Hello there!

I am a multimedia journalist in Syracuse, New York. Currently, I am the housing and infrastructure reporter for the Central Current in Syracuse, NY, and a Report for America corps member. I am covering the Interstate 81 Viaduct Project and the East Adams public housing redevelopment project. 

Before joining Central Current, I covered a variety of stories, ranging from geopolitical conflicts to the Trump administration, housing and homelessness, labor, infrastructure and immigration with bylines in The Buffalo News, National Catholic Reporter,  Daily Express US, Mirror US and Irish Star US ( publications under Reach PLC), The New York Times, as well as cinema and pop culture in Far Out Magazine UK and Best of Netflix. I also worked  as a freelance production assistant at a documentary production company with a series of videos about gig workers around the world for Context Newsroom and Rest of World. 

I graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in May 2023, where I honed my multimedia storytelling and reporting skills and learned how to use investigative techniques and data to enhance my work. 

Born and raised in Kolkata, India, I grew up in a Bengali household where discussing the news was mandatory at dinner and ultimately became the main driving force behind my passion for reading, writing, and eventually journalism.