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Reporter, writer, editor. Born 1973 to Usha and Prabhash Joshi in Indore, MP. Studied English literature. Writes and edits for publications in Hindi and English on social and environmental matters, science, agriculture, sports, adventure and travel, technology and politics. Lives in Delhi. Travels often.

• Xavi: How the Best Enabler in Football Became its Best Player

  By Sopan Joshi on June 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  ………. When Spain plays its final World Cup game tonight against Australia, it’ll most probably not field Xavi Hernandez, the legendary midfielder who has conducted his team’s success for six years and won everything there is to win at the… Read More ›

• Sanitation begins with sanity. Let the toilets wait

  By Sopan Joshi on June 19, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  ……. The argument that better access to toilets would help reduce violence against women is just another mode of denial, as bad as the sexists who want to deny the root of the problem – how families and communities raise… Read More ›

• How to know what a person is really like? Imagine her in a football team

  By Sopan Joshi on June 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  ….. The world reimagined as a football pitch.   By Sopan Joshi | Grist Media – [ Published on Yahoo! Originals on Thu 12 Jun, 2014 ]   There are countless low points to choose from. Here’s a recurring one. I… Read More ›

• Fun things you can get up to on World Environment Day

  By Sopan Joshi on June 5, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  …….. Such as contemplating Anthropocene, the Age of Man, also his undoing.   By Sopan Joshi | Grist Media [ Published on Yahoo! Originals on 5 June 2014 ] What message are you going to post on this World Environment… Read More ›

• Konkanchi Mega Vaat

  By Sopan Joshi on March 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A moving documentary film on the numerous power plants mushrooming in the Konkan region of the Western Ghats, the grave injustice meted out to the residents and the rich and diverse life of this highly productive region. Kurush Canteenwala’s eye-opening… Read More ›

• बोलती-चालती हिंसा

  By Sopan Joshi on March 1, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  सोपान जोशी          [ यह लेख ‘गांधी मार्ग’ पत्रिका के जनवरी-फरवरी 2014 अंक में छपा है ] क्या आप बोली में बोलते हैं या भाषा में? दोनों अपनी होंगी पर ऐसा माना जाता है कि बोली जरा… Read More ›

• पत्थर तोड़ने की राजनीति में तेलंगाना

  By Sopan Joshi on February 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  [ लेख का संपादित अंश दैनिक हिंदुस्तान के संपादकीय पन्ने पर १९ फ़रवरी २०१४ को छपा था ] सोपान जोशी       तो तेलंगाना बनेगा। संसद ने कानून बना दिया है। राजनीतिक बहस का ध्यान अब नए राज्य के… Read More ›

• Media is the message. Live debate is the story

  By Sopan Joshi on January 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  With gabfests dominating television, the pecking order has changed — in journalism as well as in political parties Sopan Joshi   [ Published Sunday Times of India on January 5, 2014 ] The legend of Pheidippides has idealized the messenger for… Read More ›

• Sheila Ki Dilli

  By Sopan Joshi on November 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  How far has Delhi come in 15 years of being under Sheila Dikshit? Our writer considers the effect of her jugaad and shiny surfaces on the city and its varied inhabitants. By Sopan Joshi | Grist Media [ Published on… Read More ›

• उर्वरता की हिंसक भूमि

  By Sopan Joshi on October 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  सन् १९०८ में हुई एक वैज्ञानिक खोज ने हमारी दुनिया ही बदल दी है। शायद ही किसी एक आविष्कार का इतना गहरा असर इतिहास में हो। आज हम में से हर किसी के जीवन में इस खोज का असर सीधा… Read More ›