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Tarushi Aswani

Tarushi Aswani

Tarushi Aswani is a journalist based in India. She reports on human rights, governance, religion and politics.

Tarushi Aswani is a journalist based in India. She reports on human rights, governance, religion and politics.

Articles from author

Weaponising grief: In India-administered Kashmir, families of killed youth are denied funeral rites

Authorities in India-administered Kashmir often bury those accused of being members of armed groups fighting Indian rule far from home, preventing families from performing last rites and deepening generational trauma.

Weaponising grief: In India-administered Kashmir, families of killed youth are denied funeral rites

Weaponising grief: In India-administered Kashmir, families of killed youth are denied funeral rites

'Swim or die': India forces Rohingya Muslims out to sea

Shocked by news of their near ones forced to jump into the sea, refugees who have fled religious persecution in Myanmar are living in constant fear of brutal deportation.

'Swim or die': India forces Rohingya Muslims out to sea

'Swim or die': India forces Rohingya Muslims out to sea

With GPS tracker on ankle, Kashmiri activist seeks votes and ‘freedom’

Mohammad Sikandar Malik is contesting polls in India-administered Kashmir to highlight what activists have condemned as an infringement on privacy and fundamental rights.

With GPS tracker on ankle, Kashmiri activist seeks votes and ‘freedom’

With GPS tracker on ankle, Kashmiri activist seeks votes and ‘freedom’

How Rohingya refugees are digitally reclaiming their culture

An Istanbul-based youth or a refugee at a Bangladesh camp…Many people are striving to preserve the Rohingya way of life, which is under threat of being wiped out amid persecution in their ancestral land in Myanmar.

How Rohingya refugees are digitally reclaiming their culture

How Rohingya refugees are digitally reclaiming their culture

Love on the beat: How India's rappers are countering anti-Muslim hate

In a deeply polarised country, Hindu and Muslim rappers refuse to give up on the ideals of equality and justice that India's founding fathers built the country upon.

Love on the beat: How India's rappers are countering anti-Muslim hate

Love on the beat: How India's rappers are countering anti-Muslim hate

Inter-religious clashes displace Muslims in north India

The fear of radical Hindu outfits engineering another attack and arbitrary police detentions has forced hundreds of Muslims to flee their homes and seek refuge with their friends and relatives who live miles away.

Inter-religious clashes displace Muslims in north India

Inter-religious clashes displace Muslims in north India