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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
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March 06, 2024

Sexual Violence Grows in 10 Years of Modi Rule in India

By Kavita Chowdhury
As disturbing as the assaults is the response of ministers and officials who accuse those that speak out against rape culture of defaming India.
February 29, 2024

Student Suicides in Kota’s ‘Coaching Factories’ Point to India’s Broken Education System

By Kavita Chowdhury
Caught between unrealistic parental aspirations and inability to cope with academic pressure, students spiral into depression and sometimes die by suicide.

February 16, 2024

Indian Supreme Court Scraps PM Modi’s Controversial Party Funding Scheme

By Kavita Chowdhury
The apex court declared the opaque electoral bonds scheme, which benefited the BJP the most, to be unconstitutional.

January 21, 2024

Hindutva Activists Target Tamil Film ‘Annapoorani’

By Kavita Chowdhury
The movie’s claim that the Hindu deity Ram was a meat eater has raised the hackles of Hindu hardliners.

January 11, 2024

India’s Supreme Court Restores Faith in Rule of Law

By Kavita Chowdhury
In a historic verdict, it has quashed the release of the 11 rapists of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
December 28, 2023

India’s Opposition-free Parliament

By Kavita Chowdhury
The Narendra Modi administration suspended 146 opposition members of parliament for demanding answers from the government. Then it pushed through controversial legislation.

December 04, 2023

Modi Juggernaut Wipes Out Congress in India’s ‘Hindi Heartland’

By Kavita Chowdhury
But for winning the southern state of Telangana, the opposition Congress performed dismally in recent state assembly elections.
November 23, 2023

Why India’s Electoral Bond Scheme Must Go

By Kavita Chowdhury
It was touted as a major electoral reform in poll funding. But the scheme is opaque and shrouded in secrecy.

November 09, 2023

INDIA Bloc Takes a Backseat in Five State Assembly Elections

By Kavita Chowdhury
In three states, the election is a direct contest between the Congress and the BJP, and in the other two, the Congress is battling regional parties.

October 30, 2023

BJP Government Deploys Civil Servants for its Propaganda

By Kavita Chowdhury
It will launch a two-month-long campaign where bureaucrats will highlight the government’s achievements.

October 11, 2023

Modi Government Slaps Terrorism Charges on Journalists

By Kavita Chowdhury
The crackdown on NewsClick, a small online news portal, is aimed at silencing the last bastion of independent media organizations in India.
September 28, 2023

Wind Is Back in the Sails of India’s Congress Party

By Kavita Chowdhury
Over the past decade, the party seemed like a rudderless ship. That has changed. There is a new-found aggression in the party.

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