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Nidhi Suresh is a reporter at Newslaundry. After reporting in Kashmir for a year, she completed her Masters in conflict studies and human rights from Utrecht University, Netherlands. At Newslaundry, she covers gender, crime and politics.

Joydip Mitra is a freelance photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in the People's Archive of Rural India, Fountain Ink, India Today Travel Plus, and Outlook Traveller, among others. Since 2014, he has focused on telling the stories of marginalised people.

Sashwata Saha is a recent journalism school graduate who covers the media and stories from the suburbs that often get lost in the grand scheme of things.

31 May 2021 A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy. Dar Yasin / AP Photo A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18...

Suhas Munshi Suhas Munshi is an independent journalist and author of This World Below Zero Fahrenheit: Travels in the Kashmir Valley.

Geetanjali Gurlhosur is an independent journalist, researcher, photographer and filmmaker. She writes on development, culture, gender and sexuality.

India Is Going Through a Devastating Second COVID Wave. Heres How You Can Help Fodors 5/5/2021 Apeksha Bhateja © Provided by Fodors The horrific scenes in India are worse than an apocalypse. A queue of patients laying on the sidewalks outside hospitals struggling to breathe, but there are no beds or oxygen for them inside. More queues outside crematoriums that are cremating hundreds per day with relatives waiting with tokens until it’s their turn to send off their loved on...