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Himanshi Dhawan

New Delhi

Journalist and Senior Editor at The Times of India

Journalist. Senior Editor, TOI I Ex-India Todayl UNFPA-Population First Laadli Award 2011 l Edward Murrow Fellow '07 l Sophia College l St Stephen's

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  • 2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Himanshi Dhawan

    The kids are CUETing, the parents are sweating“Room hi room. Wifi free. Only 300.” As sweat dripped down my brow, one bead at a time, I weighed the offer. The ‘room hi room’ guy had competition, and the price tanked as I walked on…Rs150, Rs100. Village Sawda in north-west Delhi’s Ghewra may not have resort-like rooms or a view to rival Greece’s Santorini but it certainly had entrepreneurs to match Silicon Valley’s.

  • 2 weeks ago | navbharattimes.indiatimes.com | Himanshi Dhawan

    भारत में जातियों की गणना बड़ी समस्या है? जाति की पहचान, आरक्षण का गणित कितना मुश्किल...

  • 3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Himanshi Dhawan

    Himanshi DhawanTNNUpdated: Jun 7, 2025, 18:52 IST ISTWith too many castes, fluid identities and rising demands for representation, the exercise is going to be a fraught affairDalit rights activist Suraj Yengde was once asked in an interview if after all his scholarship and travels overseas, did his caste still matter. “It follows me,” he said, “like a shadow.”The government plans to kick off the Census along with caste enumeration from April 1, 2026, a task almost as hard as counting shadows.

  • 3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Himanshi Dhawan

    News India News Yunus has been an effective figurehead but needs to move faster to retain popular support: David Taylor Trending Former Dean of Humanities and Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh's Chittagong talks to TOI about the forthcoming polls and the challenges in Dhaka's political transitionTen months down the line do you think that the Yunus government has been successful in carrying out key reforms as was demanded by the July-August...

  • 3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Himanshi Dhawan |Hemali Chhapia

    As Delhi standoff reaches SC, Sunday Times looks at the rising cost of schooling — so much so that some schools have tied up with finance firms that offer loansPulled out of class by bouncers, left out of sports trials, kept out of class WhatsApp groups, taunted by teachers, and then expelled… Delhi parent Divya Mattey says his 16-year-old had to experience all this and more last month.

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8 Jun 25

No concensus? Why counting castes in India is a minefield https://t.co/38JtUpIYMA Download the TOI app now: https://t.co/uW2PFMPMZB

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27 Apr 25

‘Will chacha have to leave?’ Pak Hindus in Rajasthan brace for another goodbye https://t.co/QsYsNIOV5k Download the TOI app now: https://t.co/uW2PFMPMZB