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# Nilanjana Bhowmick


## Nilanjana Bhowmick


Bhowmick is a multi-award winning independent writer based in New Delhi. She writes on politics, development and gender. Her Twitter handle is @nilanjanab


## Nilanjana Bhowmick


* ![Gokuli Devi, 80, receives a vaccine at her home near Aghariya, India, on Sept. 4 because she is too frail to walk to a local site](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe3f882cef2cda3e/698a227a0116826d00981902/india-rural-vaccination-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 17, 2022  
### [A Remote Himalayan District's High COVID-19 Vaccination Rate](https://time.com/6148101/india-covid-19-vaccination-success-himalayan-district/)  
How did an isolated Himalayan region manage to succeed where so many other cities and countries have...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![A woman takes care of her husband, who is suffering from COVID-19, as he waits to get admitted outside the casualty ward at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in New Delhi on April 23, 2021.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fdc61ed03aacc7e/698a196909208f68be417ee5/guru-teg-bahadur-hospital-new-delhi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2021  
### [What India's COVID-19 Crisis Means for Narendra Modi](https://time.com/6046580/india-covid-19-middle-class-modi/)  
India's COVID-19 crisis is hollowing out the middle class. That might be bad news for Modi  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![ASHA workers protest against alleged negligence of their workforce by the government on August 9, 2020 in New Delhi. During the protest, ASHA workers demanded payment for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they have not been paid for the pas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc6437af570248b8/698a195c096a94e40e6a9598/india-asha-workers-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 5, 2021  
### [India's Health Workers Say Gov. Is Failing Them](https://time.com/6045836/india-covid-19-healthcare-workers-asha/)  
Female community health workers are risking their lives at the frontlines of India's COVID-19 crisis  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Kiranjit Kaur, far left, came to the Tikri protest site from Talwandi, Punjab, on Feb. 23 with a group of 20 women, including her mother-in-law and children. “It is important for all women to come here and mark their presence in this movement. I have two daughters, and I want them to grow up into the strong women they see here.”](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd35f52c69949835b/698a179cb21a9c064450492c/women-india-farmers-protests-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2021  
### [The Women at the Frontlines of India’s Farmers’ Protests](https://time.com/5942125/women-india-farmers-protests/)  
Women are on the front lines of India’s farmer protests—and making themselves heard  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Protest Against CAA, NRC At Shaheen Bagh In Delhi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd617c9f9cadd60e7/698a08e04ee2625631316ef5/shaheen-bagh-delhi-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2020  
### ['Women Don’t Give Up.' Why Female Protesters Are at the Forefront of India's Resistance Movement](https://time.com/5765702/india-protests-women/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![INDIA-POLITICS-RIGHTS-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted627ad3cc12a380/698a0839656a3f84cdbd9769/protests-muslis-india-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 1, 2020  
### [Why This Indian State Is Witnessing the Country's Most Violent Anti Citizenship-Law Protests](https://time.com/5757332/uttar-pradesh-citizenship-protests/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Students in a Private High School in Bombay](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49ef11641bd8d055/6989ff3b8fd2ee170435fb63/india-girls-school-mumbai.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2019  
### [School Has Been a Right for Girls in India Since 2009\. So Why Aren’t They Going?](https://time.com/5614642/india-girls-education/)  
The data shows girls aren't staying in school  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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