Avantika Mehta
Avantika Mehta is an independent journalist based out of New Delhi. She covers issues related to law, gender and crime. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and also writes fiction.
The crackdown on comedy
In India, it’s not clear who has the last laugh.
May 10, 2021
On the periphery
India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic.
Dec 09, 2020
Latest Articles
The story of kath kuni
Preserving vernacular architecture in the Himalaya.
Escalating conflict in Myanmar, enforced disappearances in Southasia, ‘Witnesses to History’, and more.
Southasiasphere episode 11: Updates and analysis from around the region.
Who needs borders?
A freewheeling discussion on borders and borderlands in Southasia.
There is something about Parveen
The cultures of fame, shame, and fear in Bollywood’s tryst with mental health.
