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. Her areas of interest include human rights issues, literature, peace and conflict studies, history, politics, and international relations She can be reached at: vandana.menon@theprint.in Find her on Twitter: @vandana_menon

Lianyungang Port, China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images

China will take over the world, one port at a time

Vandana Menon - 19 April, 2018

Global Pulse: Turkey’s President Erdogan has called for early elections in a move to cement his power

Vandana Menon - 19 April, 2018

Global Pulse: Shinzo Abe meets Trump, ahead of nuclear talks he hasn’t been invited to

Vandana Menon - 18 April, 2018

Gutted Delhi camp puts spotlight on sub-human living conditions of Rohingyas in India

Vandana Menon - 17 April, 2018

Global Pulse: For the first time in 60 years, there will be a non-Castro Cuban president tomorrow

Vandana Menon - 17 April, 2018

Global Pulse: Punishing al-Assad is easier for the US than devising a coherent Syria strategy

Vandana Menon - 16 April, 2018

A snow scooter being inderslung to a post on the Siachen glacier | From AVM Bahadur's personal photographs

How India beat Pakistan to gain control of the world’s highest battlefield 34 years ago

Vandana Menon - 14 April, 2018

Global Pulse: China, US and South Korea must co-operate on North Korea

Vandana Menon - 6 April, 2018

Global Pulse: Brazil’s ex-president is going to jail for corruption

Vandana Menon - 5 April, 2018

Press Council chairman: Not every inaccurate report may be branded ‘fake news’

Vandana Menon - 5 April, 2018

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Opinion

Arunthathiyars protesting against wall built by Paraiyars in a Madurai village

It is time to break the silence around casteism among Scheduled Castes

B. Ravichandran - 19 April, 2018

The experiences in the ongoing protest in Sandaiyur, Tamil Nadu, expose the casteism present within the Scheduled Caste population.

India’s banking system requires a stronger watchdog

19 April, 2018

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (R) and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal (L)

The Modi govt hasn’t exactly upheld the spirit of federalism with its action on AAP posts

18 April, 2018

A Pakistani man reads a newspaper | FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images

The censorship on media in Pakistan ahead of polls raises doubts on how fair they will be

18 April, 2018

Talk Point

TalkPoint: After the Supreme Court judgment, will politics over death of Judge Loya revive or subside?

ThePrint Team - 19 April, 2018

Experts weigh in on the Supreme Court's decision today to not order inquiry into Judge Loya's death.

TalkPoint: One nation, one poll — a good idea or an impractical plan for India?

18 April, 2018

TalkPoint: Why are several states still facing cash shortages, 17 months after demonetisation?

17 April, 2018

TalkPoint: Mecca Masjid blast – is there a pattern to ‘Hindu terror’ acquittals or has justice prevailed?

16 April, 2018

National Interest

Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

Shekhar Gupta - 14 April, 2018

The media can disagree, fight and judge each other. But it can survive and thrive only by closing ranks when its first principles are under attack.

Dalit History Month

Ravidas was a Dalit guru who ran a business, dressed lavishly and made a queen his disciple

12 April, 2018

The nauseating nepotism and caste-based discrimination that exists in Indian judiciary

11 April, 2018

Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani

Dadasaheb Gaikwad is my Dalit icon because he did what Ambedkar couldn’t: Jignesh Mevani

2 April, 2018

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Vandana Menon

China will take over the world, one port at a time

Global Pulse: Turkey’s President Erdogan has called for early elections in a move to cement his power

Global Pulse: Shinzo Abe meets Trump, ahead of nuclear talks he hasn’t been invited to

Gutted Delhi camp puts spotlight on sub-human living conditions of Rohingyas in India

Global Pulse: For the first time in 60 years, there will be a non-Castro Cuban president tomorrow

Global Pulse: Punishing al-Assad is easier for the US than devising a coherent Syria strategy

How India beat Pakistan to gain control of the world’s highest battlefield 34 years ago

Global Pulse: China, US and South Korea must co-operate on North Korea

Global Pulse: Brazil’s ex-president is going to jail for corruption

Press Council chairman: Not every inaccurate report may be branded ‘fake news’

Kathua rape-murder case was ‘cracked’ in Delhi, with just one spot of blood

Modi govt hasn’t upheld the spirit of federalism with its action on AAP posts

There is no hope left, everything seems managed, judge Loya’s family members say

About 80% of Nitin Gadkari's official travels are to Mumbai and Nagpur

Angry about Kathua and Unnao? Here are 9 things you can do right away

Opinion

It is time to break the silence around casteism among Scheduled Castes

India’s banking system requires a stronger watchdog

The Modi govt hasn’t exactly upheld the spirit of federalism with its action on AAP posts

The censorship on media in Pakistan ahead of polls raises doubts on how fair they will be

Talk Point

TalkPoint: After the Supreme Court judgment, will politics over death of Judge Loya revive or subside?

TalkPoint: One nation, one poll — a good idea or an impractical plan for India?

TalkPoint: Why are several states still facing cash shortages, 17 months after demonetisation?

TalkPoint: Mecca Masjid blast – is there a pattern to ‘Hindu terror’ acquittals or has justice prevailed?

National Interest

Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

Dalit History Month

Ravidas was a Dalit guru who ran a business, dressed lavishly and made a queen his disciple

The nauseating nepotism and caste-based discrimination that exists in Indian judiciary

Dadasaheb Gaikwad is my Dalit icon because he did what Ambedkar couldn’t: Jignesh Mevani