 "Veenu Sandhu")
Veenu Sandhu
Veenu Sandhu
Veenu Sandhu is senior associate editor at Business Standard. Based in New Delhi, she has been a journalist since 1996, and has worked in some of India's leading newsrooms across print, digital and television media, including NDTV 24x7, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express. At Business Standard, she writes, commissions, edits and gives direction to special, in-depth articles for the newspaper and the digital platform across beats and sectors. She also hosts video shows for Business Standard. Before this, she edited BS Weekend. She is a 2017-18 batch Chevening South Asia Journalism fellow.
Veenu Sandhu is senior associate editor at Business Standard. Based in New Delhi, she has been a journalist since 1996, and has worked in some of India's leading newsrooms across print, digital and television media, including NDTV 24x7, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express. At Business Standard, she writes, commissions, edits and gives direction to special, in-depth articles for the newspaper and the digital platform across beats and sectors. She also hosts video shows for Business Standard. Before this, she edited BS Weekend. She is a 2017-18 batch Chevening South Asia Journalism fellow.
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World War I: 100 years on
'The Great War Centenary' - a four-year-long remembrance project that will end in 2018 - takes you back in history through museums, cemeteries, exhibitions and battle sites
 "World War I: 100 years on")
Keeping Ebola out
India has so far succeeded in staving off the deadly virus that has claimed over 4,500 lives abroad. The authors look at how the country is protecting itself
 "Keeping Ebola out")
The life Kailash Satyarthi gave to a rescued child
At seven, Laxman Singh was one of the first children to be rescued by Kailash Satyarthi from bonded labour. Through his story, author traces the Nobel Peace Prize awardee's campaign
 "The life Kailash Satyarthi gave to a rescued child")
Cancer: the big picture
PET MRI, a new cancer screening test can detect the disease in the body with greater accuracy. It can also chart out the possible course of malignancy in the future
 "Cancer: the big picture")
When brains get washed
A filmmaker follows his extremist brother to understand why young British nationals are becoming jihadists
Bureaucrats under Narendra Modi are caged in a steel frame
New Delhi bureaucrats, accustomed to leisurely lunches, golf in the afternoon and long weekends, have been shaken out of their somnolence, say authors. Fear and suspicion hang heavy over the red-sands
 "Bureaucrats under Narendra Modi are caged in a steel frame")
 "Jaya Bachchan could do with a laugh")
By understanding different ways of working, we can shift gear from simply surviving to thriving in theatre: Sanjna Kapoor
Interview with Director of theatre support organisation Junoon
Smriti Irani's mercurial rise from TV actor to top politician
Smriti Irani, the human resources development minister, hasn't let go of the image Ekta Kapoor etched for her 14 years ago
 "Smriti Irani's mercurial rise from TV actor to top politician")
Haryana gurdwara row: A political squabble over religious economics
What are the reasons behind the attempt to wrest control of gurdwaras in Haryana from the Amritsar-based SGPC? The author tries to find the answer
 "Haryana gurdwara row: A political squabble over religious economics")
Revenge porn makes private videos a public disgrace
Revenge porn, a rising Internet menace, is allowing men and women to get back at their estranged partners in traumatic, disturbing ways
 "Revenge porn makes private videos a public disgrace")
Dilip Kumar and a house in Peshawar
Declared a national heritage, Dilip Kumar's crumbling house in Pakistan is a repository of stories
 "Dilip Kumar and a house in Peshawar")
Dress dictators
With TNCA Club's dress code figuring in the Tamil Nadu assembly, clubs across India are under the lens for their archaic regulations
 "Dress dictators")
Zohra Segal: 18 till I die
The actor, known for her joie de vivre, would want people to celebrate her life, not mourn her death
Modi's Chanakya
All eyes are on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as he prepares to present his first Budget. The authors decode the powerful politician
 "Modi's Chanakya")
The tangy taste of Gujarat
Gujarati cuisine is now certainly in vogue, having even made it to a presidential dinner. The author culls out some choice recipes from the land of dhokla
 "The tangy taste of Gujarat")
A house for Mr Modi
Life inside the prime minister's official residence is highly regulated, but it comes with its perks
 "A house for Mr Modi")