SUDHA RAMACHANDRAN
I am an independent journalist based in Bangalore, India. In addition to writing, I teach journalism students at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. I was Assistant Editor at Deccan Herald (an English daily based in Bangalore) until May 2001. I was in charge of foreign affairs there and have reported on developments in Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Fiji, the NPT Review Conference at the UN, India-Pakistan talks, etc. Before that, I was at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where I specialized in South Asian affairs and acquired a doctoral degree. I am interested in conflict, militancy, terrorism and women in conflict areas.