Devyani Nighoskar - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I am a multilingual journalist, copy-editor and social researcher with over 5 years of experience in reportage, storytelling, qualitative research, media production and project management. I specialise in culture, gender, labour, social justice and its intersections. With 200+ bylines in various publications, I am always in search of narratives of people and places and strive to create a social impact with the stories I tell. I hold an M.A in Critical Media and Cultural Studies from SOAS, University of London.

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Total articles 44

• Spending A Lazy Sunday Afternoon In Mumbai’s Khotachiwadi

  By Devyani Nighoskar| Homegrown Verified On an empty street in a quiet by-lane, trees sway in the mild breeze shadowing an old man that rests on a bench below it. A grandma sheepishly knits on her balcony; a teenager reads a book by a window. A few women sit out on the porch gossiping, while the strums of a guitar and the strong aroma of fish fry engulf my senses. The world seems to be at rest. For a moment I forget that I am in Mumbai.

  By Devyani Nighoskar · Homegrown

  Mar. 28, 2025

• Meet The 73-Year-Old Indian Man Who Drove From Mumbai To London In A Car

  By Devyani Nighoskar| Homegrown Verified “Every time we achieve something, life gives us new inspiration.” In 1987 at the age of 43, he drove for 46 hours straight from Oslo to Nordkapp. At 44, he drove from Mumbai to Badrinath. At 60, climbed to an altitude of over 19,000 feet to perform the Mt. Kailash parikrama. At 61, he lived in the dense forests of Amazon and touched down at Antarctica. At 63, he trekked to the Mt. Everest Base Camp, and at age 65, he organised a group of 90 pilgrims to Kailash-Mansarovar for charity.

  By Devyani Nighoskar · Homegrown

  Jan. 03, 2025

• Mussoorie’s Landour Bakehouse Uses Century-Old Recipes From The British Era

  By Devyani Nighoskar| Homegrown Verified It’s a warm winter afternoon at Landour; the quaint little hill station near Mussoorie. The year is 1930 and Mrs. Lucas, wife of the pastor of Kellogg Church is getting ready to attend the reading club; something she started with Mrs. Irene Parker, the wife of Allen Parker, principal of Woodstock School, some 10 years ago. Over the last 10 years they have met every week to discuss not just books, but also socio-political affairs and to exchange recipes.

  By Devyani Nighoskar · Homegrown

  Dec. 08, 2024

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