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
Astha Rajvanshi wins journalism prize
New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has awarded Astha Rajvanshi the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.
TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on marital rape in India
Indian women do have basic rights, but they need to how to protect themselves.
Assam’s stateless women
A crackdown on illegal migrants has made them the easiest targets.