Voter Complacency Breeds Corruption
Last election season, Devaki (name changed), a cook, was unable to visit her polling site in the morning due to her work. As she approached...
He comes bearing gifts for a nation-Jai Ho!
I thought they were going to kill him. As I was pushed toward the gate of his house and a Headlines Today microphone jammed into my face, I...
What’s love?
My grandmother got married when she was 15. This year, when she lost my grandfather, she told me, “I have known nothing else since my...
Third eye (not) blind
I’ve always thought since I was young that my bindi sort of “marked” me, that perhaps it is the reason why strangers remember my...
Slumdog Millionaire not one in a million
Four Golden Globe awards, a sweep at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and 10 Oscar nominations….that was it — I couldn’t handle...
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I’m at my wit’s end. What makes news?? As an intern, my primary task at IBN is to come up with story ideas. It sounds simple...
Classical Western music falls on deaf ears
Last weekend I went to a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet of Uzbekistan here in Chennai at the Music Academy. I know. A Russian ballet?...
At IBN: excerpts from my internship diary
The political news reporter had apparently already set off an a shoot early this morning around 7 or 8, so I guess I missed her. But the...
As cool as it can get in Chennai
In America, we're always looking for the next thing. In India, life is more...
Notes From the Motherland: Why I Chose to Intern Abroad in Chennai, India
Join me through my reporter internships at news organizations in Chennai,...