Survivor's Burden
#MeToo must consider respecting silences of those not ready to share their trauma.
The Indian Express / October 2018 / Opinion
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#MeToo must consider respecting silences of those not ready to share their trauma.
The Indian Express / October 2018 / Opinion
Sexual Harassment at Jadavpur University, Kolkata
The Caravan / August 2016 / Reportage
Even as the rescue operations were still underway, Kolkata residents were certain they knew exactly what had caused the disaster.
Scroll.in / April 2016 / Photo Essay
This photo essay is an attempt to look at the several protest marches students and activists in Delhi have taken out, by letting the frame be occupied by both the media and the protesters.
The Raiot / June 2016 / Photo Essay
The children in this school are all under the age of 10. But already they “know” that some languages are “worth” more than others and the one they speak at home is “worth least”.
The Raiot / April 2016 / Photo Essay
Tanushree Bhasin travels through small town Bengal, capturing the people’s responses to Mamata’s promises.
The Wire / March 2016 / Photo Essay
Tanushree Bhasin travels through Lalgarh, capturing the lives of the adivasis who continue to be denied their basic constitutional rights.
The Wire / April 2016 / Photo Essay
A recent PIL against the BRT corridor brings to light deep-rooted class-based prejudices, reports Tanushree Bhasin
The Sunday Guardian / October 2012 / Reportage
Bringing together young teenagers from two disparate socio-economic backgrounds, Clicking Together traces the duration of a photography camp in Ambala, in which these students who otherwise are separated by class, caste and gender divides ended up working
Youtube / August 2016 / Reportage
Ground Report
Youth Ki Awaaz / April 2016 / Reportage
Indian cinema has always been confused about the boundary between romancing and harassing a woman, and some say this is reflective of how sexual interest is displayed in our society. But Raanjhanaa finally offers a woman agency, writes Tanushree Bhasin
The Sunday Guardian / July 2013 / Opinion
Pictures from JNU and the protests relating to the arrest of it's three students.
The Kashmir Walla / March 2016 / Photo Essay
Looking at how we/the media "cover" a protest.
Huffington Post / March 2016 / Photo Essay
My pictures accompany Abhimanyu Singh report on the Chalo Delhi March for Rohith Vemula.
Youth Ki Awaaz / February 2016 / Photo Essay
Pictures from Delhi's solidarity march demanding Kanhaiya Kumar's release.
Youth Ki Awaaz / February 2016 / Photo Essay
A photo essay and interview looking at the JNU sedition issue.
The Scribbler / February 2016 / Photo Essay
Rohith Vemula's death brings thousands of people out to the streets demanding justice for him.
Huffington Post / February 2016 / Photo Essay
he Goa government recently cleared the 'Prabhat' scheme which aims at imparting technical and vocational training to victims as per their own desire, keeping their interests in mind.
The Sunday Guardian / August 2013 / Reportage
A photo essay about the protests demanding the release of the JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar.
Huffington Post / February 2016 / Photo Essay
On Deba Ranjan's documentary 'At the Crossroads' about the oppressed tribals of South Orissa and their struggles with the state.
The Sunday Guardian / June 2013 / Film Review
Some thoughts on Shabnam Sukhdev's brilliant new documentary
NewsYaps / November 2014 / Film Review
On lessons in nationalism on Delhi streets.
Newsyaps / October 2014 / Opinion
On Modi's visit to the US and its appalling coverage by the Indian media.
Newsyaps / September 2014 / Opinion
On the film The World Before Her
The Sunday Guardian / February 2013 / Film Review
On Homi Adjania's Finding Fanny
Newsyaps / September 2014 / Film Review
The match — irrespective of the sport — becomes somehow more significant, the confrontation having been laden with decades of unresolved history and trauma.
The Sunday Guardian / July 2013 / Opinion
On the abysmal standards of Indian film journalism
Scroll.in / July 2014 / Opinion
On the need to speak openly about mental illness
Newsyaps / August 2014 / Opinion
Opinion piece
Newsyaps / April 2014
Movie Review
Firstpost / April 2014
Film feature
Firstpost / March 2014
Movie Review: Ragini MMS 2
Firstpost / March 2014
Handycam in hand, Rawat took the audience on a journey into the lives of her women friends, each of whom seemed to be struggling to find a tiny window of freedom in their otherwise oppressive lives.
The Sunday Guardian / August 2013 / Film Review
Far better than '98 version, this is worth a watch
Firstpost / May 2014 / Film Review
Transcendence undone by cliches and loopholes
Firstpost / April 2014 / Film Review
It's a train wreck of a comedy
FIrstpost / May 2014 / Film Review
Movie Review
Firstpost / April 2014
Kangana Ranaut's joyride on a ladies' special
Firstpost / March 2014
On the Food Security Bill
NewsYaps / August 2013
On the idea of Dalit Capitalism
NewsYaps / June 2013
Murali Ranganathan, translator of Govind Narayan’s Mumbai che varnan, tells Tanushree Bhasin that the colonial mindset still plays a central role in how Mumbaikars live.
The Sunday Guardian / August 2013 / Interview
On the reporting of the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case
NewsYaps / June 2013
A day at Kumaon's magical fruit forests
NewsYaps / September 2013
The undemocratic and hurried manner in which the administration at Delhi University has drafted and implemented the four-year programme, ridden with loopholes and flaws, is a sign of greater political forces at work, writes Tanushree Bhasin
The Sunday Guardian / May 2013 / Reportage
On Philip Seymour Hoffman's death
NewsYaps / February 2014
Examining two films based on India-China relations, Patricia Uberoi talks to Tanushree Bhasin about the minimal contact between the two nations, and why cinematic liaise is considered a bad bet
The Sunday Guardian / May 2013 / Interview
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s first novel was inspired by her relationship with her mother. It is a vivid rendition of a fast-changing Tibet and its exiled natives, writes Tanushree Bhasin.
The Sunday Guardian / September 2013 / Reportage
On the documentary film Searching for Sugar Man
The Sunday Guardian / February 2013 / Opinion
Namo Nazi an anonymous group that "designs antifascist T-shirts" and sells them online "with the belief that while you can vote against Namo Nazi only once, your T-shirt speaks against him wash after wash after wash..."
The Sunday Guardian / November 2013 / Reportage
The court proceedings of the Batla House ‘encounter’ have left behind a trail of unanswered questions
Newsyaps / August 2013 / Opinion
Once a hippie hotspot, today Paharganj stands-out as an island of organised chaos, where free spirits from all across the globe congregate to celebrate life every day.
The Sunday Guardian / April 2013
On Farhan Akhtar's MARD campaign and how several gender sensitisation campaigns forwarded by the corporate media retain at their core a deeply entrenched lexicon of male supremacy and patronage.
The Sunday Guardian / October 2013
An interview with Soni Sori
The Sunday Guardian / December 2013
On the weekly qawwalis at Hazrat Nizamuddin’s dargah
The Sunday Guardian / January 2014
On the first anniversary of the 16 December protests, people from all walks of life came together to raise their voice against sexual discrimination and violence.
The Sunday Guardian / December 2013
Red Ant Dream, Sanjay Kak’s latest film, studies the possibilities of people’s revolt in India. It joins an impressive body of work looking at how the state and the powerful have colluded across the nation to silence peaceful protest.
The Sunday Guardian / May 2013
looks at the posters and photographs of political candidates and how they help shape the choices we make about who to vote for.
The Sunday Guardian / January 2014
On Chashme Baddoor
The Sunday Guardian / April 2013 / Film Review
About a Pakistani book called History Project, that compares India and Pakistan's history books.
The Sunday Guardian / May 2013
On female bikers in India
The Sunday Guardian / December 2013
In his novel Mirages of the Mind, words leap triumphantly for Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi. The reader is taken across a journey that traverses not just space and time, but also lives: the author’s, the characters’, and one’s own.
Helter Skelter / July 2014 / Opinion
he Lives of Others, Neel Mukherjee’s recently released second novel, begins with an epigraph by James Salter that frames the book’s essential query fittingly: “How can we imagine what our lives should be without the illumination of the lives of others?”
Helter Skelter / August 2014
Caught between advocates of wildlife tourism and conservationists who want to ban commercial tourists, India’s big cats are hanging on a leg and a prayer, much like Life of Pi’s Richard Parker, writes Tanushree Bhasin.
The Sunday Guardian / December 2012 / Reportage
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