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Uttam Ghosh

Ace illustrator Uttam Ghosh is the brain behind the popular Uttam's Take series. You can e-mail the author at uttamghosh@rediffmail.com

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Uttam's Take: Sorry Sardar!

Uttam's Take: Sorry Sardar!

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the renaming of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium in Ahmedabad to the Narendra Modi stadium.

Uttam's Take: Is the State Afraid of Young Indians?

Uttam's Take: Is the State Afraid of Young Indians?

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2021

Disha Ravi is yet another addition to a growing list of young activists who the Delhi police have arrested since last year on various charges that have yet to be proved in a court of law.

Valentine's Day in COVID-19 times!

Valentine's Day in COVID-19 times!

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2021

Can anything keep Love down?

Uttam's Take: Democracy. India. 2021.

Uttam's Take: Democracy. India. 2021.

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current state of Indian democracy.

Uttam's Take: Whatever happened to Free Speech?

Uttam's Take: Whatever happened to Free Speech?

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the decisions by the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to file cases against several senior journalists and asks what happened to Narendra Damodardas Modi's commitment to free speech.

Uttam's Take: Farmers vs Corporates

Uttam's Take: Farmers vs Corporates

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the plight of the protesting farmers and the government's priorities.

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh wonders if the farmers's concerns will be addressed now that the BJP has embarked on Mission Bengal.

Uttam's Take: Modi's Democratic Heritage

Uttam's Take: Modi's Democratic Heritage

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on democracy in the Modi era and the prime minister's Rs 200 billion dream.

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the latest hike in fuel prices at a time when the economy is in its worst condition ever.

Uttam's Take: RIP, Hand of God

Uttam's Take: RIP, Hand of God

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to the God of Soccer who passed into the ages on Wednesday.

Uttam's Take: Happy Diwali!

Uttam's Take: Happy Diwali!

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh's hopes for India this Diwali.

Uttam's Take: Photofinish in Bihar

Uttam's Take: Photofinish in Bihar

Rediff.com   11 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Rediff.com   6 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the US poll presidential election.

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Uttam's Take: Modi's Bihar poll promises

Uttam's Take: Modi's Bihar poll promises

Rediff.com   23 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the BJP's poll promises in Bihar.

Uttam's Take: India on Global Hunger Index

Uttam's Take: India on Global Hunger Index

Rediff.com   20 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India on the Global Hunger Index.

Uttam's Take: Theatre of the Bizarre

Uttam's Take: Theatre of the Bizarre

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on this Theatre of the Bizarre.

No one demolished Babri. No one raped Hathras victim

No one demolished Babri. No one raped Hathras victim

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the tragic events of September 30 in the most populous state in the Indian Union, Uttar Pradesh.

Uttam's Take: Another Blow to Democracy

Uttam's Take: Another Blow to Democracy

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2020

Uttam Ghosh asks if the hasty manner in which the farm bills were passed means another strike against democracy in a nation which prides itself as the most populous democracy in the world.

Uttam's Take: Ignorance is bliss

Uttam's Take: Ignorance is bliss

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2020

Uttam Ghosh compares the two events -- the labour ministry's ignorance and a young intellectual's incarceration -- and is mystified as many Indians are by what occurred.