Over three decades, he worked in leading print publications: the Times of India, Indian Express and India Today. He wrote books on the two most egregious instances of communal violence in the country. In 2007, he co-authored When a Tree Shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath. And in the run-up to the 2014 general election, he came out with The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra. He is currently working on a book on judicial and legislative battles over caste and untouchability.