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Tavleen Singh is a distinguished Indian journalist, political reporter, and author, currently serving as a leading columnist for The Indian Express. With a career spanning over four decades, she is widely recognized for her incisive commentary on Indian politics, public policy, and governance.
Professional Experience & Journey: Singh began her journalistic career in the United Kingdom with the Evening Mail in Slough, where she trained under the Westminster Press training scheme. She returned to India in 1974, joining The Statesman as a reporter. Her extensive fieldwork includes tenure as a Special Correspondent for The Telegraph in 1982 and as the South Asia Correspondent for the Sunday Times, London. Over the years, she has contributed to major publications including India Today and has played a pioneering role in Indian television journalism, heading the Delhi bureau for Plus Channel.
Expertise & Focus Areas: Renowned for her deep understanding of India's political landscape, Singh has covered some of the most critical events in the nation's history, including the Punjab insurgency and the conflict in Kashmir. Her writing often bridges the gap between the "Durbar" of Delhi’s political elite and the ground realities of rural India. She currently writes the popular weekly column "Fifth Column" for The Indian Express, appearing every Sunday, where she offers critical analysis of government policies and political shifts.
Authoritativeness & Recognition Singh is a celebrated author of several best-selling books that serve as important records of contemporary Indian history. Her notable works include:
Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors (1995)
Lollipop Street: Why India Will Survive Her Politicians (1999)
Durbar (2012)
India's Broken Tryst (2016)
Messiah Modi: A Tale of Great Expectations (2020)
Her fearless reporting has earned her significant accolades, including the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson (1988) and the Sanskriti Award (1985) for her comprehensive coverage of the Punjab crisis.
Trust & Credibility As a veteran voice in Indian media, Singh is known for her unyielding candor and independent perspective. Her long-standing association with The Indian Express, a publication known for its "Journalism of Courage," reinforces her standing as a...
March 29,2026 06:14:16 AM
As someone who has more secular interests, I attended book launches and dinner parties. In the backdrop there were sometimes televisions bringing the latest pictures of the war to remind us that we no longer live in normal times.
Sun, Mar 29, 2026March 22,2026 06:20:32 AM
It is hard to say whether the war is going to end soon or much later but in India, it gives us a chance to put our own house in order. The Prime Minister needs to concentrate on finding out why it is still so hard to do business in India despite his constant assertion that ‘ease of doing business’ is what he wants.
Mon, Mar 23, 2026March 15,2026 06:49:07 AM
When will leftist writers, politicians and human rights activists speak up against this primitive dehumanisation of women? Let me answer my own question. Never. Their tears and their rage only seem to surface when they can find a way to blame the United States for everything that is wrong with the world.
Sun, Mar 15, 2026March 08,2026 06:21:50 AM
There is real trepidation about what will happen next. Many believe that this Middle Eastern war could lead to a much wider one and that India will inevitably be drawn into it.
Mon, Mar 09, 2026March 01,2026 05:58:32 AM
That textbook is now banned but the children it sought to influence will become adults one day and discover the truth. It is only in Hindi movies that the Indian justice system works perfectly and that trials take place in fine, orderly, dignified courtrooms.
Sun, Mar 01, 2026February 22,2026 06:23:42 AM
If AI can do what humans have failed to, then we need to embrace it with open arms and ensure that it spreads rapidly across rural India where it is needed more than in the cities. But before that happens, we need to build the infrastructure it requires to be able to make a difference.
Sun, Feb 22, 2026February 15,2026 06:27:46 AM
What troubles me about electoral feudalism or feudal socialism as it was when the Gandhi dynasty reigned supreme under the guise of socialism is that it weakens the roots of democracy almost irreparably.
Sun, Feb 15, 2026February 08,2026 06:41:28 AM
What shocked me most of the many things that he said last week outside Parliament House was that the Prime Minister was ‘compromised’ and this is why he had been forced into the trade deal with the United States.
Sun, Feb 08, 2026February 01,2026 06:55:14 AM
The irony of what these cynical politicians and violent fanatics are doing is that they seem to believe that their hate speeches and their violence are making India stronger. The exact opposite is happening...
Sun, Feb 01, 2026January 25,2026 06:58:53 AM
As someone who remembers the WEF annual meeting from 30 years ago, trust me when I tell you that so few Indians came then that Rahul Bajaj, one of the first Indians to go to Davos, would have a small dinner for the Indian contingent on the day we arrived. T
Sun, Jan 25, 2026January 18,2026 06:52:32 AM
The reunion of the Shiv Sena heirs of Bal Thackeray was given more attention than the city’s real problems. By next week, this municipal election will be forgotten and life in Mumbai will go on as it does now.
Sun, Jan 18, 2026January 11,2026 07:40:08 AM
What should worry the Government of India now is the growing mistrust between it and us the people.
Sun, Jan 11, 2026January 04,2026 06:23:33 AM
We need an Opposition party that would speak up on these issues, and on the consistent and brutal attack on India’s pluralist legacy by thugs who owe allegiance to the Sangh Parivar.
Sun, Jan 04, 2026December 28,2025 06:22:26 AM
As Shashi Tharoor wrote in this newspaper last week, parliamentary democracy is today in danger of total collapse, and this is something that we all need to be worried about. But it will almost certainly be revived some day in the not-too-distant future. What will be much harder to revive is pluralism.
Sun, Dec 28, 2025December 21,2025 07:09:28 AM
The ban on Christmas came from a Delhi VHP official. The VHP is one of the uglier offspring of the RSS. Asked if this was not a restriction on the right that our constitution gives us to worship as we wish, he made it clear that this was not about religion but about conversion.
Sun, Dec 21, 2025December 14,2025 06:06:38 AM
It is my fervent hope that Rahul Gandhi now raises many more real issues. It is not just the air of our cities that is polluted, almost everything else as well.
Sun, Dec 14, 2025December 07,2025 06:35:34 AM
We may have benefitted from buying cheap Russian oil and buying Russian weapons, but surely these things can be done without welcoming Putin as a hero at a time when he is shunned by countries that believe his invasion of Ukraine was evil and illegal.
Sun, Dec 07, 2025November 30,2025 07:08:28 AM
Time to forget about building temples and giant statues of dead leaders, and concentrate on building cities that don’t look like slums.
Sun, Nov 30, 2025November 23,2025 07:02:43 AM
For things to really change you need institutions that are led by real historians (not pamphleteers), philosophers, scientists, scholars, linguists, writers and thinkers. These are the people that have been alienated by the religiosity and hate mongering of those who lead the Hindutva movement.
Mon, Nov 24, 2025November 16,2025 06:54:52 AM
The Congress lost, and will continue to lose, until it admits that its grassroots muscles have withered and died across India. What now passes for the political party of our freedom movement is a bunch of sycophants
Mon, Nov 17, 2025November 09,2025 06:33:02 AM
We have seen a parade of our most important political leaders raise issues that will in no way benefit the people of our poorest state.
Sun, Nov 09, 2025November 02,2025 07:00:44 AM
The most patriotic thing that can be done for our beloved motherland is for us to all participate in Swachh Bharat 2.0 and make our cities and villages look less filthy than they currently do.
Sun, Nov 02, 2025October 26,2025 05:57:57 AM
I have said more than once already that it is my fervent hope that Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party somehow manages to win because he is not a ‘potted plant’ (political princeling) and has spent more than two years wandering about the villages of Bihar trying to understand what the people of our poorest state really need.
Mon, Oct 27, 2025October 19,2025 06:30:31 AM
India is still a long, long way from being a fully developed country despite our Prime Minister selling us this happy but perhaps deluded dream. Dreams are good, even deluded ones.
Sun, Oct 19, 2025October 12,2025 05:59:28 AM
The point I am trying to make is that what has happened in Gaza has happened because of the sick ideology that Hamas believes in. No cause in the world justifies taking small children hostage and keeping them confined underground for months. To do that is barbarism. I
Sun, Oct 12, 2025
