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Kalpana Jain

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Kalpana Jain, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, is a U.S.-based religion journalist who worked for many years at India’s leading national daily, The Times of India. She is also an alumna of Harvard Divinity School.

International Reporting Must Distinguish Hindu Nationalism from Hinduism

International Reporting Must Distinguish Hindu Nationalism from Hinduism

This column was supported by the Pulitzer CenterIn a recent tweet, NPR’s New Delhi producer condemned the entire Hindu religion for India’s problems. She said, “If Indians give up Hinduism,…
December 3, 2019
Kalpana Jain, NF ’09, teaches girls in India to report stories the media misses

Kalpana Jain, NF ’09, teaches girls in India to report stories the media misses

This summer, in the villages of north India, I trained rural young women, ages 15 to 22, in the skills of journalism so they could claim their own voices and…
December 12, 2014