Rajesh S.
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
$40 - $55
I am a journalist with 30 years of experience during which I have worked with leading national dailies and magazines of India, such as The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and DNA.
My core area has been political coverage – including news and analysis of political trends and socio-political aspects. Along with this, my areas of interest have been environmental and people-related issues. I have covered climate change and its impacts in various areas and sectors, renewable energy, pollution, biodiversity, and drought. I have written about tribal and village communities, the problem of hunger and starvation in parts of Rajasthan, farmers’ suicides and agricultural crisis, socio-political issues like human rights – including its subcategories such as minority rights, sectarianism, caste discrimination, and violence, as well as gender issues, including female foeticide and infanticide, etc.
I have also covered terrorism and insurgency, including Left extremism, and other security-related issues.
Apart from news and features, I have also conducted studies and prepared research reports on a variety of issues for organizations like the United Nations Development Programme, the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace and the Centre for Science and Environment.
Two of my articles were published by the journal Economic & Political Weekly.
I have also done a few studies/projects :
• Wrote a book for Sikkim Govt – “GREEN GOVERNANCE: Environmental Stewardship in Sikkim” – on the state’s environment and government’s initiatives to address issues relating to various aspects like wild life, biodiversity, climate change impacts, etc.(2014)
• A report on the tussle between India and Pakistan over Baglihar Hydroelectric Project in Jammu commissioned by Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), (through a participating organisation, the Institute of Social and Economic Change[ISEC]) at the end of January, 2005. It appeared as a chapter in the book Water Conflicts in India : a Million Revolts in the Making and was also an article carried by Economic and Political Weekly, “Transboundary Disputes - Two Neighbours and a Treaty: Baglihar Project in Hotwaters”.
• A status report on the various nuclear programmes in Rajasthan; a part of the paper was presented at the national meet of CNDP (Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace) in November 2004. It included a report on a steep rise in incidence of cancer in villages around the site of nuclear tests in Pokran as well as high incidence of diseases in some villages near Rajasthan Atomic Power Station.
• A series on starvation deaths in Baran district, Rajasthan, in 2002. (Hindustan Times)
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