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
In India, another step away from secularism
Construction of a Hindu temple provides Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist BJP a ‘mission accomplished’ moment.
India’s Muslim activists face trial by fire
As the Hindu nationalist government cracks down, student organizers are fighting back.
India’s women are suffering under lockdown
Domestic violence has soared and victims are reluctant to report it.