- !Selected Writing
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Essay: "The Pond" On the Beauty and Perils of the Sundarbans
The Financial Times Weekend Magazine
August 18, 2017
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Book review: "A State of Freedom" by Neel Mukherjee
The Financial Times
July 14, 2017
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Book Review: "When I Hit You" by Meena Kandasamy
The Financial Times
May 19, 2017
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The New York Times
October 13, 2016
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"Drought Selfies and Drought Suicides"
June 17, 2016
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"The Long Rescue"
June, 2016
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"To Live and Die in Mumbai"
The California Sunday Magazine
April, 2016
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"The Maharaja's Gamble"
January, 2016
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"India's Attack on Free Speech"
October 2, 2015
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"The BJP's Ban on Porn Sites Mocks India's Democratic Pretensions"
August 4, 2015
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"Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty"
July, 2015
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"A Trail of Lotuses"
The New York Times Book Review
July 19, 2015
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"Saving the Cows, Starving the Children"
June 27, 2015
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"The Rationalist"
June 15, 2015
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Interview: Leslee Udwin and Sonia Faleiro
April 2, 2015
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The Lynching of Syed Sarifuddin Khan
March 20, 2015
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India's Daughters: This film does what politicians should be doing
March 5, 2015
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Irritable Hearts, A PTSD Love Story
February 20, 2015
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Fish Curry in West Bengal, India
February 19, 2015
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13 Men
February 6, 2015
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An Attack on Love
November 2, 2014
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Market Shares
August, 2014
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Women in India Aren't Safe on Twitter Either
Matter
June 19, 2014
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The New York Times Book Review
May 8, 2014
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For Some Voters in Mumbai, this Election's All About Toilets
Quartz
April 9, 2014
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Modi is no Champion of India's Women
The New York Times
December 23, 2013
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Indian Gang-rape Sentencing Shows Attitudes towards Women are Changing
The Guardian
September 13, 2013
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The New Yorker, Elements
September 5, 2013
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Granta 124: Travel
July, 2013
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Essay: When Worlds Collide
Vogue, UK
April, 2013 -
Men in Saris: Mumbai's New Lavani Dancers
The New Yorker, Culture Desk
March 8, 2013
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The New York Times Book Review
January 6, 2013
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The Unspeakable Truth About Rape in India
The New York Times, Op-Ed
January 2, 2013
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The New York Times Book Review
November 21, 2012
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Bangalore's Female Trash Pickers
The New York Times, India Ink
October 27, 2012
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For India's Children, Philanthropy Isn't Enough
The New York Times, Op-Ed
September 15, 2012
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Survival without Adult Supervision
The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times India Ink
June 26, 2012
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For Some Adoloscent Girls, A Struggle to Stay in School
The New York Times, India Ink
March 29, 2012
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The International Herald Tribune, Op-Ed
September 6, 2011
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The International Herald Tribune, Op-Ed
July 20, 2011