Payal Dhar

Bio:

Payal Dhar is a freelance writer on science, technology, and society.

WMC News & Features
November 10, 2020 | Payal Dhar | International, LGBTQIA
Pandemic Magnifies Struggles for India’s LGBTQ Youth

The pandemic-related lockdown has exacerbated the isolation of India’s queer youth.

WMC Women Under Siege
September 25, 2019 | Payal Dhar | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Kashmir is under siege and women are in the crossfire

Women Under Siege discussed the disproportionate impact of the occupation on women with Kashmir scholars Ather Zia, founder of Kashmir Lit and co-founder of the Critical Kashmir Studies Collective, and Nitasha Kaul, a poet, novelist, artist, and associate professor of politics and international relations at the University of Westminster.

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