Salman Rushdie on the Bihar results, Twitter trolls and India as a Hindu nation
Salman Rushdie was in Houston and had much to say about the rising intolerance in India.
Scroll / November 2015 / Literature And Cinema
Freelance writer and journalist based in Houston. Previously worked in Mumbai at The Times of India and The Hindu. Interested in literary and long-form journalism. Pet topics include social inequality, cultural heritage and everyday life. Tweet @ASuitableGirl.
Salman Rushdie was in Houston and had much to say about the rising intolerance in India.
Scroll / November 2015 / Literature And Cinema
My experience of living in Houston, a city which worships the automobile, without a car.
Texas Monthly / August 2015 / Personal Essays
A story on the reactions of LGBT community to the US Supreme Court verdict legalising same-sex marriages.
Scroll.in / July 2015 / Social Inequalities
A story on how valuable paintings got a new lease of life.
The Hindu / May 2014 / Art
A ground report on how children from families in distress are dropping out of school to become labourers.
The Times of India / June 2010 / Social Inequalities
A report on the city's shrinking open spaces.
The Times of India / January 2012 / Environment
A report on the lives of children in drought-hit Maharashtra.
The Times of India / May 2012 / Social Inequalities
A tragic tale of malnutrition and drought.
The Times of India / May 2012 / Social Inequalities
A story on how farm widow Aparna Mallikar’s KBC win turned sour when relatives, money lenders and fake creditors descended on her, demanding their share.
The Times of India / October 2011 / Women
A feature on the closure of one of the oldest cinema halls in Mumbai.
The Hindu / March 2014 / Cultural Heritage
A feature on Mumbai's favourite and iconic eatery.
The Hindu / February 2014 / Cultural Heritage
A story on how women who survived sexual assault unwittingly wiped off evidence from their bodies.
The Hindu / September 2013 / Women
A profile of an artist whose sketches helped the police nab rapists.
The Hindu / August 2013 / Art
A feature on a poor man's journey from illiteracy to being a renowned writer.
The Hindu / January 2014 / Literature And Cinema
An interview with eminent historian, Ayesha Jalal.
The Hindu / July 2013 / Literature And Cinema
Football empowers these girls in a Mumbai ghetto.
The Hindu / August 2013 / Women
A story on the municipality's initiative to reserve a ground for women.
The Hindu / June 2014 / Women
A feature on a dance form that is struggling to make its mark.
The Times of India / March 2008 / Cultural Heritage
A report on alarmingly high pollution levels in the city.
The Times of India / August 2010 / Environment
A report on alarmingly high pollution levels in the city.
The Times of India / August 2010 / Environment
Film review: Hawaa Hawaai
The Hindu / May 2014 / Literature And Cinema
A damning report on the civic body's lax attitude in preserving green spaces in the city.
The Times of India / October 2010 / Environment
A report on false promises made to slumdwellers before the elections.
The Times of India / April 2009 / Social Inequalities
A report on brute force used by the police on the poor.
The Times of India / June 2008 / Social Inequalities
A piece on how staffers of a premier hospital have been caring for a nurse who was raped and sodomised three decades earlier.
The Times of India / December 2009 / Women
A report from a village where mental illness is alarmingly high.
The Times of India / November 2012 / Social Inequalities
A feature on an emblematic Mumbai synagogue which is fighting to survive.
The Hindu / June 2014 / Cultural Heritage
A piece on art on the walls of Mumbai's metro stations.
The Hindu / June 2014 / Art
A feature on the completion of 50 years of a historic art gallery.
The Hindu / March 2014 / Art
A feature on a historic cinema hall and what it meant to people.
The Hindu / July 2014 / Cultural Heritage
A piece on the work of an artist who depicted the Bengal famine.
The Hindu / July 2014 / Art
A report on how tragedy of losing their husbands has brought women together.
Times Crest / May 2012 / Women
A piece on the legalization of gay marriages and adoption in France.
Times Crest / January 2013 / Social Inequalities
A travel piece on Heidelberg.
Times Crest / July 2011 / Personal Essays
An essay on tracing Vincent van Gogh's footsteps in Europe.
Times Crest / November 2011 / Personal Essays
A report on how the homeless live during Mumbai's monsoon.
The Hindu / August 2013 / Social Inequalities
A piece on how the dance bar ban in Mumbai affected lives of thousands of women.
The Hindu / July 2013 / Women
An essay on how a brown woman with a white man brings out the worst form of misogyny.
Scroll.in / March 2015 / Personal Essays
An essay on trust and neighbourliness in extreme weather.
Houston Chronicle / June 2015 / Personal Essays
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