Vandana Menon, Author at ThePrint

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Vandana Menon is a journalist at ThePrint. She did the Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University, before which she studied history, politics and economics at Christ University. She can be reached at: vandana.menon@theprint.in Find her on Twitter: @vandana_menon

Trump plans on inviting Putin to US, and Israel passes controversial law

Sankalita Dey - 20 July, 2018

Maria Butina at a training session | Facebook

A 29-year-old Russian spy in US custody and Taliban is not bombing civilian areas

Vandana Menon - 19 July, 2018

File image of Hameed Haroon, CEO of Dawn Media group | YouTube

Pakistan Army is managing pre-poll process to churn out suitable result: Dawn CEO

Vandana Menon - 18 July, 2018

Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon triggers claims of bias after soft talk on Nawaz Sharif in BBC interview

Vandana Menon - 18 July, 2018

File image of US president Donald Trump | Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images

Trump says he ‘misspoke’ at Helsinki, and Thailand may legalise medical marijuana

Vandana Menon - 18 July, 2018

‘Jimmy Jimmy’ & ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’ didn’t play at FIFA World Cup cl...

Vandana Menon - 17 July, 2018

Putin gets the summit he’d been waiting for, and a crocodile massacre in Indonesia

Vandana Menon - 17 July, 2018

How the World Cup has changed the way we see Russia, and Trump advised May to sue the EU

Vandana Menon - 16 July, 2018

HoaXposed: Image of a Shanghai bridge is being shared as bridge in Varanasi on Facebook, Twitter

Vandana Menon - 14 July, 2018

Narendra Modi, Donald Trump and Pope Francis most followed world leaders on Twitter

Vandana Menon - 13 July, 2018

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As India mourns legendary Neeraj, is the era of poetry over in Bollywood music?

ThePrint Team - 20 July, 2018

Experts weigh in on the art of poetry in Bollywood songs

After Punjab, should PU allow Haryana’s foothold or demand to be a central university?

19 July, 2018

Can hashtags like #TalkToAMuslim really help, or are they just a social media fad?

18 July, 2018

Can a new lynching law prevent ‘mobocracy’ or does the political climate need to change?...

17 July, 2018

Plot to build temple at Kolkata Fine Arts Academy foiled, but mosque inside airport stays

Taslima Nasreen - 21 July, 2018

There has been a sustained attempt to relocate the mosque facing the second runway of the international airport in Kolkata.

A still from the film | @DhadakMovie/Twitter

Dhadak review: Bollywood still can’t take caste head on

21 July, 2018

Modi govt must assure everyone that changes in RTI won’t dilute rights of those who uphold it

21 July, 2018

Growing food mountains mean India needs to move beyond shortage mentality

21 July, 2018

You can take Rahul out of Pappu but not the Pappu out of Rahul

Shekhar Gupta - 21 July, 2018

A Rahul Gandhi who hugs his inner Pappu is Narendra Modi’s clear challenger and target for 2019.

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