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    Eater NY

    2019

    19 Solid Restaurants in Long Island City
    18 Top Hangover-Busting Dishes in NYC

    22 Top NYC Restaurants for Vegetarians

    39 Top Happy Hour Deals in NYC

    Where to Dine on the Upper East Side

    Columbia Journalism School

    2018/2019

    Crossing The Thickest Line: Is It Harder Now to Get Artist Visas?

    Dancing Around The Revolution: nora chipaumire’s “#PUNK 100%POP *N!GGA”

    The Swaddle India

    2018

    Highlights:

    Families Are Moving to Goa to Give Their Kids Better Air

    Controversial Crush: Rupi Kaur

    A New Dengue Vaccine Could Prevent The Virus For Everybody

    Finding Kinship in a Pot of Curry

    Controversial Crush: Indra Nooyi

    Kerala High Court Orders Trans Woman to Undergo Psychological Test

    Women Are Finding Their Own Ways to Manage PCOS

    Could Chyawanprash be the Next Big Thing in Wellness?

    The Private Lives of India’s Singles

    Why Do We Still Worship Celebrities in 2018?

    Why We Hate to Love the Royal Wedding

    ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Perfectly Captures the Only‑Child Family Dynamic

    The Price of Fighting Every Feminist Battle

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    View all my articles for The Swaddle here.

    Rolling Stone India

    2017

    Highlights:

    Prabh Deep and the Artful Narrative

    Mumbai’s Royal Opera House Announces New Venue The Quarter​

    American Pianist-Composer Vijay Iyer: ‘Critics are Really Bad at Listening'

    Kathmandu Producer Phatcowlee: ‘To Do Stuff Here, You Have to Create Your Own Scene’

    Shye Ben Tzur on Politics, Touring With Radiohead and The Rajasthan Express

    Rounak Maiti’s Postmodern Cowboy Music

    Why Jlin’s ‘Black Origami’ Will Probably Make All the Best Albums of 2017 Lists​

    The Hills Are Alive on Worms’ Cottage’s Stunning New Folk-Electronic EP

    ‘Patti Cake$’ Star Siddharth Dhananjay Has Visa Problems, Too

    Goldspot’s Siddhartha Khosla Says Hollywood is Finally Ready for South Asian Artists

    Alankrita Shrivastava: ‘CBFC Needs Lessons in Gender Politics’

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    View all my articles for Rolling Stone here.

    Atlas Obscura

    2016

    Object of Intrigue: a Jim Crow Era Guide for Black Travelers

    Is Maine Our Most Unusual State? (Sponsored Content)
    Biryani is Better Than Americans Know
    Portuguese Slave Traders Were No Match for Angolan Queen Nzinga Mbandi
    The First Restaurants Only Served Soup
    Identify Any Tree in New York City With this Map

    The Kati Roll Can Be Traced Back to One Kolkata Restaurant

    Singaporean English Is Almost Impossible to Pick Up

    How Turmeric Became a Cure-All Product in India

    The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws

    Cold War Spies Sifted Through Used Soviet Toilet Paper In Search of Clues

    A Map of Brooklyn, Made of the Trash of Brooklyn

    Lakshmibai, The Warrior Queen Who Fought British Rule in India

    Opium Soaked Tampons Were the Midol of Ancient Rome

    17th-Century Female Spies Smuggled Information Through Eggs and Artichokes

    How Does 'A Wrinkle in Time' Look on a Map?

    Boarding Down the Slopes of an Active Volcano in Nicaragua

    The Mushroom Death Suit is the Latest in Post-Mortem, Eco-Friendly Fashion

    How Intermarriage Created One of the World's Most Delicious Foods

    Object of Intrigue: The Spider Named After David Bowie

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    View all my articles for Atlas Obscura here. 

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