Once the go-to place for surrogacy, India tightens control over its baby industry—Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Surrogacy is reported to bring $400 million every year to the Indian economy. Doctors in even the smallest towns assist in it, but a few towns like Anand have turned it into big business. Until 2015, anyone from anywhere could fly to India, spend about $35,000 and...

Document Leaks: The consequences of revealing secrets Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Chhavi Sachdev’s piece on the Panama Papers was part of the hour-long America Abroad episode on document leaks. When is leaking documents and revealing secrets worth the potential security risks? This hour, we’ll talk about when document leaks are legal,...

What Influence has the NHS had Globally?BBC Health Check

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

The NHS in Britain is 70 years old and in a special programme, Health Check looks at how it has influenced other health systems around the world. India is one of the countries that has tried to set up its own primary care system – no mean feat in a country of...

Game draws attention to India’s trafficked girls DW

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Leena Kejriwal’s art installations are hiding in plain sight across India. In small towns and big cities, stark black silhouettes of little girls are spray-painted on buildings, railway station walls, the boundaries of schools and in crowded markets. They tell...

How Ancient Grains and a Seed Bank Turned Life Around for Rural Women The New Humanitarian

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

When Navali Nayak sowed her millet in 2007, she did it in secret. She held the seeds in a fold of cloth at the waist of her saree and dropped them intermittently into the furrows her husband, Magan, was ploughing, just a few feet ahead of her. He believed she was...

This Indian composer’s first hit was a song about Boroline. Now she’s an internet sensation.Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio, Portraits

Composer Sawan Dutta had scored the music for two Bollywood movies. After meetings with movie executives, long nights in the studio, these two projects would be her most high-profile work yet. And then, disaster. One film lost distribution. The other lost its...