Viju B

Assistant Editor, TOI

Viju B, Deputy Resident Editor of The Times of India, Kerala, writes on a range of issues including environment, civic infrastructure, insurance and right to information. He believes that his views a ...

Viju B, Deputy Resident Editor of The Times of India, Kerala, writes on a range of issues including environment, civic infrastructure, insurance and right to information. He believes that his views are not sacrosanct -- nor are yours. The truth is somewhere in the middle, smiling beatifically at us. He feels that any form of fundamentalism, be it of the markets or the state, can be harmful.

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Stories by the author

• Maradu flats demolition: Restoring the faith of homebuyers

  
  16 Jan 2020 11:08 AM IST
• Kerala crisis arose due to destruction of ecologically-sensitive zones in Western Ghats

  
  20 Aug 2018 05:26 PM IST
• A simple way to deter jumbos

  
  19 Jul 2016 05:26 PM IST
• Why Kerala's relationship with migrants is complicated

  
  26 Jun 2016 10:35 AM IST
• Remittances by NRIs to Kerala cross Rs 1 lakh crore

  
  07 Jun 2015 09:33 AM IST
• Thiruvananthapuram forest department’s e-auction faces resistance from timber lobby

  
  20 Mar 2015 11:35 AM IST
• Protecting Western Ghats: Environment ministry gets nod for final draft

  
  26 Sep 2014 01:57 AM IST
• Mahatma Gandhi was a casteist: Arundhati Roy

  
  18 Jul 2014 11:38 AM IST
• Speeding truck runs over 2 Elephants

  
  16 May 2014 02:41 AM IST
• Case against parading of ailing elephant

  
  16 May 2014 02:37 AM IST
• Rise in minimum temperature hits Kerala hard

  
  11 Apr 2013 12:38 AM IST
• Ministry of Environment and Forest report misses wood for the trees

  
  25 Feb 2013 12:44 AM IST
• Green passports in Kerala for young wildlife enthusiasts

  
  01 Jan 2013 05:46 AM IST
• Fresh lease of life likely for mangroves

  
  12 Dec 2012 07:35 AM IST
• India's e-waste output jumps 8 times in 7 years

  
  04 Apr 2012 04:09 AM IST
• Why are our fishermen getting killed and arrested in the high seas?

  
  04 Mar 2012 08:12 AM IST
• Problems plaguing Kerala's once-thriving fishing industry

  
  26 Feb 2012 01:52 AM IST
• Experts want end to illegal mining in Maharashtra

  
  01 Aug 2011 12:28 AM IST
• Erosion of Juhu seabed a worry, say environmentalists

  
  21 Jun 2011 05:49 AM IST
• Mangrove patches destroyed at Ghodbunder road

  
  15 Jun 2011 06:49 AM IST
• Maharashtra makes Rs 4 crore from 1.31 lakh name changes in 12 months

  
  29 May 2011 09:51 AM IST
• Nuclear plant at Jaitapur: The mystery of the missing creeks

  
  25 Mar 2011 01:29 AM IST
• Jaitapur fears another Fukushima

  
  16 Mar 2011 08:58 AM IST
• 28 people go missing in Mumbai daily for past 2 years

  
  14 Mar 2011 05:40 PM IST
• Adarsh scam: Buildings along coast to be surveyed; experts say MoEF on strong wicket

  
  17 Jan 2011 12:42 PM IST
• Crucial RTI boost lifted Adarsh case

  
  17 Jan 2011 06:04 AM IST
• Maharashtra govt puts toxic mines on tourist map

  
  25 Oct 2010 12:49 AM IST
• Goons turn Maha public hearings into a farce

  
  20 Oct 2010 10:29 AM IST
• In Maharashtra, mining cos decide ecological impact of projects

  
  16 Oct 2010 03:23 AM IST
• Mining blow to Western Ghats

  
  15 Oct 2010 12:45 AM IST
• Netas home in on CM's quota for poor

  
  13 Jun 2010 06:17 AM IST
• Insurgents don't spare endangered tigers too

  
  01 Jun 2010 03:11 AM IST
• Mangalore air crash: Insurers may have to shell out Rs 400 cr

  
  24 May 2010 11:42 AM IST
• Lakshadweep and Kerala feel the heat of global warming

  
  15 Mar 2010 09:53 AM IST
• Lakshadweep and Kerala feel the heat

  
  15 Mar 2010 07:59 AM IST
• Kasab's 'anda' cell cost Rs 5.2 crore

  
  26 Feb 2010 04:34 AM IST
• After judges, babus' assets come under RTI

  
  08 Jan 2010 09:30 AM IST
• Insurance firms cough up Rs 500 cr in terror claims

  
  07 Jan 2010 07:02 AM IST
• Eerie silence cloaks untouched Nariman House

  
  25 Nov 2009 03:37 PM IST
• 'In 40 yrs, India will be most populous country'

  
  20 Nov 2009 03:48 AM IST
• Peeing in public city's top offence

  
  22 Sep 2009 07:51 AM IST
• Insurance regulator set to define pre-existing illness

  
  22 Jun 2009 01:05 PM IST