Jaya Jaitly
The writer is former president of the Samata Party.
Articles By Jaya Jaitly
She set an example
We need more women leaders like Sushma Swaraj
Khan Market gang’s blinkers couldn’t spot the India which sees dynasts as obstruction to its dreams
Narendra Modi, who exclusively controlled the discourse during campaigning both in 2014 and 2019, cleverly ensured that aspiration and entitlement for the voter, particularly the youth, came wrapped in contempt for entitled dynasts.
No is a complete sentence
But sexual predators don’t get it. Because they draw on deep reservoirs of misogyny.
Jobs, lost and found
There is a basket of livelihoods and knowledge, guided by culture, which fulfils all that government means when it says “jobs”.
Too Early to Say Sari
Anushka Sharma's Sabyasachi Banarasi at her Delhi reception started a conversation around the heritage weave. But the weavers have little reason to rejoice.
Taxing the artisan
The voice of craftspeople must not be silenced in the transition to GST
A Very Special Woman
A collection of writings offers a rare insight into the life of one of India’s most eminent but little remembered public activists
Suspicion And Red Tape
The government needs to distinguish between crooked NGOs and genuine ones.
No demotion for Smriti Irani
Her detractors don’t see the obvious: The textiles sector can benefit enormously from her affinity for action.
The unnoticed agreement
Prime Minister Modi’s Iran trip also yielded a significant cultural pact
No scam called ‘coffingate’
Gossip, half-facts and some fiction cannot masquerade as history.
Danger looms
Removing sari from handlooms reservation act would ill serve weavers and a shared heritage.
Not just rural, not just urban
Can we devise spaces in city that allow experiments like Dilli Haat to take off and endure, asks Jaya Jaitly.
And then the waters rose
Now, people of J&K praise army for their rescue and curse the media for publicising it.
Warped and weft
What Varanasi’s weavers want from their Lok Sabha representative.
Politics,not principle
Nitish Kumar should reveal the real reasons for his walkout from the NDA
Beyond one-sided truths
Salman Khurshid,like any other accused,has the right to present his side of the story
The Ramayana Melas
Examining the multiple meanings of the Ramayana is essential for an intellectual politics
A movement with no place for politics
Dear Anna,widen your team,and your horizons,or India will be the worse for it.
Where the camera cant go
The rules governing sting operations need to be written up....