SELECTED WORK
My TIME Author Page can be found here.
In this TIME cover story, I profiled Bollywood’s most popular actress, Deepika Padukone.
A ground dispatch from New Delhi on the months-long Bharat Jodo Yatra across India by Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi.
India’s Vaccine Gender Gap
Slate, July 2021
“Why Have My Prayers Gone Unanswered?”
Slate, April 2021
Why pregnant women in India still are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
National Geographic, June 2021
Al Jazeera, July 2021
A model Indian state comes undone
The Institute of Current World Affairs, June 2021
Postcard from Goa
The Institute of Current World Affairs, February 2021
India grapples with a deadly second pandemic wave
The Institute of Current World Affairs, April 2021
PODCAST - FROM THE FIELD: Voices from India’s economic crisis [LISTEN HERE]
The Institute of Current World Affairs, September 2020
Local news and the real scale of India’s COVID crisis
Columbia Journalism Review, May 2021
India’s farmers raise alarm over endemic poverty
The Institute of Current World Affairs, January 2021
When Caste Kills
The growing outrage over gang rape and murder in India.
Slate, October 2020
MORE REPORTING + WRITING
When Your Lunch Sets You Apart, The New York Times, January 2020
2,500 Dispensers and Counting: The Pez Collector, The New York Times, August 2019
What Is Camp? The Met Gala 2019 Theme, Explained, The New York Times, May 2019
Love City: Holding On, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 2019
Love City: Flatiron 9:21 P.M., The New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 2019
She’s a YouTuber, He’s a YouTuber, The New York Times, May 2018
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence, The New Yorker, January 2018
The Trump Effect [note: I helped conceive, execute and update this project on a daily basis], Reuters, 2016
Cargill CEO says worst case for NAFTA is 'torn-up' pact, Reuters, September 2017
Special Report: Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings, records show, Reuters, March 2017
Dissent in DC: A report from the Women’s March on Washington, Kill Your Darlings, February 2017
Here's What News Organizations Are Saying To Journalists In Trump's Era, Forbes, February 2017
The Progressives at the DNC Who Weren’t With Her, The Nation, July 2016
In human rights reporting, the perils of too much information, Columbia Journalism Review, March 2016
In the race to win readers, which publisher will come out ahead?, Columbia Journalism Review, June 2016
What Narendra Modi means to Indian-Australians, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 2014
Astha Rajvanshi on life in India for women and what is being done to address the gender imbalance, News Corp, June 2014
The Institute of Current World Affairs:
Coronavirus lockdown prompts chaos in India, April 2020
Women on the front lines of India’s battle with Covid-19, May 2020
Homecoming in a pandemic, June 2020
India’s women are suffering under lockdown, June 2020
India’s Muslim activists face trial by fire, August 2020
In India, another step away from secularism, September 2020
After another rape and murder, Indians ask if anything’s changed, October 2020
Women are struggling in India’s Covid-hit informal economy, October 2020
India’s professional women face extra hurdles, November 2020
India’s farmers raise alarm over endemic poverty, January 2021
Postcard from Goa, February 2021
In India, a debate over women’s work—one kitchen at a time, March 2021
India grapples with a deadly second pandemic wave, April 2021
India’s Covid disaster up close, April 2021
FROM THE FIELD PODCAST: When India’s Covid disaster hit close to home, May 2021 [LISTEN HERE]
A model Indian state comes undone, May 2021
India’s gender gap is slowing the vaccination drive, June 2021
The Asian-American Writers Workshop:
The Absence of Atta and the Dearth of Dal, June 2019
No Longer ‘Apu,’ Not Yet Beyond ‘Mindy’, June 2019
A Foodie’s Guide to Bay Ridge, August 2019
Taxi Cab Drivers Have Nowhere to Go, October 2019
The Indypendent:
NYC Immigrants Vow to Fight Deportations, November 2016
Trouble on Campus, December 2016
Tom Cat Workers Howl, May 2017
These Dreams Won’t Be Deferred, September 2017
The Korea Herald:
Records return, The Korea Herald, August 2013
Korea’s only LP manufacturer seeks niche, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Family and friends rally to help expat with rare disease, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Children’s theater festival opens with Holocaust play, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Daejanggeum in modern-day Seoul, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Rock climbers work to ensure safe climbing for all, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Hugh Jackman talks ‘The Wolverine’, The Korea Herald, July 2013
North Korean pianist’s quest for musical freedom, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Irish expats petition for better pension agreement, The Korea Herald, July 2013
Embassy gives sneak preview of Aussie artist David Hart’s exhibition, The Korea Herald, July 2013