Aarti Betigeri

Aarti Betigeri
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Aarti Betigeri is a multi-platform journalist and former foreign correspondent based in Canberra. She is a correspondent for Monocle and contributes to various other local and foreign media outlets. She recently returned to Australia after almost a decade in India, where she reported across South Asia for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, the Christian Science Monitor, Public Radio International, and many others. She has interviewed three world leaders and worked on major investigative journalism initiatives including an ABC Foreign Correspondent documentary on international surrogacy. Prior to moving to India, she was a television news journalist and presenter with the ABC and SBS.

India: Smoke and mirrors
India: Smoke and mirrors
India’s terrible Covid tragedy, still on the rise, reveals who really keeps the country from falling apart.
Bhutan: Happy days for the jab in between a strategic pinch
Bhutan: Happy days for the jab in between a strategic pinch
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations is a remarkable achievement for the kingdom. More tests lie ahead.
In India, a taste of political variety
In India, a taste of political variety
State elections will test whether diversity in local politics can steer the country away from one-party dominance.
India’s Koo plots a digital coup
India’s Koo plots a digital coup
A Twitter clone is gaining ground, but where does the push to localise social media end up?
India launches its mammoth vaccine drive
India launches its mammoth vaccine drive
Two Covid vaccines are rolling out across the  country – and offers to neighbours might boost India's reputation.
Can Modi calm the farm?
Can Modi calm the farm?
A “crash or crash through” approach has served India’s PM well, but India’s farmers are proving a bigger obstacle.
Favourites of 2020: Capturing a precarious moment
Favourites of 2020: Capturing a precarious moment
Documentary photographers have the toughest of briefs – a still image of an ever changing world.
Putting the caste system in its place
Putting the caste system in its place
Recent events have brought renewed attention to the injustices of India’s social hierarchy, and similar codes elsewhere.
A real-life Bollywood soap opera, with a political twist
A real-life Bollywood soap opera, with a political twist
A popular actor’s death has cast suspicion on India’s film industry, and conveniently helped leaders shift the plot.
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