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
The cost of educating an Indian girl
Many in the state of Rajasthan have dropped out of school during the pandemic, facing pressure to get married.
The fight against ‘love jihad’
New laws against religious conversion threaten interfaith marriages in India.
India’s gender gap is slowing the vaccination drive
How women are prevented from getting the jab.