Veena Nair

Veena Nair is the Online Editor at Siasat.com, where she primarily reports on religious and community-based hate crimes across India. She holds a degree from Sathyabama University, Chennai, and began her career as a software professional before pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM), Bengaluru. Before joining Siasat.com, Veena worked as a sub-editor at The New Indian Express in Coimbatore. Outside of journalism, she has a strong interest in theatre and has performed as an improv theatre artist in both Hyderabad and Bengaluru. A passionate observer of people, she is also a movie and music enthusiast, and a devoted cat mom

India

President’s winter sojourn at Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad concludes

Hyderabad: President Droupadi Murmu’s five-day winter sojourn at the Rashtrapati Nilayam here, one of the Presidential Retreats, concluded on Friday. “President Droupadi Murmu concluded her winter sojourn by interacting with Veer Naaris and…
Hate Crime

December diary: Anti-Muslim hate crime, Islamophobia dominates end of 2022

In November, a young Muslim engineering student was casually addressed as a terrorist by his teacher. This month witnessed a government school principal’s arrest for letting his students sing a popular poem…

India

TN: Dalit man dies by suicide over false theft complaint, police denies allegations

A 20-year-old Dalit man belonging to the Paraiyar community died by suicide on December 23, a day after he was taken into police custody over an alleged theft complaint. The incident happened…
India

Playing against BJP on Congress-prepared pitch due to Yatra: Ramesh

Dausa: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra has ensured that the Congress is now setting the political narrative in the country and the BJP has been made…
Delhi

Umar Khalid to step out of jail after 2 yrs for sister’s wedding

Jailed activist and former JNU student Umar Khalid, who was arrested on September 13, 2020, by the Delhi police under the terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in relation to the…
India

MP: With 3 cheetahs moved from quarantine zone, all 8 big cats in acclimatisation enclosure

Sheopur: All the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) in September have been shifted from the quarantine zone to the larger acclimatisation enclosure, with three female cheetahs…
India

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute explained

On November 22, at least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following ‘unprovoked’ firing by Assam police and state forest guards. According to Meghalaya chief minister…

Hate Crime

October Hate-tracker: Hindu-Muslim clashes mark Navratri, Dusshera, Milad-un-Nabi

Hyderabad: October is the festival season in India. While it is always a joyous occasion, the month was also unfortunately marked with incidents of hate and communal fights between Hindus and Muslims…
Hyderabad

After a gap of 3 years, Hyderabad welcomed ‘March for Pride’ with pride

After a gap of three years, Hyderabad celebrated pride march also known as Swabhimana Yatra on Sunday afternoon from Sundaraiyya Vignana Kendram to Dharna Chowk. More than 400 people from the LGBTQA+…
India

Maharashtra: Uddhav-led Sena faction leads, NOTA at second place

Mumbai: Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), was on course for a comfortable win in the bypoll to Andheri (East) Assembly seat in Mumbai by bagging more than…
Offbeat

New ‘Cadbury Pakodas’ will spoil your every childhood valentine

Once again welcome to the world of obnoxious food jodis. Today, on this auspicious day of Deepawali, we ruin your childhood experience, everyone’s favourite and still is, The Cadbury. Only just deep-fried.…
India

Navratri diaries: Communal unrest dominates festival spirit

As the country bid goodbye to Goddess Durga, religious clashes dominated the nine-day Navratri celebration across the country. States such as Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka reported incidents of clashes between…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Women who attacked idol seem mentally unstable, say cops

Hyderabad: The people of Chintal Basti, a predominantly Hindu area near Khairatabad, welcomed Goddess Durga on the occasion of Navratri on September 26. A pandal was set up and decorated with lights…
India

‘Zaamane ke saath chalo’ and other jabs: Muslim students post hijab-ban

The hijab issue first surfaced on December 31, 2021, when six hijab-wearing students were not allowed by their college administration in Udupi, Karnataka. It soon spread like a firestorm engulfing the state,…
India

With her rapists out of jail, Bilkis Bano’s ordeal is far from over

As India entered her 76th year of independence, so did 11 convicts who stepped out to freedom after completing more than 15 years of jail time. According to a PTI report, these…