Sarita Santoshini

Sarita Santoshini is an independent journalist based in India, reporting on human rights, development, and gender issues. She reported from northern Uganda in 2017 as an International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellow in gender rights. She was also the 2016 Bitch Media writing fellow in reproductive rights and justice. Her writing has been published in Al Jazeera English, CityLab, IRIN, News Deeply, and The Caravan, among other publications.

Rage against India’s citizenship law rooted in complex history of nation-building

December 20, 2019Protest

The Citizenship Amendment Act struck a nerve in India, where secular freedoms, pluralistic principles and Indigenous rights enshrined in the constitution have eroded in recent years.

A woman stands with her back to the camera wearing a plaid green and yellow scarf.

Thousands of Bengali women must prove their Indian citizenship or face statelessness. Most can’t.

May 3, 2019Global Politics

In northern Uganda, these women move past insurgency by baking cakes

April 17, 2018Conflict