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Request QuoteI have been a journalist for over 17 years. I have reported from south and south-east Asia besides Iraq, Greece, Germany and Northern Ireland. You can spot my bylines in Ozy, VICE, South China Morning Post , DW, Al Jazeera and Nikkei Asia Review. I primarily write on human lives in conflict zones, art and culture besides politics and religion largely. I also do mobile journalism. Pictures and videos that I have taken with my Iphone have been carried by websites I write for. I am forever excited to tell a new story from anywhere in the world. After working with India's leading newspapers including The Pioneer, The Times of India, The Telegraph and television channel, NDTV, for over 15 years, I started working independently in2019 because I was keen to travel and explore more stories from any region of the world. Partially vaccinated, next dose due in August, open to travel for assignment.
Difficulties securing vaccines mean seafarers face job losses as well as obstacles to returning home after finishing contracts Overworked crew members have been forced to stay on board even after their contracts expired due to a lack of crew change options
Produced for OZY
DECK, Singapore’s independent art space, free from government control and censorship, gives photographers and the public an opportunity to discover, question and reinforce their creative processes and be inspired by photography. The gallery’s main goal is to provoke conversations — sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes downright taboo — through photography.
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At a time when nationalist forces are bringing once-fringe conversations to the mainstream globally, India’s well-educated and young are joining the Hindu nationalist group, RSS, in large numbers. This story highlights how RSS camps are run from some of the posh areas of India’s big cities and are increasing in numbers.
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Despite living in Pakistan, the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women and ranked the second lowest country in the world on gender inequality, the animistic Kalash tribe never believed in drawing boundaries for females. Interestingly, this smallest minority group in Pakistan sets a trend of gender equality in an otherwise conservative country.
In April, first Indian government claimed that it has enough oxygen, then it boosted supply and even started accepting Oxygen concentrators and plants from foreign countries. Patients still suffocated to death in hospitals and relatives sought supplies on the black market. Poor planning and logistical problems played a part, as have superspreader events, religious beliefs about cow dung, and a flesh-eating black fungus. I reported about the missteps by the government that led to severe oxygen shortage in India at the peak of the pandemic.
In India, some young, educated and English-speaking transgender women, who have taken mainstream career opportunities and want to live an independent life, are being harassed and even attacked by a section of older transgender collectives. In different Indian states, these indigenous gender variant collectives can be known as hijra or aravani. As transgender acceptance is getting more mainstream, many younger transgender women choose not to associate with hijra communities. They want to live independently and earn as engineers, bankers, lawyers, academics, actors, fashion designers and, even television anchors but the older communities find it difficult to accept.
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