Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
$250 - $350 / Day
I am a journalist based in Central India. I write on a broad spectrum of issues for a variety of publications including BBC Hindi, but specializes on social, religious and environmental issues especially women related. I had covered Bhopal gas tragedy issues, female feticide, infanticide, manual scavenging, witch-hunting and human rights violation. I work as a freelancer for all forms of journalism-radio, video, print and online. I am also interested in covering off beat stories. My coverage of women in panchayati raj(local governance) in Madhya Pradesh won a Sarojini Naidu Award (given by the U.S.-based The Hunger Project) in 2006. In 2010, traveled to the US as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program(IVLP), organized by the United States Department of State.
Children as young as five are being required to work for the police force in central India despite prohibitions on child labour in the country's constitution. At least 300 "child police" work in police departments across Chhattisgarh state in what officials insist is a compassionate policy to provide an income for the families of officers killed on duty.
An unusual wedding was organized between sacred cow and bull in India. I was involved in completely shooting the marriage.
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