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Kavita Chowdhury

Kavita Chowdhury

Kavita Chowdhury is an independent journalist and writes on development, politics, gender, culture.

Kavita Chowdhury is an independent journalist and an Adjunct Faculty at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. With two decades of experience in the industry, Kavita writes on a diverse range of issues, including politics, current affairs, gender, and developmental challenges facing the economy. Kavita is an equally passionate writer on travel, heritage, art and culture. She enjoys chronicling stories of courage and resilience of ordinary people. She has been a correspondent for some of the leading national news publications such as Business Standard, The Indian Express and Mail Today of the India Today group. She has written for Indian and foreign publications, including San Francisco Chronicle, The Hindu Business Line, The Hindu, Live History India, and the Economic and Political Weekly.

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Posts by Kavita Chowdhury
June 13, 2025

Rahul Gandhi Calls out Bias of India’s Election Commission

By Kavita Chowdhury
In an article, the Leader of the Opposition detailed the “industrial scale rigging” of the Maharashtra Assembly elections in favor of the ruling BJP.

May 29, 2025

How Indian PM Modi Is Spinning the Ceasefire With Pakistan as a Victory

By Kavita Chowdhury
Pictures of Modi in an Indian Air Force fighter pilot uniform are all over the country, as the BJP works overtime to project him as the dynamic leader who delivered "victory."
May 15, 2025

India Deploys Emotive Symbolism of Women in the India-Pakistan Military Conflict

By Kavita Chowdhury
Hindutva supporters deify the nation as "Bharat Mata" (Mother India). But brand women as anti-national if they don’t ascribe to their jingoism.

April 24, 2025

Plummeting Academic Freedom and Autonomy in Modi’s India

By Kavita Chowdhury
India figures in the bottom 15 percent of 179 countries with regard to academic freedom, according to V-Dem’s 2025 report.

April 09, 2025

Modi’s India Is a Dangerous Place for Standup Comedians

By Kavita Chowdhury
Right-wing political activists went on a rampage against comedian Kunal Kamra for cracking jokes about ruling party politicians.

March 27, 2025

New Report on Indian Muslims Recommends Nuanced Approach to Uplift Community

By Kavita Chowdhury
It calls for a “spatial approach” of targeted interventions in Muslim-concentrated spaces and “ghettos” and in sectors and occupations dominated by Muslims.
March 07, 2025

Do India’s Domestic Violence Laws Discriminate Against Men?

By Kavita Chowdhury
Official data shows that every third woman in India is a victim of domestic violence

February 25, 2025

Hindi Film ‘Mrs’ Shakes up the Myth of Blissfully Married Indian Women

By Kavita Chowdhury
The movie has conservatives and men’s groups up in arms.

February 14, 2025

Indifferent to Alarming Surge in Hate Speech, India Outrages Over Comic’s Crass Comment on YouTube Show

By Kavita Chowdhury
There was a 74 percent increase in hate speech in 2024. But neither the government nor the public seems alarmed.

January 28, 2025

Delhi Assembly Polls: An Existential Test for All 3 Parties in the Fray

By Kavita Chowdhury
It has been 27 years since the BJP governed the capital. It is determined to unseat the ruling AAP in the state.

January 07, 2025

The Dark Underbelly of India’s Fast-expanding Gig Economy

By Kavita Chowdhury
Gig workers for online delivery partners are paid poorly, work long hours, and aren’t provided social security.
December 27, 2024

Propaganda Films Are Here to Stay in the Modi Era

By Kavita Chowdhury
A recent movie "The Sabarmati Report" publicizes the BJP’s version of what happened in Godhra in Gujarat in 2002.

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