Karishma Mehrotra

New Delhi

South Asia correspondent
Karishma Mehrotra works as a South Asia correspondent for The Washington Post. Mehrotra was previously a Fulbright fellow and has written or worked for Radiolab, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Indian Express, Scroll.in, and Bloomberg Businessweek. She has worked across countries — from elections in rural Pennsylvania to elections in rural Bihar. She has also worked on forward-looking issues: technology, urbanization and climate. Her work is at https://www.karishmamehrotra.com/
Latest from Karishma Mehrotra

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist after month-long hunt

The chase for Amritpal Singh had led to a heavy police crackdown, invoking memories of an intense 1980s insurgency in Punjab.

April 23, 2023

India sees signs of renewed Sikh separatism and sounds the alarm

Security concerns have recently spiked as police have hunted the self-described separatist Amritpal Singh.

April 16, 2023

India’s population overtakes China’s, but numbers mask a bigger story

Within India, fertility rates diverge dramatically from state to state, reflecting a significant north-south divide.

April 14, 2023

India escalates fight against BBC with new financial case

India’s financial agency registered a case against the broadcaster, the latest crackdown since the BBC released a controversial documentary about the prime minister.

April 13, 2023

As G-20 meetings come to India, Modi launches a public relations blitz

The campaign seeks to hammer home a message that the prime minister is winning clout and respect for India internationally.

March 21, 2023

Indian officials cut internet for 27 million people amid search for fugitive

The ban for all of Punjab state, as officials searched for Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, is one of the broadest internet shutdowns in recent years in India.

March 20, 2023

Indian government opposes same-sex marriage, warns of countrywide ‘havoc’

In the clearest indication of its stance on same-sex marriage, the government argued in the Supreme Court that marriage should be defined by Parliament.

March 14, 2023

Police crackdown on underage marriage in India leaves families in despair

At least 2,700 people, mostly men, have been arrested in the border state of Assam.

March 10, 2023

Russia’s Lavrov elicits cheers and groans at Indian political dialogue

The audience cheered when Lavrov condemned what he called a Western double standard on Ukraine but groaned when he called Russia the war’s victim during India’s Raisina Dialogue.

March 3, 2023

G-20 fails to reach consensus on global agenda amid Ukraine disputes

India's Narendra Modi hoped to unite the world around food and energy security at the G-20, but the Russia-Ukraine war was the focus for the Western alliance.

March 2, 2023