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Somya Abrol

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As seen in: Plastics Information Europe, India Today, DailyO, Who What Why
Covers:  Plastics, Sustainability, Environment, Culture, Health.
Journalist | Editor, Plastics Information Europe | Previously: Associate Editor @WhoWhatWhy; Assistant Editor @IndiaToday

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As U.S. Elections Draw Near, Expats Reflect on Leaving Trump's America

As U.S. Elections Draw Near, Expats Reflect on Leaving Trump's America

Gina Zevallos uprooted her life two years ago, as a new graduate, to settle in the French city of Angers. Her…

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Distanced Dining: The New Normal Night Out

Distanced Dining: The New Normal Night Out

As cities ground to a pandemic-induced standstill, the very places that once provided a welcome break from th…

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Endometriosis: Have you heard of it?

Endometriosis: Have you heard of it?

It's rather difficult to love something that brings you pain. While you're caught in a ceaseless knot of emot…

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Let's Take You on a Fantastical Escape to Bruges, Belgium

Let's Take You on a Fantastical Escape to Bruges, Belgium

What if we told you, there exists a quaint little European town that's the stuff of fairy tales, has a pipeli…

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Mr Trudeau, you really didn't have to fly down an Indian chef from Canada

Mr Trudeau, you really didn't have to fly down an Indian chef from Canada

The dinner party at the residence of Canadian High Commissioner turned into the talk of town as it saw convic…

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Meet Arunachalam Muruganantham, the first man to wear a sanitary pad

Meet Arunachalam Muruganantham, the first man to wear a sanitary pad

He dropped out of school at the age of 14. He worked as a farm labourer, welder to earn his meals there on. I…

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As U.S. Elections Draw Near, Expats Reflect on Leaving Trump's America

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By Somya Abrol Verified
| zenger.news
Presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump holds a campaign event on on July 27, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (David Martosko/Zenger) Gina Zevallos uprooted her life two years ago, as a new graduate, to settle in the French city of Angers. Her decision to return home hangs in the balance, as the 2020 U.S. presidential election nears and President Donald Trump seeks re-election.
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Endometriosis: Have you heard of it?

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| lostingermany.com
It’s rather difficult to love something that brings you pain. While you’re caught in a ceaseless knot of emotions with this thing, love is not the first sensation it evokes. That being said, while it’s a difficult kind of love, it’s not the highly romanticised “impossible love”. You might think this ‘thing’ is a person. And you’re right. This person, however, is not detached from self.
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Meet Arunachalam Muruganantham, the man on whom Pad Man is based

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| India Today Verified
He dropped out of school at the age of 14. He worked as a farm labourer, welder to earn his meals there on. In 2014, he was one of Time magazine's Most Influential People in the World. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri. In 2017, Akshay Kumar and R Balki are making a movie on him. We're talking about the real-life superhero of India, the original pad man, Arunachalam Muruganantham.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

As a Trainee Sub-Editor with Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, India.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Through social media, news becomes about the right keywords, the snappy headline, the catchy picture, which it should ideally not be.

Awards

Journalist of the Month, Nationwide

2013 - News Editing

I won the award for conceptualizing and organizing HT Youth Forum 2013, for Hindustan Times.

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