Ullekh NP

Journalist, author and political commentator | New Delhi

Media Coverage

Reporter: Untold Stories About Cuba (video in Malayalam)

NDTV: Book Review | ‘Curious Cousins’: Connecting Cuba And Kerala

The Hindu: A journalist pays tribute to the fighting spirit of Cubans and also points at problems that still need to be addressed

Manorama OnlineA Malayali’s journey through history, economics & revolution…

Open MagazineKannur to Cuba – A journalist unearths Kerala’s many ties with the land of Che

Federal NewsHow Kerala fell for Fidel Castro, Cuba, the charm of revolution, and Marquez

Consortium NewsChe Guevara’s Undying Spell & Other Tales of Cuba

A review of Mad About Cuba at a Tamil literary discussion

Sapan NewsA Malayali journalist’s book after his dream-come-true visit to Cuba 

Business Standard‘Mad about Cuba’: Exploring the unique connection between Cuba and Kerala

The Wire: Cuba, the US and Forecasts Which Did Not Come True

New Indian ExpressNostalgic parallels between communist Kerala and Cuba

HT SmartCast: Cuba: Will the revolution endure? (podcast)

Mail and Guardian, South Africa: Mad about Cuba: Resistance and Transition

Hindustan Times: This world leader stunned Indira Gandhi with a bear hug and introduced her to Gabriel Garcia Marquez

MintBefore Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP, THIS country used broom in anti-corruption protests, reveals new book

News18: From Smoking To Reading Habits, The Unexpected Link Between Kerala and Cuba

Prensa Latina: Confesiones de un malayali que viajó a Cuba

Prensa Latina: Califica periodista indio de inmoral decisión de EEUU contra Cuba

Hindustan Times: Is there a link between tobacco and reading habits? The surprising similarities between Kerala and Cuba

NewslaundryLet’s Talk About: Kerala’s Cuba connection

The Print: ‘Marquez is a Malayali’—Kerala loves Cuba & its romantic communism

The News Minute: A Malayali journalist’s fascination with Cuba

Kairali News: The book that tells the story of Cuba and how it survived American sanctions for over 60 years (Malayalam)

Frontline: Che Guevara: The leader behind the legend

Open MagazineVitamin R in Tobacco Land

The News: Can the Global South Learn from Cuba?

True Copy Think Media: Ullekh NP speaks to True Copy Think Media about the history of political violence in Kannur (21 Feb 2023)

It is not easy to find people as transparent as Gandhi to write a biography. Biographers often have to dig deep to know the secrets their characters have always tried to hide: Ullekh NP at MBIFL 2023 (February 3, 2023)
Interview with Ullekh NP by Arundhati B on Sree Narayana Guru’s conversations with Gandhi (at KLF 2023, January 25, 2023)

DC Books: In ‘New India’, most editors have become PR agents & reporters stenographers — Ullekh at KLF 2023 (January 25, 2023)

Ullekh NP at a group discussion on media at the International Book Festival organised by the Kerala Legislative Assembly (January 10, 2023)

Kairali News Online: Congress leader is misquoting my book for political gains: Ullekh

Manorama TV: 2019 election trends in Uttar Pradesh

Asianet News: 2019 election trends in West Bengal

The Telegraph: Kannur-born journalist tries to understand its history of brutal politics

Indian Express: Blood Will Have Blood

Hindustan Times: This horrifying and moving excerpt documents how the CPI(M) and the RSS are caught in a vicious cycle of retributive violence in north Kerala

The Hindu: Kannur Review: Vendetta Rules

The News Minute: Misinformation over Kannur’s political violence made this journalist write a book

News18: Book Review by Shashi Tharoor | Cult of Killing Seems Entrenched in Kannur

The Hindu Business Line: A macabre scoreboard

In conversation with Manjula Narayan, Hindustan Times (June 20, 2018)

The News Minute: Breaking down Kannur’s violence

Deccan Chronicle: Left & Right: Inheritors of a blood-soaked history

Scroll.in: Political killings in Kerala

Karvaan India: The Politics of Vendetta

The Print: 200 dead in five decades, but political violence still haunts Kerala’s Kannur

Outlook: Kannur Turmoil: Smouldering Beedi That Triggered Vicious Cycle Of Ferocity

National Herald: Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The moderate ‘mask’ of BJP and RSS

India Today: When Rajiv Gandhi saved Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s life

The Quint: Why PM Modi is not Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s political heir

Newslaundry: When Vajpayee became the tenth prime minister of India

Sify: What makes Kannur politics so violent? A journalist explores

Times of India: Atal ji had once said Rajiv Gandhi is why I am alive: Raj Babbar

Newslaundry: Hafta 186 podcast: Kerala floods, Atal Bihari Vajpayee demise and more

Dawn: A man of contradictions

Newslaundry: No Hindu genocide happening in Kerala, as is being portrayed

INUTH: RSS v/s Left Violence Is Not New To Kerala, But How Did It Start?

Free Press Journal: Review of The Untold Vajpayee

News18: The making of ‘The Untold Vajpayee’

Huffpost: How Modi Reacted When Late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee Reportedly Rapped Him Over The Gujarat Riots

Mint: Why the BJP wouldn’t have risen the way it did with Vajpayee

The Quint: Vajpayee Feared “Coup of Sorts” By a Section of BJP in 2002

Firstpost: ‘Modi has to go’: Post-2002 Gujarat riots, Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted then CM to step down

Indian Express: Atal Bihari Vajpayee feared coup by LK Advani camp in 2002

Daily Mail: How former Prime Minister Vajpayee came close to SACKING Narendra Modi as CM

Scroll: How AB Vajpayee was foiled in his bid to have Narendra Modi removed as Gujarat chief minister

Hindustan Times: In coversation with: Ullekh NP, author of The Untold Vajpayee

Mid-Day: Rahul Gandhi has found his mojo, but will that make him the next prime minister?

Bloomberg: As India enters 2017, Modi’s mastery of the message will be tested

ResearchGate: Kannur: Inside India’s Bloodiest Revenge Politics ( Book Review)

Academia.edu: Kannur: Inside India’s Bloodiest Revenge Politics (Book Review)

ThePrint: Journalist Ullekh’s book has a possible antidote for political violence in Kannur

Space and Culture, India: Kannur: Inside India’s Bloodiest Revenge Politics

DNA India: Book Review: War room- The people, tactics and the technology behind Narendra Modi’s 2014 win