I report from places where something has already gone wrong. The hospital in Gorakhpur that ran out of oxygen. The tunnel in the Himalayas where workers were trapped for days. The borderlands when India and Pakistan face off. The stampede at Kumbh Mela. The families who lost children to cough syrup their own government had approved.

I’m a self-taught journalist with an MA from the University of Lucknow. For ten years, I’ve been covering South Asia’s hardest stories. At Reuters, I focus on the crises that don’t announce themselves loudly: the jobs that vanished during COVID, the inflation and malnutrition reshaping millions of lives, the mountains collapsing under climate pressure. I was part of the team nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for investigating those cough syrup deaths.

Before Reuters, I worked across formats and platforms. A 50-part Tech Meets Bharat series for FactorDaily. Pakistan election coverage for Firstpost. An investigative series on drought in Bundelkhand. Over the years, I’ve built a network of more than 3,000 reporters across India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka for 101reporter. Their ground-level work feeds the stories I tell.

I’ve written for The Times, Al Jazeera, Nikkei Asia, Fifty Two, and RT.com. One project I’m particularly proud of is Crossfire for Fifty Two, which follows women dance performers moving through caste, patriarchy, and gun culture in rural India.

I’m a Chevening Fellow (2024) and an Earth Journalism Network Grantee. Right now, I’m exploring non-economic loss and damage from climate change. I’m also writing a book on India’s most dramatic rescue mission. When I’m not reporting, I take verification assignments for KPMG and Deloitte, and occasionally help AFP and Le Monde fix their India stories.

I’ve received the Lorenzo Natali, Telly, SOPA, SAJA, Ramnath Goenka, and SJN awards. But what matters more is this: I still believe the best stories are found on the ground, in the dust and noise and human pulse of a place, and that honest journalism can move both policy and people