Astha Rajvanshi examined the lives of women and marginalized communities in India and greater South Asia as a Levinson Fellow. She explored how groups navigate the notions of safety and freedom amid a rapidly changing political and economic landscape. Previously, she worked for the New York Times Magazine and was a recipient of the Open City Fellowship by the Asian American Writers Workshop in New York. Originally from Sydney, Australia, she is a graduate of Columbia University’s Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting, where she was a Brown Institute Scholar for Media Innovation and a Global Migration Reporting Fellow.
Dispatches from Astha Rajvanshi
TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on feminist philanthropy
“The Growing Movement to Make Global Philanthropy More Feminist,” by Astha Rajvanshi (India, 2020-2022), TIME, August 2, 2024TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on India’s elections
“Why India’s Political Opposition Is So Weak,” by Astha Rajvanshi (India, 2020-2022), TIME, April 2, 2024TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on Indian crony capitalism
“What Adani’s Downfall Tells Us About India’s Crony Capitalism,” by Astha Rajvanshi (India, 2020 – 2022), TIME, February 1, 2023