--- title: Naina Bajekal | TIME description: Bajekal is a British-Indian writer and editor based in New York. She was previously executive editor and international editor at TIME. canonical: https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Naina Bajekal  ## Naina Bajekal Bajekal is a British-Indian writer and editor based in New York. She was previously executive editor and international editor at TIME.  ## Naina Bajekal *  Aug 7, 2024 ### [My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand](https://time.com/7007856/jhourney-meditation-jhanas-retreat-bliss/) Can you hack your way to happiness? I tried to find out [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Feb 21, 2024 ### [How We Chose the 2024 Women of the Year](https://time.com/6692431/how-time-chose-women-of-the-year-2024/) This year's list features 12 leaders who are working to build a more equal world. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 6, 2023 ### [Sam Altman Is TIME's 2023 CEO of the Year](https://time.com/6342827/ceo-of-the-year-2023-sam-altman/) Altman emerged as one of the most powerful executives in the world, the public face and leading prop... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 2, 2023 ### [How We Chose the 2023 Women of the Year](https://time.com/6259412/how-time-chose-women-of-the-year-2023/) This year's list features 12 leaders who are working to build a more equal world [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 4, 2023 ### [Fighting for a Future Free of Nuclear Weapons](https://time.com/6243350/beatrice-fihn-interview-ican-nuclear-war/) Beatrice Fihn, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, on why she's optimistic about the prospect of ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 10, 2022 ### [Inside the Growing Movement to Do More Good](https://time.com/6204627/effective-altruism-longtermism-william-macaskill-interview/) Effective altruists believe we should care about people thousands of miles away—and perhaps even mil... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2022 ### [Inside the Mind of Ursula von der Leyen](https://time.com/6185490/ursula-von-der-leyen-interview/) President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is determined to lead the E.U. through yet... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 3, 2022 ### [How We Chose the 2022 Women of the Year](https://time.com/6153049/how-time-chose-women-of-the-year-2022/) The list highlights 12 extraordinary leaders working for a more equal world [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 29, 2021 ### [How India’s COVID-19 Crisis Spiraled Out of Control](https://time.com/5964796/india-covid-19-failure/) The country is now facing the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak, and a devastating humanitarian crisis [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 20, 2021 ### [Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like](https://time.com/5953394/women-climate-leadership/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 24, 2021 ### [A Reading List to Celebrate Asian Authors](https://time.com/5949026/asian-authors-reading-list/) See a curated reading list from members of TIME's Asian community that celebrates Asian authors [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 20, 2020 ### [A Defiant New Take on Contemporary India](https://time.com/5839416/burning-megha-majumdar-review/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 16, 2020 ### ['Brits Are Notoriously Prudish.' On Set With the Cast of Netflix's _Sex Education_](https://time.com/5766191/set-visit-sex-education/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 16, 2020 ### [Zora Neale Hurston's Short Stories Finally Get Their Due in a New Posthumous Collection](https://time.com/5766194/zora-neale-hurston-short-story-collection/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 7, 2019 ### [She Was Misdiagnosed With Bipolar Disorder. 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