Veenu Sandhu
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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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Once there was Manto
Stepping into Saadat Hasan Manto's birthplace is like stepping into one of his stories. Veenu Sandhu visits Paproudi, his village near Chandigarh, which is beginning to rediscover its famous son
Enter the Helicopter parent
Parents these days want to control every aspect of a child's life, from friendships and hobbies to job interviews, stifling his ability to make decisions
Chasing a dream
Shot in just 22 days, Shuttlecock Boys is an honest and organic portrayal of life
'I have finally left home'
She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor¿s passion for theatre remains undimmed
Gutkha warriors
8 states have banned gutkha. Veenu Sandhu on those who have brought this powerful industry to knees
Life is good
A section of India's greying population is turning to specially-designed retirement complexes to live life on their own terms
Village daddy
Siddhartha Kaul, recently elected global president of SOS Children's Villages International, talks to Veenu Sandhu on what drives the organisation
Back to the studio
Coke Studio¿s first Indian outing was a damp squib. But Season 2 promises greater variety, original tracks and fresher voices
Master of the mat
From champion wrestler of yesteryears to well-respected coach of modern era, Veenu Sandhu traces the journey of Satpal Singh
Looking back in Sanity
We know he¿s in London, tweeting angrily about the ongoing IPL. But what is Lalit Modi really up to? What is his game plan now to revive his fortunes?
Museum of museums
The Google Art Project offers 32,000 artworks and a virtual visit to tens of museums across the world
Rescuing a film
Old films are getting a new lease of life. But the process is painstaking
Risk factor
The going is not easy for delivery boys, microfinance agents and cab drivers
Where has the Ghazal gone?
Blame it on film music or the lack of appreciation for the nuances of Urdu poetry, but ghazals seem to be in terminal decline. Veenu Sandhu wonders why there are so few takers for ghazals today
Mind your languages
According to UNESCO, 198 of India's mother tongues are in danger. Veenu Sandhu and Indulekha Aravind on what we may lose and what is being done about it