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
India’s women are suffering under lockdown
Domestic violence has soared and victims are reluctant to report it.
Homecoming in a pandemic
An essay on the exposing of deep disparities in a country of migrants.
Women on the front lines of India’s battle with Covid-19
As the government eases restrictions, female medical workers will shoulder the growing burden.