Biography

For nearly a decade now, I have worked as a journalist covering issues of social justice, gender and inequality in India. I have journeyed from mainstream English newspapers to rural-women-led media collectives such as Khabar Lahariya; from working in newsrooms with little diversity to working alongside women journalists who not only belong to historically oppressed social groups, but also in previous work lives were migrant workers, agricultural labour, vendors. This was a transformative experience. In 2017, I read for a postgraduate degree in Sociology at the LSE - a discipline closer to my work than previous qualifications in engineering and communications. As Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity at LSE, I am part of a committed global community of activists, journalists, and policymakers at the frontlines of fighting inequality. When I look back, much of my writing has focused on women negotiating, and sometimes, succeeding in improving their life chances while surviving the conjugated oppression of caste, class and patriarchy. Studying these negotiations of mobility that women make every day in the face of intersecting caste and gender inequalities lies at the heart of my doctoral proposal.

Previous Education

London School of Economics & Political Science (Un Inequalities and Social Scienc 2018
MICA, Ahmedabad Communications 2009