For India’s sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

The numbers are depressing: Every 8 minutes a girl goes missing in India. Most of these girls are trafficked for sex, beggary or domestic labor. Unofficial counts put the number of victims of sex trafficking in India at 16 million — not counting the girls from...

Instant divorce is unconstitutional in India, finally Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages. “Talaq, talaq, talaq” — and he’s divorced. But in India, a group of women petitioned...

This Mumbai lawyer inspired a massive beach cleanup Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Mumbai has 72 miles of coastline, some of it covered in mangroves and some of it sandy or rocky — but none of it is clean. There isn’t a beach culture here. It’s not a place for gathering and tanning —  more often it’s a...

Once the go-to place for surrogacy, India tightens control over its baby industry—Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Surrogacy is reported to bring $400 million every year to the Indian economy. Doctors in even the smallest towns assist in it, but a few towns like Anand have turned it into big business. Until 2015, anyone from anywhere could fly to India, spend about $35,000 and...

Document Leaks: The consequences of revealing secrets Public Radio International

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Chhavi Sachdev’s piece on the Panama Papers was part of the hour-long America Abroad episode on document leaks. When is leaking documents and revealing secrets worth the potential security risks? This hour, we’ll talk about when document leaks are legal,...