I am an independent journalist based in Siliguri in Darjeeling district. I contribute as India correspondent for Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders).
I write on politics, culture, media, social justice and environment, among other issues concerning India and its neighbours. My bylines have appeared in Scroll.in, Mint Lounge, Forbes India, The Hindu, Himal Southasian, The Fountain Ink, Yahoo!Originals, Nikkei Asian Review, The New York Times (India Ink blog), The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, World Politics Review and The Diplomat, among others.
I have previously worked with The Telegraph and The Economic Times. I was a Reuters Fellow at University of Oxford, 2012-2013 and International Journalists’ Programme fellow to Germany in 2010.
I won the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020 for my longform piece on the plight of women in closed tea gardens of north Bengal.
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I tweet @NuraRadha.