn’t all that controversial

    Warning: this may upset some people I first read a review of Robert Galbraith’s latest offering, The Ink Black...

    2 Oct 2022 1:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Is your apartment as sweet as its name?

    Even if I start with the Bard’s cliched line repeated endlessly, while a rose by any other name might swell as...

    25 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Folks that make me highly ‘judgmental’

    Is being judgmental connected with age? I assume because I’m approaching a big birthday that I’m now in...

    28 Aug 2022 12:11 AM IST

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