Selected Writing
I've been a beat science and technology correspondent, a book critic, a media blogger and a business writer. Here's where I link selected journalism. For my work as a memoirist and fiction writer, go here.
Ruee Gawarikar's Goddess of Visas, from "What It's Like to Live Life Working in the US on a Visa." Smithsonian.com
Science, Technology, Business and Globalization Features
- Life in the Margins: Asian-American Workers Experience the H1-B Visa. Smithsonian.com.
- India's Attempt to Ignite a Startup Boom. Fortune.com
- How can India produce more talent like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella? Nikkei Asian Review.
- How technology is transforming the Indian educational system. Guardian.com.
- Remembering Mr. Wizard: TV's First Science Guy. Smithsonian.com.
- How a Gene Sequencer Saved Chocolate. Smithsonian.com.
- The BRICs – or at the idea of the BRICs – may be losing favor among some investors, as recent data suggest slowing growth rates may be the new normal. Fortune.com.
- A Bangalore-based doctor has a scheme to make India the first country to “dissociate health care from affluence.” So why aren’t Indian hospitals buying in? Hindustan Times.
- Poor government policy could cause a dairy shortage in Delhi. Hindustan Times.
- Five million poor Indians work in the unauthorized garbage processing industry. Customs officers fail to spot dangerous waste when it arrives at ports. Hindustan Times.
A scanning electron micrograph of TB-causing Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. Credit: NIAID. reative commons license
Exclusive Spot News (Science and Technology)
- A new report says Indian scientists are the most fraudulent in the world. Hindustan Times.
- Five Indian firms are under investigation by the United Nations for possible irregularities in carbon credit trading. Hindustan Times.
- Indian regulators to adopt a regulation that all new nuclear power plans built in the country must be able to withstand a terrorist attack. Hindustan Times.
- Indian scientists unravel the deadly TB bacterium. Hindustan Times.
- Scientific funding should be free from bureaucratic hassle. Hindustan Times.
- Indian cities to get radiation sensors after deadly leak. Hindustan Times.
- Prominent Indian-American scientist says he was penalized by officials for blowing the whistle on Indian government inefficiency. Hindustan Times.
- Regulatory board to oversee new nanotechnology products. Hindustan Times.
Photo credit Anika Gupta. From "The Holy City of Varanasi". In Smithsonian.com.
Travel, Arts, Reviews
- At the Smithsonian's first Asian-American lit fest, more than 80 writers gather for falooda, politics and poetry. Smithsonian.com
- Art made from unconventional materials offers conservators a unique challenge. Smithsonian.com
- There’s no place like India’s Jaisalmer Fort. Unfortunately, climate change and catastrophe are eroding its foundations. Smithsonian Magazine.
- Every year millions of pilgrims come to Varanasi, considered to be India’s best city to die in. Smithsonian.com
- A long-ago volcanic explosion could help scientists unravel the future of climate change. Hindustan Times.
- For the past several months, a breed of venomous lionfish has invaded most of the Atlantic Ocean. Fishermen, activists and cooks fight back. Smithsonian.com.
- The road well-traveled. Adam Prince’s short story collection The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men. In Shenandoah.
- Love, sex and magical realism. Hector Abad’s Recipes for Sad Women is sweet, sad and satisfying. Bookslut.