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The Diplomat

Published a feature on Hosna Jalil, then one of Afghanistan’s highest-ranking female policymakers, discussing her fight against harassment, discrimination, and death threats just weeks before the fall of Kabul.

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Reuters

Wrote more than 500 stories for Reuters News, such as this one which was the top read article that month on how investors pulled record sums from Saudi Arabia as tensions rose in the Middle East.

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The Boston Globe

Researched and wrote a long read on how the COVID-19 pandemic hit communities of colour the hardest in Massachusetts and how guaranteed minimum income could help reduce the inequities.

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The Diplomat

An exclusive interview with Dechen Wangmo, then 44-year-old health minister of Bhutan on how the Himalayan nation is tackling COVID-19 and her goals for advancing world health.

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Huffington Post

First to break the story on how tech layoffs and more stringent immigration rules were a double whammy for H1B worker in the United States during COVID-19.

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Reuters

Helped build Reuters’ file on ETFs for nearly a year, such as this story on how India ETF flows hit a record in 2023 and most foreign investors were optimistic inflows will continue in the election year.

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The Conversation

Published a data-intensive story on how women grow as much as 80% of India’s food – but laws often overlook their struggles.

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Selected Stories

Business and Global Financial Markets

Labor-focused Fed to continue rate cuts, Morgan Stanley’s CIO says (Reuters)
Sahm rule creator sees 50-bps Fed rate cut on labor market worries (Reuters)
ECB likely to cut rates in September, former central banker says (Reuters)
Investors pull record sums from Saudi in Middle East fund flight (Reuters)
US bankruptcy wave may stretch into 2024, but pace could slow (Reuters)
Investors pump over $600 mln into defense funds as geopolitical tensions rise (Reuters)
India beats Asian rivals in Middle East private capital deals since 2020 (Reuters)
‘Magnificent 7’ bets drive hedge fund crowding to record high -Goldman Sachs (Reuters)
Investors exit clean energy funds as higher interest rates bite (Reuters)
Public investors with $4.3 trln are down on China but in on net zero (Reuters)
India ETF flows hit record in 2023, analysts see momentum persisting in election year (Reuters)
India’s Adani vs Hindenburg Research: What you need to know (Reuters)

Along with this, also wrote the Reuters flagship daily market report for more than three years spanning United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Politics and the Economy

My good fight’: being a woman in Afghanistan’s politics (The Diplomat)
Potential return of Trump fuels concern among emerging market investors (Reuters)
Bhutan’s Health Minister on navigating the pandemic (The Diplomat)
India, UAE sign pact on trans-continental trade corridor (Reuters)
How onion prices are shifting politics in South Asia (The Diplomat)
What to make of India’s absence from the second Belt and Road Forum? (The Diplomat)
Why a guaranteed minimum income makes sense for the state’s hardest hit communities (The Boston Globe)
Can a global pandemic resuscitate SAARC? (The Diplomat)
India approves 85 bln rupees in incentives for coal gasification (Reuters)
India’s refugee policy: from strategic ambiguity to exclusion? (The Diplomat)
Sedition laws and their post-colonial legacy in India and Pakistan (The Diplomat)

Gender Policy

Women left behind: India’s falling female labor participation (The Diplomat)
Women grow as much as 80% of India’s food – but its new farm laws overlook their struggles (The Conversation)
Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws (World Politics Review)
For these South Asian women in the US, lockdown has led to increased domestic violence (Huffington Post)
Addressing gendered burdens in India during COVID-19 (Ms. Magazine)
Where are India’s female politicians? (The Diplomat)
Women in Sri Lanka make up 56% of the voters, but only 5% of legislators (The Diplomat)
India’s women bear the burden of unpaid work – with costs to themselves and the economy (The Diplomat)
Poor access to safe abortions is killing South Asian women (The Diplomat)
25 Years after the genocide – quota, power and women in Rwanda (The Wire)

Migration and the Diaspora

Indian H-1B visa holders in US face layoffs as coronavirus topples economy (Huffington Post)
Immigration reform must be a priority for the incoming Biden-Harris administration. Here’s where to start (The Boston Globe)
CAA And NRC Combination Violates India’s Social Fabric: Harvard Protesters (Huffington Post)
Students back in home countries struggle to keep up with classes at US colleges (Huffington Post)
Playing the ‘Indian Card’: Harris, Gabbard and US elections (The Quint)
Are Indian-American women slowly realizing their political potential in the US? (CNN-News18)
Absentee ballots and need for re-enfranchising India’s migrant workers (The Diplomat)

Technology and Crypto

Crypto’s charms leave some investors in Davos cold (Reuters)
Cryptoverse: Remember when bitcoin was ‘anonymous’? (Reuters)
Apple inches closer to $3 trillion market cap (Reuters)
Facebook’s troubled history in South Asia (The Diplomat)
Meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond soars after investor Ryan Cohen’s latest filing (Reuters)
Newly minted meme stock darling AMTD slides after eye-popping surge (Reuters)
Inflows into bullish Nvidia ETF hit record on AI frenzy (Reuters)
Meme stocks surge as tech rally gets too pricey for retail investors (Reuters)