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Taniya Dutta

Taniya Dutta

Taniya Dutta is a journalist based in New Delhi who covers Indian politics, culture, social issues and gender equality. In her decade-long journalistic career, she has covered India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh and has written for The Washington Post, TRT World, The Mirror and The Scottish Sun among other British publications.

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Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize this year for Heart Lamp. Getty Images
Banu Mushtaq: My Booker Prize is a victory for women and secular Muslims

The celebrated author of Heart Lamp talks to The National about her life-long activism and why she will continue to use her voice to call for change

BooksJuly 04, 2025
Taniya Dutta
A house damaged by cross-border shelling from Pakistan in Uri in Indian-administered Kashmir. EPA
Indians and Pakistanis caught in deadly crossfire plead for peace

Some rejoice at military action but those in border regions bear the brunt

AsiaMay 08, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Indian soldiers patrol a market in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Tuesday. AP
Pakistan claims to have killed '40 to 50 Indian soldiers'

Thirteen people, including four children, reported dead in Pakistani shelling on Indian border towns

AsiaMay 08, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Kashmir gif 2
Panic in Indian border villages as hundreds flee Pakistani shelling

Villagers shelter underground as two armies trade fire

NewsMay 07, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Bilal Mosque lies in ruins after being struck by Indian missiles in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. EPA
Pakistan 'shoots down five Indian planes' in response to missile attacks

Islamabad says 26 people were killed and New Delhi reports 12 deaths

AsiaMay 06, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Paramedics wheel an injured tourist into a hospital in Anantnag following the attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP
Dozens killed as gunmen attack tourists in Indian Kashmir

Shooting took place in Pahalgam, a popular resort in the Himalayan state

NewsApril 22, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Protests erupted in India over changes to a law that would affect almost a million Muslim properties. EPA
India's Muslims win first round of fight to keep religious sites

Government pauses Waqf law that Islamic community warns could be used to dispossess them

NewsApril 17, 2025
Taniya Dutta
A pharmacist checks weight of Paracetamol, a popular palliative, in a lab in Ahmedabad, India, in March 2020. Indian pharma businesses are preparing to lock horns with the Trump administration over tariffs. Reuters
India's pharma companies urge New Delhi not to cower to US tariff threats

India is the largest exporter of generic medicines in the world and should not be cowed by US threats, industry leaders say

NewsMarch 28, 2025
Taniya Dutta
A man stands next to discarded computers in Seelampur. Taniya Dutta for The National
Where India’s tech goes to die: Delhi’s hazardous e-waste graveyard

Nearly 50,000 people eke out a living extracting metals from electronic waste in impoverished Seelampur

AsiaMarch 07, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is currently recovering in a Mumbai hospital after he was attacked by a knife-wielding intruder at his home. Reuters
Saif Ali Khan attack revives fears of threats against Bollywood stars

Home to the nation’s billionaires, celebrated cricketers and beloved celebrities, the city also has a dark side emerging from the shadows

Film & TVJanuary 18, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Kangana Ranaut as Indira Gandhi in Emergency. Photo: Zee Studios
Film review: Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency is a passable effort

Bollywood actress and politician stars and directs the long-delayed biopic

Film & TVJanuary 17, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Adesh Kumar, 26, a fourth-generation confectioner, sells the popular Daulat ki Chaat, a delicate dessert, in the old quarters of Delhi. Taniya Dutta / The National
Postcard from DelhiThe ‘snack of wealth’ keeping a city warm in winter

Fourth-generation confectioner Adesh Kumar doles out cosiness in a bowl

AsiaJanuary 10, 2025
Taniya Dutta
An image taken from a video on social media appears to show the crush at Tirupati temple. Photo: X
Tirupati temple crush: Six dead in ticket rush in India

Crowds overwhelm ticket counters before major spiritual event in Andhra Pradesh

AsiaJanuary 09, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Bangladesh Nationalist party's chairwoman Khaleda Zia departs for London to seek medical treatment, in Dhaka. AFP
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia leaves Bangladesh amid political instability

It is her first trip abroad since being released from house arrest last year after facing several corruption charges

AsiaJanuary 08, 2025
Taniya Dutta
Rescue workers search for survivors after the earthquake in China's autonomous Tibet region. Xinhua / AP
Tibet earthquake: More than 100 killed as 6.8 tremor shakes China and Nepal

Monitoring agency says shock was most powerful reported within 200km radius of city of Shigatse in five years

AsiaJanuary 07, 2025
Taniya Dutta
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