Jyoti Punwani, Freelance Journalist Profile

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Akshay Shinde ‘Encounter’ Raises Accountability Questions

2 days ago | deccanherald.com | Jyoti Punwani

To what lengths will Fadnavis government go to protect its police? The Maharashtra government's inaction in the Akshay Shinde ‘encounter’ case is in keeping with its practise of shielding accused policemen
Can 'Good Conduct' Justify Premature Release of a Convicted Killer?

3 weeks ago | deccanherald.com | Jyoti Punwani

Does Keonjhar jail superintendent Manaswini Nayak feel that Hembram’s good conduct as a prisoner wiped out his premeditated act of depriving three others of their lives, two of whom were children aged eight and 10?
Lack of Violence Doesn’t Equate to Peace

1 month ago | deccanherald.com | Jyoti Punwani

Ram Navami celebrations | The lack of violence does not signify peaceThe build-up of communal tension, which often ends in violence, has nothing to do with faith, but everything to do with power politics
When Hindus Greeted Muslims On Eid

1 month ago | rediff.com | Jyoti Punwani

'I am determined now to celebrate all festivals together.''People don't respond much when you try to convince them by talking about principles of secularism etc. But if we revive our shared cultural practices, specially food, we may get a better response.'IMAGE: Vijay Mukund Tambe, centre, during the Eid Mubarak programme in Wardha.
'Partition Should Never Have Happened'

1 month ago | rediff.com | Jyoti Punwani

'We wouldn't have had to face all this had our national leaders taken care to select a place for Sindhis and sent us there, instead of sending us all over to settle in places where the locals didn't want us.''They could have partitioned Sindh and given us a Sindhi state from its two Hindu-majority districts.''Wasn't that the logic of Partition?'IMAGE: Refugees from West Punjab at the Wavell Canteen in Delhi taking their meals before leaving for various refugee camps, September 1947.
Hindus, Muslims vow to turn Eid meet into ‘ongoing relationship’

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Jyoti Punwani

Mumbai: It was an Eid with a difference – as namazis emerged from the masjid in the dense pocket of Chirag Nagar in Ghatkopar after finishing their Eid prayers, five Hindus clad in white caps waited to greet them with red roses. Pleasantly surprised, the congregation invited the Hindus into the mosque.
Ajit Pawar’s assurance to Muslims is hot air

1 month ago | deccanherald.com | Jyoti Punwani

It was with good reason that the Muslims felt they had in the NCP leader a voice in the Mahayuti government. Sadly, Ajit Pawar has not lived up to that promise.
Who Observed Raj Dharma In Nagpur?

1 month ago | rediff.com | Jyoti Punwani

The Nagpur violence may have been prevented had the police considered the dangerous potential of the VHP/Bajrang Dal's demonstration; had they immediately stopped the burning of the chaddar and arrested the demonstrators; and had they fanned out to counter the rumours that spread among Muslims, observes Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Vehicles were set on fire in the Mahal area in Nagpur, March 18, 2025.
HT Syndication: Girls turn to art to illustrate challenges in women's safety

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Jyoti Punwani

India, March 23 -- The city's well-lit roads are one of the reasons that qualifies it as the safest city in the country for women. However, that feature does not extend to every part of the city, reveals an exhibition being held over the weekend by the NGO Vacha, the women's group that has been working among adolescent girls in the city's slums since 1995.
Girls turn to art to illustrate challenges in women’s safety

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Jyoti Punwani

MUMBAI: The city’s well-lit roads are one of the reasons that qualifies it as the safest city in the country for women. However, that feature does not extend to every part of the city, reveals an exhibition being held over the weekend by the NGO Vacha, the women’s group that has been working among adolescent girls in the city’s slums since 1995.