As a reporter, I want to work with each of the great editors of my time. There have been some in the past. I worked under Indrajit Gupta at BusinessWorld — and learnt nothing less than logical thinking from him. In Economic Times, I had Rahul Joshi and M Anand. Both as supportive and encouraging as editors can be — I have extra gratitude towards Rahul because he gave me my first break as a development reporter. And now, I have begun writing for The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan.
PS: As for this report, it draws together much of what I reported during my last year at Scroll. Take a look?
I am an Indian journalist with interests in energy, environment, climate and India’s ongoing slide into right-wing authoritarianism. My book, Despite the State, an examination of pervasive state failure and democratic decay in India, was published by Westland Publications, India, in January 2021. My work has won the Bala Kailasam Memorial Award; the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award; and five Shriram Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. Write to me at despitethestate@protonmail.com.
“Westland closure: Titles that are selling fast and a few personal recommendations,” by Chetana Divya Vasudev, Moneycontrol. (Because this happened too. In February, a year after DtS was released, Amazon decided to shutter Westland, which published the book. The announcement saw folks rushing to buy copies of Westland books before stocks run out.)
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