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I’ve worked in the news and media for over 10 years covering art and culture through print, digital, and video journalism. https://amrutalakhe.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609894253020-ZG1XMAHDE0MXJTG957BD/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+4.50.37+PM.png Print How aviation became a leader in India’s fight for gender parity The Lily, December 5, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609894600276-BN1OL6XCDYNQ9FE5V1D0/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+4.56.23+PM.png Print An interview with illustrator Alicia Souza whose work highlights the extraordinary in an ordinary life The Hard Copy, October 22, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609894919153-ZWY1NN3N13E8BR3M1D4M/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.01.33+PM.png Print On the first Valentine’s Day after India’s top court scrapped Section 377, here’s its first LGBTQIA-friendly dating app YourStory, February 14, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609895106390-JQPKUR9XSKWA0PH0CM5Z/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.04.58+PM.png Print Dalit activist Cynthia Stephen on building a bank for India’s marginalized women Vice, November 20, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609895304623-RY2UXAJEXYFETWENI3DA/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.08.19+PM.png Print A feature on the freedoms and fears of young Indian women in New York India Abroad, October 17, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609895490496-8H2RS9AN89ZP7R9FVQP5/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.11.24+PM.png Print An interview with Reshma Saujani of Girls Who Code, which teaches girls to program India Abroad, September 5, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609968950978-D328Z78QVYKZN4AMPVFK/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+1.34.52+PM.png Print Movement against sexual harassment gains a voice in India India Abroad, October 16, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609969124512-WON4MX4J6204GAC3L1GH/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+1.38.18+PM.png Print A feature on the popular people’s blog, Humans of Bombay The Hindu, April 14, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609970944710-L5JM790JPRZM29MXOEVJ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-06%2Bat%2B2.07.20%2BPM.jpg Print A feature on why the Barbie failed to make a real impression on India Scroll.in, March 29, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609971032979-9WBWAJMM2W1HYZXF5XFD/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+1.52.46+PM.png Print Personal essay on the nostalgia evoked by mangoes for Indian The Indian Express, June 12, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609971180254-UII2J5OCKW53N6ESMZIK/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+2.12.46+PM.png Print A feature on the decade-long restoration work on the 128-year-old Esplanade House in India The Indian Express, April 6, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609971330896-UEY0JR90R8QCBTRIZILT/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+2.15.14+PM.png Print Interview with manga expert on Japan’s comic book coping mechanism after a nuclear tragedy The Indian Express, March 19, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609895867226-TCF0U2288DK5D4FX6OSE/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.16.46+PM.png Print A personal essay on growing up in Saudi Arabia in light of the ban on women’s driving being lifted The Indian Express, July 22, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609896029754-TXUOEIVYGI7AGD0R8VFH/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.20.25+PM.png Print The Women’s March in the United States was a moment in world history, but also a lesson in fearless parenting. The Indian Express, January 30, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609896431492-ULBM3CRKV3KZYXFEOH9Z/Screen+Shot+2021-01-05+at+5.27.05+PM.png Print The doomed lives of two of Indian cinema’s greatest stars, Madhubala and Meena Kumari The Indian Express, February 09, 2014 https://amrutalakhe.com/publishing daily 0.75 2021-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff4c3c00debdf5d1fefef4c/1609987955774-3SQPQJZC0A7M8IPZO66C/Book+Cover.jpg Publishing - Invincible Women by Dr. Bilha Fish I got on board with Dr. Bilha Fish, an Israeli-American immigrant and radiologist in New York due to our shared commitment towards inclusive politics and telling stories of women and their achievements. Some well-known immigrant women such as Isabel Allende, Chitra Divakaruni, Monica Yunus, Mi Jong Lee are featured in the book along with others who may not be known yet, but whose stories inspire awe and respect. 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