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Priyanka Borpujari
Priyanka Borpujari is an award-winning journalist currently based in Tokyo.
Priyanka Borpujari is an award-winning journalist currently based in Tokyo, and has previously reported from India, El Salvador, Indonesia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina. Between 2018 and 2019, she walked 1,200 kms across India on the Out of Eden Walk with Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Salopek, which traces the path of human migration. View her work here and reach her on Twitter @Pri_Borpujari
August 23, 2021
Japan Looks Back at the Tokyo Olympics
By Priyanka Borpujari
The highly-controversial and expensive Tokyo Olympic Games stirred up mixed emotions among Japanese.
January 29, 2019
A Nun’s Rape and a Priest’s Mysterious Death Jolt Catholic Church in India
By Priyanka Borpujari
Will justice be done?
January 24, 2019
India’s Trans Community Faces Continued Discrimination
By Priyanka Borpujari
A new bill puts India’s transgender population under the threat of severe discrimination.
December 06, 2018
India’s Farmers March to the Hollow Halls of Parliament
By Priyanka Borpujari
India's farmers have had enough and are making their voices heard in the nation's capital.
August 15, 2018
Assam’s ‘Miya’: Proving You Are Indian
By Priyanka Borpujari
How India’s National Register of Citizens alienates Assam’s Bengali-speaking Muslims.
August 04, 2018
India's National Register of Citizens and Assam's Dilemma
By Priyanka Borpujari
What happens to the missing four million?
July 13, 2018
In Rajasthan, When Narendra Modi’s 'Vikaas' Needed Desperate Support
By Priyanka Borpujari
The Indian prime minister's touting of new schemes needed a little help in Rajasthan.
June 26, 2018
Killed for Protecting One's Land: Lessons From Thoothukudi
By Priyanka Borpujari
Violence in Thoothukudi highlights longstanding problems in India.
June 26, 2018
The Death of a Journalist in Kashmir
By Priyanka Borpujari
Shujaat Bukhari's killing casts a pall over Kashmir at a difficult time.
May 23, 2018
A Flight of Fancy: Is India Finally Taking Air Connectivity in the Northeast Seriously?
By Priyanka Borpujari
Could the BJP fly its way into a fantasy of a resource-rich Arunachal Pradesh?
May 09, 2018
Dying Young in Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Camp
By Priyanka Borpujari
Mahul was supposed to be an escape from the slums. Then the sicknesses started.
May 08, 2018
The Privatization of Heritage: Why Corporate Funding To Restore Monuments Worries India
By Priyanka Borpujari
India's “Adopt a Heritage” scheme raises serious questions about historical and cultural integrity.
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