Shoma Chaudhury

Shoma Chaudhury

Shoma Chaudhury is Managing Editor, Tehelka, a weekly newsmagazine widely respected for its investigative and public interest journalism. Earlier she had worked with The Pioneer, India Today, and Outlook. In 2000, she left Outlook to join Tarun Tejpal, and was among the team that started Tehelka.com. When Tehelka was forced to close down by the government after its seminal story on defence corruption, she was one of four people who stayed on to fight and articulate Tehelka‘s vision and relaunch it as a national weekly.

Shoma has written extensively on several areas of conflict in India – people vs State; the Maoist insurgency, the Muslim question, and issues of capitalist development and land grab. She has won several awards, including the Ramnath Goenka Award and the Chameli Devi Award for the most outstanding woman journalist in 2009. In 2011, Newsweek (USA) picked her as one of 150 power women who “shake the world”. In May 2012, she also won the Mumbai Press Club Award for best political reporting. She lives in Delhi and has two sons.

Articles By Shoma Chaudhury
The hysteria and doublespeak around Sarabjit’s death
The hysteria and doublespeak around Sarabjit’s death

New Delhi should have made its censure clear, but the mythologising is uncalled for  

No, Prime Minister
No, Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh has eroded our trust in the PMO  

Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh actually a very astute politician?
Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh actually a very astute politician?

The really alarming story about the coal scam lies one layer below public glare.  

2002 happened because the horrific crimes of 1984 were not brought to book
2002 happened because the horrific crimes of 1984 were not brought to book

If Modi wants to take his place in history, he will have to tender at least a...  

‘If Troops Can Fire In Self-Defence In Chhattisgarh Without The Cover Of AFSPA, Then Why Not In J&K?’
‘If Troops Can Fire In Self-Defence In Chhattisgarh Without The Cover Of AFSPA, Then Why Not In J&K?’

After two years of relative peace, the hanging of the 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on...  

‘If troops can fire in self-defence in Chhattisgarh without the cover of AFSPA, then why not in J&K?’
‘If troops can fire in self-defence in Chhattisgarh without the cover of AFSPA, then why not in J&K?’

J&K CM Omar Abdullah responds to the barrage of criticism over the handling of the Guru situation...  

The Girl Who Fired an Outcry in India
The Girl Who Fired an Outcry in India

One horrible night, innocent victims, devastated families—and a country seething with rage and violence, stuck between feudal...  

The fight for Muslims is fundamental for the survival of our democracy
The fight for Muslims is fundamental for the survival of our democracy

Despair can turn you from citizen to perpetrator. From the hunted to the hunter.  

Firestarter
Firestarter

Why Brand Gujarat has holes and why Brand Modi finds it so difficult to get out of...  

The political leadership must force the army to confront its AFSPA bogey
The political leadership must force the army to confront its AFSPA bogey

If ever the time was right to repeal this draconian law — even partially — it is...  

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