Anahita Mukherji

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Anahita Mukherji

Profile

Anahita Mukherji — Journalism that Connects India and the Diaspora

Anahita Mukherji is an award-winning investigative and features journalist whose work spans social justice, environmental issues, education, and South Asian diaspora politics.

At The Times of India (Mumbai, 2003–2014), she gained recognition for her deeply reported stories on inequality, gender rights, education reform, and environmental justice. Her investigative pieces on child rights, urban poverty, and the Right to Information Act highlighted voices often ignored in India’s mainstream press. She received multiple national journalism awards, including the Sanskriti Award (2010) and Wind Under the Wings Award (2016) for environmental reportage.

After relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area, Mukherji began writing for Scroll.in, Quartz, and The Morning Context, where her reporting explores the cultural and political intersections of the Indian diaspora in the United States. Her essays and features often examine the complexities of identity, immigration, and belonging, capturing the experiences of Indian Americans navigating both Silicon Valley’s success culture and the sociopolitical realities of post-2016 America.

Her Scroll.in stories, such as “As MAGA creeps up on Silicon Valley” and “A Berkeley walking tour brings alive a century of radical South Asian activism,” illustrate her distinctive ability to weave historical memory with contemporary politics. Through these works, she has helped document the growing civic consciousness of South Asian communities in California.

Mukherji’s writing is marked by empathy, historical depth, and a transnational lens that links India’s social struggles to the diaspora’s ongoing quest for equity and voice in the Bay Area and beyond.

Position

Independent Journalist

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South Asian Community Journalism