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Nayantara Dutta

Freelance Writer & Content Manager

CULTURE

Hasan Minhaj Explores the Darker Sides of Fame in The King's Jester
TIME, October 2022

New Season, Same Problems: Here's How Indian Matchmaking Can Improve for Season 3
TIME, August 2022

The subtle ways language shapes us

BBC Culture, October 2020

Neighbors are gathering online to give and get the things they need right now

Vox, September 2020

How South Asian Muslim Women Are Reclaiming Their Stories
Refinery29, March 2020

On Muslim Women’s Day, four Indians share the creative journeys that shaped their identity
VOGUE India, March 2023

SCIENCE

Why do you like the music you like? Science weighs in.

Washington Post, September 2022

Why We Remember Music and Forget Everything Else

TIME, April 2022

4 Ways That the Pandemic Changed How We See Ourselves

TIME, April 2022

What It's Like to Be 'Mind Blind'

TIME, March 2022

TRAVEL

The Indian way to 'maximize value'

BBC Travel, May 2021

I followed the magic of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture into Fingal's Cave

The Guardian, November 2020

How Indian Chinese Food Became

India's Favorite Cuisine

Condé Nast Traveler, September 2020

OPINION

I left the U.S. during COVID and came to India. Here's what's different (and what's not)

'Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj' spoke truth to power — and told our side of the story

Washington Post, August 2020

ICE has reversed its policy, but international students still need support

Fast Company, July 2020

Head to head: Are the identity struggles in Never Have I Ever relatable or predictable?

gal-dem, May 2020

PERSONAL ESSAY

Signing up for dance lessons was the best thing I've done this year. It's taught me how to be easy on myself.
INSIDER, July 2022

Searching For More Than a Meet-Cute
Refinery29, July 2022

Reclaiming Indian Food from the White Gaze
Eater, July 2022

With an emergency move, I'm working to find happiness outside of America

Quartz, June 2022

FOOD & DRINK

Nimbu Pani is What I Drink When I Feel Like a Human Furnace

Bon Appétit, July 2020

This App Helps Me Cook With What I Have Instead of Heading to the Store Again

Bon Appétit, April 2020

RESEARCH

The F-List 2022
Clean Creatives, September 2022

Smoke and Mirrors: The Legal Risks of Fossil Fuel Advertising

Clean Creatives, May 2022

BOOK REVIEWS

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'The How' is a hopeful meditation on self-worth and healing

NPR, November 2021

'Home Is Not A Country' Imagines The Lives We Could Have Led

NPR, March 2021

TRENDS

POETRY

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