Nishita Jha

Senior Correspondent

Nishita Jha is a qualified yoga instructor and caffeine addict. She is currently a senior correspondent with Tehelka in Mumbai. Nishita went to school at New Delhi’s Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and then studied philosophy at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. She has written on music, movies and pop culture for WorldSpace radio’s web journal, The Voice. For a brief period, she worked with Lalit Kala Akademi as chief coordinator for an international poetry festival before joining Tehelka.

Articles By Nishita Jha
What are we doing to our kids?

Shocking statistics. Devastating stories. Our dirty national secret. Nishita Jha & Revati Laul bring you a horrifying...  

What Are We Doing To Our Kids?

Shocking statistics. Devastating stories. Our dirty national secret. Nishita Jha & Revati Laul bring you a horrifying...  

The Sins of The Son

Is it enough to have a heart of gold if your feet are made of clay? A...  

The Age of Innocence

Pre-marital sex and teenagers fooling around is just not Indian, said the old men of Parliament as...  

The Bhatts’ Guide To Sleeper Hits

This year, the Bhatt stable will have spun five franchises out of its previous hits. The troika...  

London Paralympics: Stealing the Gold

Chef de Mission of the Paralympics Committee, Ratan Singh has been cheating para-athletes and the government for...  

Mystery Killer: Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Children born with this rare genetic disease are unlikely to live beyond 25. The government has neither...  

‘We’ll give out four months or a year’s ban to those who’ve spoken against us’

In an exclusive interview to Nishita Jha, Chef de Mission, London Paralympics, Ratan Singh explains why athletes...  

In Search of Lost Time

Artist Shilo Shiv Suleman undertook the same journey to the Kumbh as her godmother two decades ago....  

‘If I am bad, what about the men that come to me? At least, I do it for money’

Baby speaks to Nishita Jha, with a police officer from Malad, about how she stopped fearing men...  

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