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Sribala Subramanian
Sribala Subramanian is a New York-based columnist for The Diplomat.
Sribala Subramanian is a New York-based columnist for The Diplomat. She has written about the oil and gas industry in Myanmar, COVID-19 in Singapore, and India’s foreign policy. A former business journalist for Time, Sribala was part of a team that covered Wall Street. She was the lead reporter on the acclaimed Time International cover story on postcolonial literature called “The Empire Writes Back.” Her freelance articles have appeared in The Guardian, Atlas Obscura, and The Third Pole. She was a contributor to the award-winning Women and the Environment special issue from Earth Island Journal.
Sribala studied magazine journalism at Syracuse University and has a Masters in Mass Communication from California State University, Fresno. She graduated from Bangalore University and got her start in journalism at The Indian Express, Bangalore.
Sribala’s most shared story is about the geopolitics of Kashmir’s pink tea.

March 17, 2023
Bird Flu’s Young Victims
By Sribala Subramanian

March 06, 2023
Why Are Russians Buying Real Estate in Phuket?
By Sribala Subramanian

February 21, 2023
Why is Myanmar’s Air Force Bombing Civilian Targets?
By Sribala Subramanian

January 24, 2023
Why Did ASEAN Leaders Skip Davos?
By Sribala Subramanian

January 16, 2023
‘What is Happening to Us is Coming For You’
By Sribala Subramanian

December 14, 2022
‘Full Steam Ahead’ for Singapore’s Tuas Port
By Sribala Subramanian

November 29, 2022
Did TikTok Bring Young Malaysian Voters to the Polls?
By Sribala Subramanian

November 14, 2022
Indonesia’s Reluctant Statesman
By Sribala Subramanian

November 01, 2022
Indonesia’s Plea: ‘G-20 Must Not Fail’
By Sribala Subramanian

October 13, 2022
Laos and ‘Xiplomacy’
By Sribala Subramanian

September 20, 2022
The Met’s Cambodia Problem
By Sribala Subramanian
