Portfolio | Journalist | Gayathri Vaidyanathan

My Resolve during COVID19 (Audio; BBC World Service)

BBC World Service, 14 June 2020 The Indian journalist Gayathri Vaidyanathan explains why living in lockdown has made her resolve to be a “non-consumer for as long as possible”. Resolves | 9 min Gayathri Vaidyanathan remains with her family, in her own,...

In the heart of the Southwest, natural gas fuels a methane menace (Investigation; Reveal News)

by | | Environment, Investigation, Portfolio

BLANCO, N.M. – Most evenings, the quiet is almost intoxicating. The whoosh of the wind through the junipers, the whinny of horses in their stalls, the raspy squawking of ravens – those are the sounds Don and Jane Schreiber have grown to love on their remote...

Dam controversy: Remaking the Mekong (Magazine; Nature)

by | | Environment, Magazine, Portfolio

Nature, 19 October 2011 This summer, a crew of strangers arrived in the tiny village of Pak Lan along the Mekong River in northern Laos. They sat around in shorts, examining technical drawings, and then surveyed the area, measuring the height of the riverbank, the...

Death on the gas field highlights high risks of the rush to drill (Investigation; EENews)

by | | Environment, Portfolio

The ground was like a sponge and the men’s legs sank, in places up to their calves. A rumble of diesel engines filled the air. Then, there was a cry: “Back! Go back!” Charles “C.J.” Bevins, a 23-year-old roughneck, was pinned against a...

Animals and the philosophers (Audio; BBC World Service)

by | | Audio, Portfolio

BBC World Service, Oct 9, 2019 Animals and the Philosophers | 27 mins Environmental journalist Gayathri Vaidyanathan considers the impact of Philosophy and Religion on animals as food. In and around Chennai in India, she reveals how India is managing a terrible...

A landmark turn in India’s medical negligence law (Feature; NYTimes)

by | | News, Portfolio

NYTimes, Oct. 31, 2013 Anuradha Saha died painfully in May 1998 at the age of 36, her skin sloughed off all over her body, except for her skull. She was encased in bandages meant to prevent infections that had already lodged in her system. Her immunity had been...