About Kumkum Chadha
Kumkum Chadha has interacted and covered all kinds of politicians: good, bad, crude and uncouth. At a time when there were not many women reporters in national dailies, it was not easy to get men to take women reporters seriously. Particularly politicians. Joined Hindustan Times in 1976 and is currently its Editor National News.
The latest Cabinet reshuffle may have cost Trinamool Congress Mukul Roy the Railways portfolio but he stood his ground when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked him to visit two train accident sites: in Uttar Pradesh and Assam respectively. [Read more]

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, cabinet reshuffle, Chidambaram, Congress, Dinesh Trivedi, Just People, Kasab, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy, Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Sriprakash Jaiswal, trinamool congress, Uma Bharti
Sanjay Baru, formerly media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says that Dr Singh lacks the political authority that he needs to be Prime Minister. [Read more]

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Congress, hindustan times, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Mayawati, news, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Baru
BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s call to revive the mandir agenda could not have been more ill timed. [Read more]

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Babri masjid demolition, BJP, Just People, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Parliament, Ram Lalla, Ram mandir, Sushma Swaraj
So I was right about Ramdev. The self styled yoga guru could not sustain a fast and discontinued it mid-way. [Read more]

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Filed under India · Tagged anti corruption Bill, Corruption, Digvijay Singh, fast, Lokpal Bill, Ramdev, Ramdev’s protest, Ramlila ground, Uttaranchal, Yoga Guru
Yesterday my son and I stopped for coffee. Usually we go to Barista because he simply loves the mango smoothie they sell but given that I was hungry and Barista’s snack menu is nothing short of terrible, we headed for Costa coffee. [Read more]

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Barista, Costa Coffee, Devyani International Limited, DIL, IIT gate, Just People, KFC, Kukmkum Chadha, mustard sauce, Safdarjang Development Area