Salil Tripathi

Salil Tripathi is a writer based in New York. He is the author of The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy and The Gujaratis.

Articles by Salil Tripathi

Modi campaigns in West Bengal

India’s Pandemic Disaster Has Finally Slowed Modi’s Unstoppable Rise

Argument

May 12, 2021, 9:01 AM

A snack vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Long Journey From ‘Basket Case’ to Rising Star

Argument

April 10, 2021, 8:00 AM

Activists of the United Hindu Front hold pictures of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Barbadian singer Rihanna in New Delhi on Feb. 4.

Why Rihanna and Greta Thunberg Are Taking on India’s Modi

Report

February 5, 2021, 2:09 PM

Myanmar's commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.

Myanmar’s Coup Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone

Report

February 1, 2021, 7:28 AM

An iPhone screen displays U.S. President Donald Trump's suspended Twitter account in San Anselmo, California, on Jan. 8.

Big Tech’s Big Challenge

Argument

January 18, 2021, 6:05 AM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a committee meeting at the Parliament House in New Delhi on March 3, 2020.

Why India Has Become a Different Country

Argument

November 27, 2020, 11:38 AM

A box and tablets on a blister pack of hydroxychloroquine are displayed.

The World Needs to Change How It Trades Drugs

Argument

April 21, 2020, 3:28 PM

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