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(Sonia Paul/Warc)2020-03-31T06:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/eyefortravels-san-francisco-summit-2016/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jim-picknell-3.pngJim Picknell 3HomeExchange's Jim Picknell countered some digital wisdom during his presentation at EyeforTravel 2016 in San Francisco.2020-03-31T06:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/ugandas-covert-censorship/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/paul_uganda_crop.jpgpaul_uganda_cropInside the recording studio of one of numerous radio station in Uganda. Here, yellow posters featuring candidates of the ruling NRM party are affixed to the walls. (Sonia Paul/Foreign Affairs)2020-03-31T06:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/big-fan-of-hindu-roads-kingdomsslate/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_4846.jpgimg_4846Signs at the "Humanity United Against Terror" charity concert in Edison, New Jersey, sponsored by the Republican Hindu Coalition. Photo by: Sonia Paulhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-1-1.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-1-1The group known as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders gather to protest the Donald Trump event. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-11-1.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-11-1A Donald Trump supporter stands with a sign, arguing that as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton created a “Get Modi Policy” to falsely accuse India’s Prime Minster of genocide for the 2002 Gujurat riots. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-43.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-43Donald Trump addresses attendees. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-30.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-30Attendees watch the performance. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dip4trump.jpgdip4trumpLeft: Gary Weightman, a Donald Trump supporter. Right: Little girls hold signs in support of Donald Trump. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-37.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-37Shalli Kumar, Chairman of the Republican Hindu Coalition addresses attendees before Donald Trump appears as the guest speaker. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/diptrump9.jpgdiptrump9Left: Indians gather for a Trump rally hosted by the Hindu Republican Coalition. Right: Sam Desilva, originally of Sri Lanka, is a Donald Trump supporter. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-8.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-8Indian Americans arrive for the celebration. Photo by: Sara Hyltonhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hyltonstrumpnj-20.jpeghyltonstrumpnj-20A dance group performs for the celebration. Photo by: Sara Hylton2020-03-31T06:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/how-donald-trump-ended-up-at-a-bollywood-themed-hindu-rally-in-new-jersey-pri/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rtx2pa6x.jpgrtx2pa6xMembers of Hindu Sena, a right wing Hindu group in India, burn posters of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during a protest against what they say is Clinton sabotaging Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump's election campaign, in New Delhi, on October 18, 2016. Credit: Adnan Abidi/Reutershttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rtx2p03k.jpgrtx2p03kRepublican Hindu Coalition Chairman Shalabh Kumar, center, stands with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to light a ceremonial diya lamp before he speaks to a crowd at a charity event hosted by the Republican Hindu Coalition in New Jersey. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters2020-03-31T06:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/local-political-climates-shape-international-perception-of-u-s-election-link-tv/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hillary_clinton_vs-_donald_trump_-_caricatures.jpghillary_clinton_vs-_donald_trump_-_caricaturesPhoto courtesy of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillary_Clinton_vs._Donald_Trump_-_Caricatures.jpg">DonkeyHotey</a>, on Wikimedia Commons. https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-06-at-12-41-24-pm.pngTrump-Clinton-ScreenshotScreenshot from Link TV's Mosaic's special on the U.S. elections2020-03-31T06:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/can-trump-flip-the-hindu-american-vote/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fullsizerender-1.jpgRHC-Bollywood-event2020-03-31T06:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/political-perspectives-are-the-main-course-at-these-dinner-gatherings-npr/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mada1.jpgmada1Make America Dinner Again guest Affan Khokhar (left, seated) talks with hosts Tria Chang and Justine Lee (front right, seated) after the dinner as guests (from left to right) Afam Agbodike, Walter Rodriguez and Nick Tucker continue their conversation. Sonia Paul for NPR2020-03-31T06:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/voice-is-the-next-big-platform-unless-you-have-an-accent-backchannel/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1-mz7b2d1nqpr_61f5fip48g.jpeg1-Mz7b2D1nQpR_61F5Fip48gIllustration by Laurent Hrybyk2020-03-31T06:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/the-rise-of-sports-betting-in-uganda/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0444.jpgsports-betting2020-03-31T06:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/which-version-of-indian-history-do-american-school-students-learn/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)2020-03-31T06:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/podcast-excerpt-which-version-of-indian-history-do-american-school-students-learn-pri/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fullsizerender-2-11.jpgSouth Asian Histories for All 2https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fullsizerender-2-1.jpgSouth Asian Histories for All2020-03-31T06:13:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/in-the-developing-world-some-turn-to-gambling-for-a-chance-at-a-better-life/2020-03-31T06:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/the-state-of-investigative-reporting-highlights-from-lre-2017/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3355.jpgIRE lobby2020-03-31T06:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/free-radicals/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/anirvan.jpgAnirvanCOURTESY API EQUALITY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 2020-03-31T06:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/in-the-tech-centric-bay-area-analog-games-are-going-viral/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/games1.jpgGames12020-03-31T06:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/a-new-life-for-old-school-board-games-here-now/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/designernight_0.jpgDesignerNight_02020-03-31T05:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/buzzfeed-my-soul-sister-was-more-than-just-another-woman-killed-by-a-man/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kimwall_majuro_1.jpgKimWall_Majuro_12020-03-31T05:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/reynolds-journalism-institute-changing-media-landscape-adds-yet-another-challenge-to-archivists-of-born-digital-news-content/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dtmh2017graham01.jpgdtmh2017graham01Mark Graham leads a discussion during the second day of RJI's Dodging the Memory Hole Conference, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. Photo credit: Michael Cali2020-03-31T05:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/searching-for-santacon/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hwsc1.jpgHWSC1By 1995, the number of SantaCon participants grew to 100. The Santas crashed the lobby of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Credit: Peter Field2020-03-31T05:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/proposed-changes-to-the-h-1b-visa-program-could-put-many-women-back-into-a-golden-cage/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mahajan-indiadayparade.jpgmahajan-indiadayparadeNeha Mahajan first arrived in the US in 2008 at age 25, and attended her first India Day Parade in New York City. She had experience in broadcast journalism, but as the spouse of an H-1B visa-holder, she was not authorized to work. Credit: Courtesy of Neha Mahajanhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mahajan-2016work_0.jpgmahajan-2016work_0Neha Mahajan was recognized as a high-achieving employee by her company, Global Data Management Inc. in Woodbridge, NJ. She worked there for almost two years as an account manager, with work authorization that comes with her H-4 visa. But she was asked to resign in November 2017. Credit: Courtesy of Neha Mahajan2020-03-31T05:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/npr-when-caste-discrimination-comes-to-the-united-states/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5843_ed-edit2-18601569af625c48c02ea1b39862c52ee4634d3e-s1600-c85.jpgimg_5843_ed-edit2-18601569af625c48c02ea1b39862c52ee4634d3e-s1600-c85Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Maari Zwick-Maitreyi and Karlene Griffiths Sekou of Black Lives Matter Boston, sit for a Q&A to talk about the results of a new survey on caste discrimination in the US. Sonia Paul for NPR2020-03-31T05:18:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/the-atlantic-the-trump-administration-is-driving-away-immigrant-entrepreneurs/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lead_720_405.jpgCHINA-ENTERPRISE-STARTUP-INCUBATORBusinesspeople sleep and work at a start-up incubator in Beijing. The flow of venture funding to Chinese businesses has soared in recent years, while the U.S. share of venture funding has dropped. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP / GETTY)2020-03-31T05:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/the-takeaway-oakland-community-mourns-the-death-of-18-year-old-nia-wilson/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ap_18205091043342.jpgap_18205091043342A memorial for 18-year-old Nia Wilson takes shape outside Bay Area Rapid Transit's MacArthur Station, Monday, July 23, 2018, a day after she was fatally stabbed on a platform at the station. ( AP Photo/Lorin Eleni Gill )2020-03-31T05:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/wired-bikinis-and-ted-talks-can-this-all-asian-competition-truly-disrupt-beauty-pageants/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mag_004_dsc0547.jpgMAG_004_DSC0547Miss Asian Global 2017's court winner, Katie Lam, attends the 2018 awards show for the passing of the crown. By providing a place where women are celebrated for their femaleness, their Asianness, and yes, also their beauty, MAG organizers believe they are cultivating a cohort that is empowered to break into leadership. JESSICA CHOU2020-03-31T05:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/national-geographic-how-south-asian-americans-are-building-a-new-american-dream/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-21-at-7.58.48-am.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-21 at 7.58.48 AM2020-03-31T05:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/pri-in-limbo-some-families-in-the-us-with-h-1b-visas-begin-to-make-other-plans/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rtx3qbo6.jpgrtx3qbo6US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna speaks at press briefing at the White House on Dec. 12, 2017. In August, 2018 he told a group that advocates for less immigration that he wants a rule to end work authorizations for spouses of employment visa holders to end. 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(Thomas Hawk/flickr)2020-03-31T05:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/california-magazine-outside-looking-in-qa-with-journalist-geeta-anand/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/geeta_anand-1140x855_edited.pngGeeta_Anand-1140x855_edited2020-03-31T05:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/religion-news-service-tulsi-gabbards-2020-bid-raises-questions-about-hindu-political-ties/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tulsi.jpgElection 2020 Tulsi GabbardU.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, at a news conference in Honolulu on Jan. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)2020-03-31T04:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/the-takeaway-oakland-teachers-strike-amid-longstanding-troubles-in-california-education-system/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dz9rjvgu8aadp06.jpgDz9RJVGU8AAdP06Oakland teachers protest at a rally in the city on February 21, 2019. 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Paul2017-10-03T05:33:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2017/09/23/1919/2017-09-23T03:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2016/08/09/extended-bio/2017-08-24T06:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2017/04/13/introducing-loitering-the-occasional-but-lovable-traveling-minipod/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7416.jpgIMG_7416Look at that red flower loitering amongst the yellow! Taken while I was loitering in Washington, D.C., recently.2017-04-13T20:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/philippines/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/408904_10101004711117686_1010307959_n.jpg408904_10101004711117686_1010307959_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/408639_10101004691097806_1710623082_n-1.jpg408639_10101004691097806_1710623082_n (1)© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/408184_10100979512011896_1902899672_n.jpg408184_10100979512011896_1902899672_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/406959_10100958131583446_1836278780_n.jpg406959_10100958131583446_1836278780_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/406425_10100979477101856_1662017331_n.jpg406425_10100979477101856_1662017331_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/406207_10100979581667306_876240564_n.jpg406207_10100979581667306_876240564_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/405148_10101004718273346_671366075_n.jpg405148_10101004718273346_671366075_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/404754_10100979530654536_181321865_n.jpg404754_10100979530654536_181321865_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/404284_10101004731217406_1010293319_n.jpg404284_10101004731217406_1010293319_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/403044_10100979485275476_209183688_n.jpg403044_10100979485275476_209183688_n© 2011 Sonia Paul.2016-01-23T07:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2015/12/30/2015-in-review/2015-12-30T07:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/mongolia/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/58641_10100167795353586_3567146_n.jpg58641_10100167795353586_3567146_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/58635_10100167802933396_2966486_n.jpg58635_10100167802933396_2966486_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/47683_10100167783552236_7615330_n.jpg47683_10100167783552236_7615330_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/47677_10100167831541066_2898215_n.jpg47677_10100167831541066_2898215_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/47204_10100167797309666_7364968_n.jpg47204_10100167797309666_7364968_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/47144_10100163799421466_1806049_n.jpg47144_10100163799421466_1806049_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/46759_10100165261027396_3715142_n.jpg46759_10100165261027396_3715142_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/46570_10100163795574176_2954930_n.jpg46570_10100163795574176_2954930_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/46507_10100163798613086_6102852_n.jpg46507_10100163798613086_6102852_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/46313_10100163800284736_5722751_n.jpg46313_10100163800284736_5722751_n© 2010 Sonia Paul.2015-12-06T22:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/portfolio/shizuoka-speaks/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/391900_10100983230470076_527517774_n.jpgfuji2015-12-06T08:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2015/12/06/the-teeth-may-smile-but-the-heart-does-not-forget/2015-12-06T04:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2015/04/19/a-new-look/2015-04-19T21:49:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2015/03/08/392/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_6787.jpgNirbheekhttps://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1097.jpgIMG_1097The factory where the Nirbheek revolver is made and sold is a prime example of India’s gender-skewed workforce. Of the 1,200 people who work there, only about 10 percent are female. And of the 20 people with the title of ‘manager’ at the factory, only two are women. [Sonia Paul]https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1147_ed.jpgIMG_1147_edSeema’s husband Om says he has always been a gun enthusiast. [Sonia Paul]https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1119.jpgIMG_1119Gun enthusiast grandmother Seema Kharbanda demonstrates how easily her gun can fit into her bag. She doesn’t carry it all the time, but she believes the fact that people know she has one is a form of protection in itself. [Sonia Paul]
https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1128.jpgIMG_1128Fifty-two-year-old Seema Kharbanda was the first woman to purchase one of the revolvers. [Sonia Paul]https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1162.jpgIMG_1162Seema’s husband Om shows media reports written about his wife. [Sonia Paul]https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1074.jpgIMG_1074The Nirbheek gun was named after the moniker given to the 23-year-old woman who was gang raped on a moving Delhi bus in 2012 and subsequently died from her injuries. It means ‘fearless one’. [Sonia Paul]
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Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty2014-11-22T21:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sonipaul.me/2014/04/07/an-unspectacular-day-in-the-life-of-a-narendra-modi-look-alike/https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/home-page_01.jpghome-page_0https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image-2.jpgimage-2https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image-3.jpgimage-3https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image-4.jpgimage-4https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image-5_0.jpgimage-5_0https://sonipaul.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/home-page_0.jpgModi lookalikeAbhinandan Pathak, a physical education teacher from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has taken three months off to travel around India and campaign in support of Narendra Modi. 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