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Snigdha Poonam

Snigdha Poonam is a journalist based in India and the UK. Her first book, Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing The World, was published in 2018.

Photograph © Ravi Choudhary

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Art & Photography | Issue 170 padlock
Art & Photography | Issue 170 padlock

Champion

Prarthna Singh & Snigdha Poonam

‘As Prarthna took photographs, I stood in the doorway watching the school-age girls with taut muscles and intense focus lock in bouts across the length of the hall.’

Snigdha Poonam on wrestling and the photography of Prarthna Singh.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 168 padlock

A Journey to Ayodhya

Snigdha Poonam

‘Ask anyone in Ayodhya, and they will say the city’s Hindu–Muslim harmony can withstand any test.’

Snigdha Poonam on the construction of a Hindu temple on the ruins of a mosque in Utter Pradesh.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 168
Essays & Memoir | Issue 168

The Man Who Lived

Snigdha Poonam

Snigdha Poonam on how WhatsApp is being used to encourage mob violence in India.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 168
Essays & Memoir | Issue 168

The Cult of the Hindu Cowboy

Snigdha Poonam

‘The Hindu cowboy accords to the cow the holiest status in his imagination: of mother. It is his duty to protect her honour; it is his privilege to kill for her.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 168
Essays & Memoir | Issue 168

The Fixer

Snigdha Poonam

‘In Indian media and advertising, young people are mainly being projected as vessels of breathless aspiration.’

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