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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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December 20, 2022
India’s Controversial Data Protection Bill
By Kavita Chowdhury

December 02, 2022
India’s Hindutva Proponents and Zionist Israel: Strange Bedfellows
By Kavita Chowdhury

November 16, 2022
India’s PM Is Perpetually in Campaign Mode
By Kavita Chowdhury

November 03, 2022
Political Parties Engage in Competitive Communal Politics in India
By Kavita Chowdhury

October 21, 2022
Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over the Reins of India’s Congress Party
By Kavita Chowdhury

October 11, 2022
A Non-Gandhi Will Helm India’s Congress Party After 25 Years
By Kavita Chowdhury

September 23, 2022
Critic and Key Challenger Softens Stance Against Indian PM Modi
By Kavita Chowdhury

September 12, 2022
Can Rahul Gandhi’s Long March Revive the Fortunes of the Congress Party?
By Kavita Chowdhury

August 23, 2022
Seven Decades After It Was Abolished, ‘Untouchability’ Continues to be Practiced in India
By Kavita Chowdhury

August 10, 2022
Enforced Vegetarianism in India
By Kavita Chowdhury

July 27, 2022
School Social Science Textbook Revisions in India Kick Up Controversy
By Kavita Chowdhury
