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Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney
Founder and Producer, DESICOLLECTIVE
Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney is a writer for India Currents, showcasing the stories of South Asians in the United States while exploring the social and cultural impact of issues like immigration, health, social justice, politics, census, elections, technology and the arts. She is also a Producer/Founder of DesiCollective Media, creating multimedia (podcast, video and written) content that impacts the multiethnic, multicultural communities of the South Asian diaspora.
Aspiring to tell the stories that challenge our preexisting notions of our world, Anjana is a creative writer who thrives on exploring human connections, like the multi-racial identity of Kamala Harris and the ancient practice of restorative justice with sujatha baliga.
Starting her career as an electrical engineer, Anjana revels in the challenge of using both her analytical and creative parts of her brain to create impactful, data driven, and engaging content. Anjana holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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On International Women’s Day, here is the story of a woman searching for a safe space to live her life.
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In the shadow of the American dream, a darker tale emerges - one of transnational abandonment and the plight of immigrant women facing domestic abuse.
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As women and mothers, we couldn’t understand how life could target vulnerable women like Leena so unfairly. As journalists, we wanted to find out why.
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Nisha thought that violence in a marriage was simply what every Indian wife ‘had to accept’ in her husband’s home. She was only 24.
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When Anjali Kour’s husband abandoned her in India in 2017 after a 15-year abusive marriage, she lost everything – her home, her finances, and her child.
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Leena met her firstborn daughter 22 years after she was kidnapped as a baby. But it was not the reunion she had hoped for.
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Bay Area artist Tanya describes survival inside a turbulent marriage where her husband and the inlaws subjected her to abuse.
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Children are not just witnesses but are also victims of domestic violence.
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This reporting team will seek to make more transnational abandonment survivors aware of their options and navigate existing law.
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Transnational abandonment spiked significantly during the pandemic. Two journalists reflect on their effort to share survivor's stories and advocate on their behalf.