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I have been a freelance journalist for nine years, writing news, features and commentary for a range of international newspapers, magazines and websites. I am originally from Bangalore, India, but have been an expatriate most of my life. As a child, I lived in the U.K, Iran (escaping just before Khomeini took over) and Bahrain. I returned to Bangalore and graduated with a double degree in arts and law from the National Law School, India’s top law school. I gave up the law when I got tired of lawyer jokes. Instead, I became a legal correspondent for The Economic Times (India’s best-selling financial daily with a circulation of over 400,000) in Mumbai, hoping to make them up instead.

After two years spent explaining the difference between injunctions and injuries to readers who couldn’t care less, I got itchy feet. I left India in 1996, hoping to travel the world and write about it. Since then I have reported on the handover in Hong Kong, the economic crisis in Bangkok, the restoration of the Sphinx in Cairo, the Aum Shirikyu cult in Tokyo and forced marriages in the U.K, among many other subjects. Clients for my editing services have included Sweet and Maxwell, Swiss Bank and Asiaweek.

I like variety: the more, the better. I think my international background has prepared me to write about practically anything, and I try to do just that. I especially enjoy writing about books and authors, and expatriate living. Among authors I have profiled are Vikram Seth, Minette Walters, John Irving and Norman Mailer. I am a regular contributor to the South China Morning Post and the Daily Telegraph’s expatriate section, the Expat Telegraph. I write a regular travel column “Little Known London” for Time-Travel Britain. I am also a correspondent for WomensEnews, a U.S-based news service.

 

 
 
  Fighting corruption in India.
Guardian Weekly, Jan 17, 2008
  Holding on to old Mumbai
Guardian Weekly, Dec 6, 2007
  In a Barbie World
Mint, Dec 1, 2007
  Need to know: India's RTI act is helping people wrest back power from bureaucrats
Developments, October 2007
  Reading in India
Guardian Unlimited, August 15, 2007
  The jungle under water
Hindustan Times, August 2, 2007
Are you a baby bore?
Mint, July 21, 2007
Academic survival in India
Guardian Abroad, June 08, 2007
Seeking the Minotaur
Hindustan Times, April 2007
  She's All Write: Profile of Kiran Desai
South China Morning Post, March 2007
(not available online)
Hot Water Hedonism
Hindustan Times, February 2007
Making Hay in Mumbai
Guardian Unlimited, February 2007
Harry Potter with Samosas (doc format)
South China Morning Post, February 2007
 
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