Mehboob Jeelani

Mehboob Jeelani  is a former staff writer at The Caravan. He is currently studying for an MA in journalism at Columbia University.

Arvind Kejriwal: the Agitator turned Electioneer
Politics / Commentary
Arvind Kejriwal: the Agitator turned Electioneer
Mehboob Jeelani
The Man Who Dared to Challenge Naveen Jindal
Environment / News
The Man Who Dared to Challenge Naveen Jindal
Mehboob Jeelani
Politics / News Lunch with an obsessive Kejriwal and a sullen Hazare Mehboob Jeelani
Politics / Reportage Ponty Chadha’s potent mix of liquor and politics Mehboob Jeelani
Business / Profile Naveen Jindal’s mounting struggles to keep profit seperate from politics Mehboob Jeelani
Conflict / Reportage Hundreds of Kashmiri militants who left home as young men two decades ago have begun to return, middle-aged and disillusioned. What happens to them now? Mehboob Jeelani
Caste / Reportage The suicide of a Dalit student at India’s top medical college reveals an institution bitterly divided over caste and reservations. Mehboob Jeelani
Arts / The Lede An artist tests the limits of consumption Mehboob Jeelani
Business / Reportage Life in the capital’s expanding market for high-end sexual commerce Mehboob Jeelani
Arts / The Lede A photographer returns to a childhood pose Mehboob Jeelani
Sports / Reportage How the Grand Prix came to India Mehboob Jeelani
Arts / Essay Bhand Pather, Kashmir's indigenous theatre that has thrived on pungent social and political satires, in now an endangered tradition Mehboob Jeelani
Politics / Reportage How Arvind Kejriwal, the architect of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, brought the rage of an indignant nation to the government's door Mehboob Jeelani
Politics / Reportage Can the Youth Congress expunge the sins of its fathers before it inherits their wicked ways? Mehboob Jeelani
Conflict / Commentary Eight months after an uprising of stone-pelters, little has been done to improve conditions in Kashmir—and another violent summer looms Mehboob Jeelani
Policy / Commentary The landmark job scheme should not be a testing ground for UID Mehboob Jeelani
Law / Reportage Can India’s landmark Right to Information Act ever live up to its promise? Mehboob Jeelani
Politics / Profile How defiance made Syed Ali Geelani relevant in Kashmir Mehboob Jeelani
Policy / Reportage Can India’s most ambitious legislation tackle poverty? Mehboob Jeelani