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Shalini Singh

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As seen in: People's Archive of Rural India, Nature, The Times of India, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Times Now News, Financial Express, The Hindu Business Line, The Quint, World Resources Institute, The Week (India) and
Covers:  Environment, rural, gender (with intersections in politics and economics), culture, theatre, cinema, social trends
@niemanfdn Fellow '18 @Harvard | Co-founder @PARInetwork | Ex Executive Editor @wriindia | Ex @IndiaSpend @TheWeekLive @htTweets | ✒️ #Environment #Culture |

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Shalini Singh is an Indian journalist. She was a principal correspondent for The Week newsweekly. She was part of the Delhi bureau writing on a range of news features and social trends with a focus on gender and women's issues, arts, and culture. On a Centre for Science and Environment fellowship in 2010, for the Hindustan Times newspaper, Shalini exposed the illegal mining in Goa and the devastation caused from unplanned tourism in the state.
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THE WEEK Archives: When Jayant Narlikar told THE WEEK that ‘young Indians have become more superstitious’

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By Shalini Singh Verified
| The Week (India) Verified
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is known all over the world for his work in cosmology. He shares with his mentor, Sir Fred Hoyle, the honour of developing the conformal gravity theory. Narlikar, 75, has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan and UNESCO's Kalinga award for popularisation of science. In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, he said his generation was less superstitious than the present one.
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منجھدار میں پھنسی کشتی…

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By Shalini Singh Verified, Qamar Siddique
| People's Archive of Rural India Verified
گنیش پنڈت نے حال ہی میں تیس کی عمر پار کی ہے، اور وہ شاید نئی دہلی کے پرانے یمنا برج – لوہا پل – کے سب سے نوجوان رہائشی ہیں۔ ان کا کہنا ہے کہ ان کی برادری کے نوجوان تیراکی کوچ جیسی ’مین اسٹریم‘ کی نوکریوں اور قریب میں واقع چاندنی چوک کی خوردہ دکانوں میں کام کرنا زیادہ پسند کر رہے ہیں۔ دہلی سے ہو کر گزرنے والی یمنا، گنگا کی سب سے لمبی معاون ندی ہے اور حجم کے لحاظ سے گھاگھرا کے بعد دوسری سب سے بڑی ندی ہے۔ گنیش پنڈت یمنا پر تصویریں کھنچوانے کا انتظام کرتے ہیں اور پوجا پاٹھ کے لیے آئے لوگوں کو...
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పడవ నడుపుతూ సాగిపో...

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By Shalini Singh Verified, Sudhamayi Sattenapalli
| People's Archive of Rural India Verified
ముప్పై ఏళ్ళు దాటిన గణేశ్ పండిత్ కొత్త దిల్లీలోని పాత యమునా వంతెన, లోహా పుల్‌లో నివసించే అతి పిన్న వయస్కుడు. 'ప్రధాన స్రవంతి ' ఉద్యోగాలకు వెళ్ళేదుకు ఇష్టపడే తన సముదాయానికి చెందిన యువకులు స్విమ్మింగ్ కోచ్‌లుగానూ, పొరుగున ఉన్న చాందినీ చౌక్‌లోని రిటైల్ షాపుల్లోనూ పనిచేస్తున్నారని ఆయన చెప్పారు. దిల్లీ గుండా ప్రవహిస్తోన్న యమునా నది, గంగా నదికి ఉన్న ఉపనదులలో అతి పొడవైనది, నీటి పరిమాణంపరంగా రెండవ అతిపెద్దది (ఘాఘరా తర్వాత).
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

As a junior features writer for the American teens magazine, Seventeen, for their India edition

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. My grandfather's. To type out limericks when I was 7-8 years old.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To be interested in people, their lives and now societies work

Awards

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The Indian Express Ramnath Goenka award

2013 - Environmental reporting

Won the Ramnath Goenka award for the best environment reporting in the print category for the year 2013. This was awarded for my expose of illegal mining in Goa (and other land development issues including tourism policies). Link to the story: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/is-indias-sunshine-state-gouging-itself-out/

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Prem Bhatia award

2012 - Environmental reporting

Won the Prem Bhatia award for best environmental reporting in 2012 for my investigative report on illegal mining in Goa + possible presence of tigers in that state + upcoming water wars in India + examining the role of the Forest Rights Act in the case of POSCO project in Odisha in 2011

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The first Cushrow Irani prize given by The Statesman newspaper

2011 - Environmental reporting

Won the first Cushrow Irani prize given by The Statesman newspaper for investigating the issue of illegal mining in Goa from the ground, chronicling affected populations, up to the policy level of the government

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