Nivriti Butalia

Assistant Comment Editor

Nivriti Butalia is assistant comment editor at The National. She previously worked in Dubai with Khaleej Times. Before moving to the UAE almost a decade ago, she was in Delhi, with Hindustan Times and Daily News and Analysis.

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Protesters during a demonstration against rising sexual violence towards women and to demand justice for victims and survivors of rape cases. What has been disturbing over the past week throughout India are the scenes of jubilation at the deaths of the four suspects in a rape case. EPA

For women to be safe, people's mindsets need to change around the world

Until entrenched patriarchy and misogyny are addressed and the authorities step up security, they will keep looking over their shoulders

CommentDecember 10, 2019

The Dubai Mall, December 2018. Photo: Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment

In an age of vapid consumerism, we can still put our money where it counts

From Black Friday to Cyber Monday and up until Christmas, shops and malls around the world have traditionally been filled with customers snapping up deals

CommentDecember 08, 2019

Sikh pilgrims at the shrine of Baba Guru Nanak at Gurduwara Darbar Sahib during the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor in Kartarpur, Pakistan on November 9. Sohail Shahzad / EPA

Ayodhya and Kartarpur Corridor: two vastly different faces of India

The corridor shows how interfaith harmony can work while the row over the Babri mosque is indicative of how deep religious divides run in the country

CommentDecember 08, 2019