Hindustan Times
If Mumbai belongs to India then it also belongs to people from North, South and Maharashtra? This is what any ordinary Indian would say. But then politicians have always been ‘extraordinary’ as they are often cut off from the ground realities. [Read more]
About Sunita Aron
Along with the appointment letter had come the advice, “ Covering UP can be risky.” But her over 25-years long journey through the Hindi heartland has been the most testing and thrilling experience. Whether chasing dacoits in the ravines, the Mafioso and their politics, the communal riots and caste clashes or the Ayodhya imbroglio, there has never been a dull moment. The journey continues after a short break at Mumbai.
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Centre of Research Methodology, chief Bal Thackeray, demographic, Maharashtra, Mumbai, North, Shiv Sena, South, Tata Institute of Social Sciences .
It happened several years back. My Executive Editor AN Prabhu was on a personal visit to Lucknow.
We all had dinner together. Next morning, he was to fly back to Delhi. [Read more]
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Delhi, Executive Editor AN Prabhu, Jyoti Basu, lucknow, West Bengal Chief Minister
The day Amar Singh, Anil Ambani and Amitabh Bachchan had raised a toast to celebrate the ascent of their friend Mulayam Singh Yadav to the Chief Minister’s chair, people were reminded of the Bollywood blockbuster Amar, Akbar, Anthony. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akbar, Amar, Amar Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani, Anthony, assembly polls, Bollywood, Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh
As I watched Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walk away with the Economic Times Business Reformer of the Year- 2009 Award, I heaved a sigh of relief.
At least one of the two big (notorious) states from the Hindi heartland had shown some progress, some promise. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Economic Times Business, Hindi Heartland, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Narain Dutt Tiwari’s Gandhian policy, Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
Remember Habib Hussain of Moradabad who recently hit the headlines as he hid in a toilet on an Air India flight from Saudi Arabia to India.
Many mocked at him; some dismissed it with ‘Oh! this illiterate lot’. [Read more]
(7 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Air India, Burj Dubai, Congress President, District Magistrate of Jaunpur, Dubai, External Affairs Minister, India, President of India, prime minister, Saudi Arabia
