Features

A Prada Sandal Fight Reveals a Flaw in India’s Push to Protect Its Culture,Bloomberg, June 2026

India’s Elite Tech Schools Are a Golden Ticket With a Dark Side,” Wired, September 2023

The Alarming Rise of India’s Pay-to-Breathe Industry,” Wired, March 2023

An Indian family sought a new life in the U.S., but never made it out of Canada alive,” The Globe and Mail, September 2022

Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence,Al Jazeera, June 2022

Hard sells and ‘toxic’ targets: How Indian edtech giant Byju’s fuels its meteoric rise,Rest of World, August 2021

Medical crowdfunding has become essential in India, but it’s leaving many behind,Rest of World, August 2021

Hundreds evicted as India’s Kaziranga National Park expands,” Globe and Mail, December 2020

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Reports

Nykaa’s blockbuster IPO created India’s richest self-made female billionaire — and a role model for women in tech,” Rest of World, November 2021

Amid India’s COVID-19 crisis, advocates raise alarm over growing number of political prisoners behind bars,” The Globe and Mail, June 2021

Bollywood, Disney and Akshay Kumar all blamed for Laxmii – the Hindi comedy horror film with an insensitive treatment of the trans community,” South China Morning Post, November 2020

India’s Tanishq pulls interfaith jewellery ad after ‘love jihad’ backlash,” South China Morning Post, October 2020

Indian comedian Kunal Kamra banned from IndiGo and Air India after heckling BJP ally,” South China Morning Post, January 2020

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Culture

Passing in Black-and-White,Los Angeles Review of Books, March 2025

Ring Leaders,Dazed, December 2023

Once Upon a Workplace,JSTOR Daily (column), December 2023

Ancient Egypt to Taylor Swift: The historic roots of the ‘cat lady’,BBC Culture, August 2024

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Profiles & Interviews

A Story Needs To Shake You Up: Interview with Jonas Hassen Khemiri,” Los Angeles Review of Books, June 2025

Unspoken Spaces: Interview with Jokha Alharthi,Los Angeles Review of Books, December 2024

Room for One’s Own: A Conversation with Yogesh Maitreya,Los Angeles Review of Books, August 2021

A Dalit Activist Challenges India’s Ruling Party,” Bloomberg Businessweek, August 2021

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