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Nishtha Gautam is Opinions Editor at The Quint. Before transitioning to full-time journalism, she taught English Literature in University of Delhi for 8 years. She observes literary and cultural space with keenness, in tandem with her interest in politics and foreign affairs.

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Dior’s Mumbai Show: Spectacle At Gateway of India, But Not Of Fashion Or Design

Nishtha Gautam Apr 4, 2023

This India inspired collection could have opened floodgates for a genuinely high moment in fashion history In 1947, six months before India got independence from British colonial rule, Christian Dior unleashed another kind of revolution…

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Salman Rushdie’s ‘Victory City’: A Lesson In Historiography Told Through A Joke?

Nishtha Gautam Feb 23, 2023

All myths of origin are suspect, and those who believe them to be the Truth are nothing but naive, to put it mildly.

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Lata Mangeshkar’s Love Story That Never Was: What Does It Tell About Us?

Nishtha Gautam Feb 8, 2022

Who was Lata Mangeshkar wary of hurting—family, friends, fans, or her own self?

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Pandemic is So Short, Grief is So Long

Nishtha Gautam May 12, 2021

Unlike other times, people might not forget how and when they grieved. And that is what the “system” is afraid of.

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Indian #GirlsWhoWearRippedJeans Are Protesting Violence, CM Rawat!

Nishtha Gautam Mar 19, 2021

What Uttarakhand CM Rawat has done is this: establish some women to be worthy of sneer, jeer, and violence.

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Violence at Delhi’s Red Fort: Here’s What Happened Before & After

Nishtha Gautam Jan 27, 2021

An eyewitness account of how a peaceful protest turned violent at Delhi’s Red Fort on 26 January 2021.

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Testing Positive for COVID-19 Exposed Us to the ‘Delhi Disease’

Nishtha Gautam Oct 14, 2020

A Delhi household tested positive for COVID-19 & exposed them to gaps in government’s policy to deal with pandemic.

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Yes, Hathras Rape Case is My Issue. No, I’m Not a Dalit Woman

Nishtha Gautam Oct 1, 2020

Social justice does not take place in silos, nor does it come about by merely doing a ‘privilege check’.

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Yes, Hathras Rape Case is My Issue. No, I’m Not a Dalit Woman

Nishtha Gautam Oct 1, 2020

Social justice does not take place in silos, nor does it come about by merely doing a ‘privilege check’.

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Lockdown, Paatal Lok & Migrant Workers Tell Us Why Villages Exist

Nishtha Gautam May 21, 2020

Paatal Lok could not have streamed at a better time. What better time for a narrative about how urban India makes everything about itself than today when our screens are plastered with the visuals of “migrant workers” in our cities? It also…

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