Stories written by
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan is a Scroll.in staffer.
-
Interview: Vineet Thakur on the complex, fascinating legacy of ‘India’s First Diplomat’
The author of a book about VS Srinivasa Sastri on the man known as India’s ‘most authoritative voice abroad’ in the 1920s.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
How the long-term China challenge has put India in a diplomatic sweet spot amid the Ukraine crisis
The West’s principal competition is with Beijing – not with Moscow.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
Interview: Priya Satia on the ‘earnestly deliberate hypocrisy’ of the British Empire
The author of ‘Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain’s Empire’ on how Britain’s conscience was managed despite empire’s brutality.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Trending
-
Why many young Muslims are leaving India
-
‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
-
Bilkis Bano gangrape: 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment released from jail
-
Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
-
India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
-
Here’s what to read on India’s Russia dilemma – plus a wayward missile
A round-up of articles on New Delhi’s calculations vis-a-vis Putin’s war on Ukraine.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
From diamond to dust: Five years after demonetisation in India
The shock move devastated India’s informal economy. Many small businesses never recovered, as a supply chain at the intersection of diamonds and plastic shows.
Aarefa Johari & Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
Interview: Ajit Ranade on why India can’t project power if it doesn’t acknowledge economic missteps
The reputed economist on ‘India’s Path to Power’, a new report that seeks to map out policy priorities over the next decade.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Video
-
‘An explosion at the diaper station’: Watch journalists ‘report’ on their parenting experiences
-
Watch: This 167-year-old steam engine in working condition will soon have a heritage run
-
Watch: Kannada film actors have made a new music video for India’s national song ‘Vande Mataram’
-
‘Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara’: 1938 song composed for the freedom movement gets new rendition
-
‘We don’t hate for long’: Jawaharlal Nehru on the UK during impromptu press conference in 1953
-
The (final) Political Fix: Why you cannot understand Indian politics without examining the media
This is the last edition of the Political Fix, but that doesn’t mean you will stop getting your weekly dose of analysis on Indian politics and policy.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
The Political Fix: Why India needs to be wary of Covid triumphalism – even after 1 billion vaccines
A newsletter on politics and policy from Scroll.in.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
Interview: Pranay Kotasthane makes the case for the Quad to take on China via semiconductors
The deputy director of the Takshashila Institution on why semiconductors are ‘metacritical technology’ and the role India could play in the chip supply chain.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Reel
-
‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
-
Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
-
Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
-
Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
-
‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
-
The Political Fix: Does Modi have a plan to acknowledge – and address – border tensions with China?
A newsletter on politics and policy from Scroll.in.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
Hate speech to data misuse to press harassment: Five weekend reads on India’s ‘blind eye’ state
Must-read pieces – and twitter threads – for your weekend.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-
Interview: Ambika Vishwanath on what it would mean for India to have a ‘feminist foreign policy’
The co-founder of the Kubernein Initiative on gender mainstreaming and how increasing the number of women is only one part of the solution.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Field
-
Durand Cup: As the 131st edition kicksoff, here’s all you need to know - format, schedule and more
-
Serie A: Vlahovic helps Juventus beat Sassuolo, controversy in Napoli’s win over Verona
-
Cincinnati Masters: Murray beats Wawrinka in three sets; Rybakina, Anisimova through to second round
-
Ultimate Kho Kho: Mumbai Khiladis earn first victory of season; winning start for Odisha Juggernauts
-
Premier League: Luis Diaz rescues a point for Liverpool after Darwin Nunez sent off on home debut