by chhavi | Apr 27, 2026 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
What does it take to film a sex scene in a way that is professional, choreographed, and—most importantly—*consensual* …especially in Bollywood?I recently had the opportunity to report and host a documentary for the BBC on the rising role of intimacy coordinators...
by chhavi | Apr 26, 2026 | podcast, Portfolio
The Self(ie) Reflections podcast is officially live! 🎙️After several years of production at Sonologue, we’ve released the full four-part series exploring how the selfie has reshaped identity, space, and power in India. It was an honor to moderate the...
by chhavi | Oct 29, 2020 | podcast, Portfolio, Production
This fall, Sonologue produced a limited series of four episodes about an exciting subject: Tech for good! In conjunction with India’s biggest positive news site, The Better India, and Accenture India, we touched on the most cutting edge tech in play today,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
Public discussion of periods is still a taboo in many parts of the world. But this week in India, everybody’s talking about the topic. The reason: an announcement by a Mumbai media firm called Culture Machine: The company has announced that its 75 women...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
Five dogs turned blue in Mumbai. That was a story that journalist Deepak Gharat broke this past week. He was following up on a story in the industrial zone of Taloja, home to about 1,000 pharmaceutical and chemical factories. Every week, there’s something going...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Narratives & Features, Portfolio
India is having a debate about its national animals. Currently, the mighty tiger is the national beast and the peacock is the national bird. But the cow has recently been proposed as a replacement for the tiger because of its status as a holy animal. And this week,...
