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Shikha Sharma

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Asia, New Delhi
As seen in: The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Moneycontrol, DNA India, Down To Earth, Youth Ki Awaaz, India Together, The Next Tech
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Shikha Sharma’s Biography

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A hospitality graduate who gave up the profession after three years of practice to take up journalism full time. Have since then reported on policy, culture and social justice for leading Indian publications including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times and Network 18. Interested in chasing the under reported, investigating the contrarian view and telling stories through the human lens. Many stories that I have worked on have gone on to create real life impact, leading to systemic policy change…

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India Together: Migrant women find moving up is still hard - 27 August 2021

India Together: Migrant women find moving up is still hard - 27 August 2021

Millions of women migrate each year, but their reasons for moving are not the same as men's, and their chance…

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India Together: The gender bar-rier in the courts - 13 July 2021

India Together: The gender bar-rier in the courts - 13 July 2021

The higher judiciary has very few women. While the low percentage is acknowledged to be a problem by the judi…

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India Together: On farms, it's all work and no land for women - 16 November 2021

India Together: On farms, it's all work and no land for women - 16 November 2021

Most rural women work on farms, but only one in six owns the land she works on. Succession laws have brought …

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India Together: Women choose STEM, but opt out later - 03 December 2021

India Together: Women choose STEM, but opt out later - 03 December 2021

Plenty of women choose to study science and technology, but only a modest number of them are in long careers …

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India Together: Why are so many housewives taking their lives? - 14 March 2022

India Together: Why are so many housewives taking their lives? - 14 March 2022

In April last year, 30-year-old Bishnu Priya Giri killed herself and her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. …

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India Together: The gender bar-rier in the courts - 13 July 2021

India Together: The gender bar-rier in the courts - 13 July 2021

The higher judiciary has very few women. While the low percentage is acknowledged to be a problem by the judi…

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How India's toy story can help boost economy

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By Shikha Sharma Verified
| Moneycontrol Verified
If one had walked into a toy store in India a few years ago, there would be an 80 percent chance they would be laying their hands on a ‘Made in China’ product. This is because the Indian market was flooded with imported toys, with eight out of 10 toys sold being predominantly imported from China. Even though the Indian toy industry boasts a rich heritage, Indian manufactured toys contributed to just 20 percent of the domestic market.
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Changes in job market demand an ethical moonlighting policy

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By Shikha Sharma Verified
| Moneycontrol Verified
Toughening its stand against the practice, IT giant Wipro recently sacked 300 employees for moonlighting sending out a strict message against dual employment. “This is cheating — plain and simple," the company’s CEO had tweeted in August, expressing strong disapproval against the practice of workers keeping a second job, sometimes secretly, in addition to regular employment.
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3 Ways to Create Sustainable Wealth in the Metaverse

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By Evelyn Addison, Alex Noah, Shikha Sharma Verified, Alan Jackson
| The Next Tech
by Alan Jackson — 6 hours ago in Future 3 min. read The methods of building wealth were well-documented. Most entrepreneurs were raised on investment manuals by such luminaries as Warren Buffet and Robert Kiyosaki. I sure did. While a lot of the information is still applicable and timeless, particularly in relation to investment psychology many technical details are not. The environment, including the time and location in which the books were written, is simply not present anymore. Web 3.0 is upon us.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

City reporter at The Indian Express

Have you ever used a typewriter?

If you ever said QUERTYUIOP, let's just say, I'll know what you are talking about.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tintin