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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.

• The automobile is 125 years old

  By Sopan Joshi on August 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  [This appeared in Aug 2011 issue of OUTLOOK TRAVELLER] It hit me first at the visa counter of the German Embassy in Delhi. Sharply dressed executives, several of them deutschsprechend, discussing the conferences they intend to attend. Indians go to… Read More ›

• चौमासा मीमांसा: बदलते मॉनसून के लक्षण

  By Sopan Joshi on July 12, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  (यह लेख १० जुलाई को दैनिक भास्कर की रविवारी मैगजीन में सम्पादित रूप में छपा है|) हमारे भविष्य में जितनी बाढ़ है उतना ही सूखा भी। पूर्वानुमान लगाना दूभर होता जा रहा है – सोपान जोशी सोमवार 11 जुलाई को… Read More ›

• Mercurial Monsoon

  By Sopan Joshi on July 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The famously capricious rains are reinforcing their reputation every year. Our planners need to take a hand in this Act of God By SOPAN JOSHI Its semantic density is comparable to that of a block of reinforced concrete. The India… Read More ›

• Taken for a medical ride

  By Sopan Joshi on July 7, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  BOOK REVIEW Book>> The doctor is cheating you: A devastating expose of unethical malpractices in the medical field • by N C Asthana • Authorspress, Delhi • Rs 995 By SOPAN JOSHI Three out of every five surgeries in three… Read More ›

• Mahendra Singh Tikait: Farmer who nearly became Jat-Mahatma

  By Sopan Joshi on July 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  OBITUARY Tikait’s appeal had to do with earthiness and instinct By SOPAN JOSHI Mahendra Singh Tikait, a small-time farmer from western Uttar Pradesh’s Jat belt who rose to become a formidable leader in his region and symbolised farmer power for… Read More ›

• Did anyone get the memo about Sufism?

  By Sopan Joshi on September 22, 2010 • ( 2 )

  

  . . . A soft, cuddly, palatable-for-the-West version of Islam? When did that happen? By SOPAN JOSHI SOME TIME around the early 1990s — no, don’t put it down to neo-liberal economic reforms or the demolition of the Babri masjid… Read More ›

• The familiar Sushma Swaraj is letting go. Her stances are at odds with other BJP leaders. Why?

  By Sopan Joshi on August 17, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  BY SOPAN JOSHI THERE IS a growing feeling in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its parent body the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), that Sushma Swaraj’s interests are on a tangent with those of the party. Going against the judgement… Read More ›

• Recruitment Ad for Editor in 1908. Perk: prison

  By Sopan Joshi on June 25, 2010 • ( 3 )

  

  Excerpts from pages 89-100 of Freedom Movement and the Press: The Role of Hindi Newspapers, by Madan Gopal, published in 1990 by Criterion Publications, New Delhi: On April 30, 1908, Mrs. and Miss Kennedy were shot dead in Muzzafarpur by… Read More ›