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Shriya Mohan

(She/Her)
  • Communications Officer, UNDP India
New Delhi
Covers:  Development, Gender, Health, Culture and Music
Communications strategist | Ex Journo @BusinessLine @Tehelka | Alumni @LKYSch | @ICRC_nd PII journalism award winner | Speaks🖐🏿 languages | Mum

Shriya Mohan’s Journalist Portfolio

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A career wasteland in the pandemic's wake

A career wasteland in the pandemic's wake

Mint — As the pandemic ebbs, more Indians are finding work. But many made damaging career compromises. In rural India, where career options are sparse, people are falling back upon the government's rural employment scheme. In urban India, several have sought refuge in gig work

Start-ups eye disability space even as investors still lag

Start-ups eye disability space even as investors still lag

The Hindu Business Line — Entrepreneurs say 'the differently abled are customers with a wallet and a need'

Covid-19 frontline warriors in need of the healing touch

Covid-19 frontline warriors in need of the healing touch

The Hindu Business Line — As India's health workers fight Covid-19's second wave that has officially left over 2.8 lakh people dead and hundreds of thousands infected, a helpless medical task force is quietly burning out - physically and emotionally

Take a bow, Akkarai

Take a bow, Akkarai

The Hindu Business Line — Carnatic music has a star - violinist-vocalist Akkarai S Subhalakshmi, who excels in the traditional art form even as she bravely calls out its archaic biases

Ryan Murder case: A fortress of kindness

Ryan Murder case: A fortress of kindness

The Hindu Business Line — The bus conductor at Gurugram's Ryan School who was accused of murdering a student and is out on bail now, has his village rooting for his innocence and survival

How Do You Survive Being Named 'The Park Street Rape Victim'? - The Ladies Finger

How Do You Survive Being Named 'The Park Street Rape Victim'? - The Ladies Finger

theladiesfinger.com — What happens to you after rape? What happens to you after the police, the media and your chief minister scorn you? How do you begin to live again? An intimate profile of Suzette Jordan as she was finding her way back home.

Punjab strikes a chord

Punjab strikes a chord

The Hindu Business Line — Young singers from farming families are using their mighty pens, trained vocal cords and the power of the social media to make their voices heard as protesting farmers gather outside Delhi

Our way or the highway

Our way or the highway

The Hindu Business Line — Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have turned the Singhu border into a makeshift and vibrant village. The elderly peasants in kurta pyjamas and young men in track pants and sneakers who have gathered there are looking not for largesse - but just a fair deal

Covid kindness is contagious

Covid kindness is contagious

The Hindu Business Line — All eyes are on the death and devastation wrought by the pandemic, and few are likely to notice the helpers.

What's your pandemic dish?

What's your pandemic dish?

The Hindu Business Line — People are turning to their kitchens to ease pandemic-anxiety

Finding Kabir in Banaras

Finding Kabir in Banaras

The Hindu Business Line — A music festival unlocks a quest for the mystic poet in the alleys of the sacred city

The Chingari gang of Bundelkhand

The Chingari gang of Bundelkhand

The Hindu Business Line — In the caste-ridden heartland of central India, an all-woman tribunal uses the power of law and peaceful demonstrations to curb crimes against women and bring the perpetrators to justice

Leprosy 2.0

Leprosy 2.0

The Hindu Business Line — India has more than half the world’s leprosy cases. After claims that it was “eliminated” in 2005, the disease is making a comeback. Can we get past the social stigma and look it in the eye?

Soft on skills

Soft on skills

The Hindu Business Line — It is three years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a mission to skill and employ 400 million Indians. Several surveys point to a new high in unemployment rates, even as private training institutes rake in the moolah under the government scheme

A bridge to planet autism

A bridge to planet autism

The Hindu Business Line — For the caregivers of autistics, the biggest worry is who will take over from them after their lifetime. Several communes have mushroomed around the country, promising to offer both short-term respite stays and lifespan services

Darling of online rasikas

Darling of online rasikas

The Hindu Business Line — Sooryagayathri, the 12-year-old Carnatic YouTube sensation who has notched up millions of views and fans, is being groomed to fill the vacuum left by none less than the legendary MS Subbulakshmi

Fear and loathing in Moderne times

Fear and loathing in Moderne times

The Hindu Business Line — In the ongoing battle between domestic workers and the residents of an upscale apartment complex in Noida, class divides are further deepened