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Priyanka Borpujari
Priyanka Borpujari is an award-winning journalist currently based in Tokyo.
Priyanka Borpujari is an award-winning journalist and was until recently based in Tokyo. She has previously reported from India, El Salvador, Indonesia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina. View her work here and reach her on Twitter @Pri_Borpujari
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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.
April 24, 2018
Will the Death Penalty Protect India’s Daughters From Rape?
By Priyanka Borpujari
Will more draconian punishment for rapists improve outcomes for Indian girls?
April 17, 2018
India Learns That the Smallest Coffins Are Often the Heaviest
By Priyanka Borpujari
What will it take for India to finally see its girls and women as human beings?
April 07, 2018
How the Indian Government Polices Journalists To Curb 'Fake News'
By Priyanka Borpujari
India's push to regulate "fake news" lays bare the poor state of press freedom in the country.
March 30, 2018
Could a Plastic Ban Revivify India's Urban Marine Environments?
By Priyanka Borpujari
Newly hatched sea turtles give Mumbai a glimpse of what might be possible with a plastic ban.
March 22, 2018
A New Religion in India? Karnataka's Lingayats Seek Recognition
By Priyanka Borpujari
The state government of Karnataka has granted a separate religion tag to the Lingayats.
March 13, 2018
As Lenin Falls in Tripura, Farmers Unite, Keeping Revolutionary Zeal Alive in India
By Priyanka Borpujari
What do two events -- the fall of a statue of Lenin and a massive parade -- tell us about the future of Indian politics?
March 04, 2018
Two Deaths in India and the Death of Serious News
By Priyanka Borpujari
Madhu and Sridevi—the coverage of their deaths reveals the grotesque truth about the state of broadcast news in India.
February 24, 2018
All These Years Later, Do Not Forget the Kunan-Poshpora Mass Rapes
By Priyanka Borpujari
The Indian Army's violence against Kashmiri women must be etched in the history books.
February 20, 2018
The Unequal Fates of Big and Small Loan Defaulters in India
By Priyanka Borpujari
Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are the latest Indian bigwigs to default and abscond.
February 09, 2018
Love in the Time of Patriarchy: 'Love Jihad' in India
By Priyanka Borpujari
The murder of 23-year-old photographer Ankit Saxena reveals India’s dirty underbelly of religious and caste intolerance.
January 28, 2018
Padmaavat and Beyond: India is Being Terrorized by Those Intolerant of Movies With Mythical Female Figures
By Priyanka Borpujari
The Karni Sena's furor reveals India's contemporary struggles with free expression and bigoted chauvinism.