Vidya Krishnan

Investigative journalist

About the author

Vidya Krishnan is an investigative journalist who writes about social justice. Her first book Phantom Plague was published in 2021.

By refusing to be intimidated, India’s students have turned a protest over education into a crisis for Narendra Modi.

A student parody account has rattled India’s most powerful man and exposed just how thin his skin has become.

Modi denied climate change for years. Now, as heat deaths mount, his government offers branding instead of protection.

India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.

The government’s performed outrage over Gates’s Epstein links underlined its indifference to violence against women.

A personal reflection on loss, memory, and the quiet lessons of chess.

The Chandrayaan-3 moon mission was not for all Indians.

Israel’s war on Gaza has exposed the true nature and purpose of Western media.

At least 31 people, including 16 Italian nationals, infected with COVID-19 as India scrambles to contain its spread.

Families of three men who died in detention centres under mysterious circumstances accuse authorities of cover up.