Chapter 13 · Publishing
Writings
The book · 2019
Lutyens’ Maverick
Ground Realities, Hard Choices and Tomorrow’s India
- Author
- Baijayant “Jay” Panda
- Publisher
- Rupa Publications India
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 978-93-5333-343-0
- Reviewed in
- Deccan Chronicle, 21 January 2019
Publication details are from the review above and retail catalogue listings. This site does not reproduce the book’s text.


Contents
Op-eds & columns
A selection, newest first. Summaries describe each piece’s published headline and are not quotations. Follow the link to read the original. Full texts are not reproduced here, out of respect for copyright.
Author archivesThe Times of India — edit page
- Delhi protests: Why India’s new legislation is a landmark moveThe Week · Aug 2026
Column in “Insight Edge” on recent legislation.
- Why the Congress party is failing as an OppositionThe Week · Jul 2026
Column on the role of the parliamentary Opposition.
- How courts are forcing social media accountabilityThe Week · Apr 2026
Column on court rulings about social-media platforms.
- Operation Sindoor and India’s new normalThe Week · Jun 2025
Column written after the 2025 all-party delegation.
- Indian media’s communal violence reportage needs to be consistent, not just show one angleThePrint · 13 Jul 2019
Opinion on consistency in media reporting of communal violence.
- Decolonise the CBI: How to uncage the parrot and make it flyThe Times of India · 16 Jan 2019
Proposes structural changes to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
- Aadhaar and data security: Irrespective of what one feels about Aadhaar, a comprehensive new privacy law is neededThe Times of India · 10 May 2017
Argues for a comprehensive privacy law.
- One nation, two elections: How to stop parties from always being in campaign mode and get them to governThe Times of India · 21 Dec 2016
Discusses synchronising election cycles.
- Cash to all citizens: Universal basic income could actually work better in India than in rich countriesThe Times of India · 27 Oct 2016
Makes the case for a universal basic income in India.
- Hypocrisy on free speechThe Times of India · 16 Mar 2016
On consistency in positions on free expression.
- Net neutral, shift gears: Now we must push forceful measures to extend full internet access to all IndiansThe Times of India · 17 Feb 2016
Calls for wider internet access after the net-neutrality decision.
- The net benefits of neutrality: Equal access to the internet is vital to create new entrepreneursThe Times of India · 15 Apr 2015
Argues for net neutrality, linking it to entrepreneurship.
- Parliament interruptus: Reform ambivalent rules from Raj era to reduce House disruptionsThe Times of India · 26 Nov 2014
Proposes rule changes to reduce disruptions in Parliament.
- A Private Member’s Bill To Amend 66AOutlook · 29 Nov 2012
Sets out his private member’s bill to amend section 66A of the IT Act.
Interviews
Published interviews
Print, television and podcast interviews are listed with dates and sources in the Speeches & Interviews archive. They include The Week (February 2025), ThePrint (February 2025 and April 2022), CNN-News18 (May 2025) and the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash (2025).