Saritha Rai

GlobalPost

Saritha Rai covers India for GlobalPost. Rai has spent her journalistic career tracking diverse subjects such as globalization, the technology industry and social change. For six years, she was the India-based business reporter for the New York Times, writing about the economy, outsourcing, liberalization and change. She has written for the International Herald Tribune, serve as the technology correspondent for Time magazine's Asia edition, and was the editor of online edition of the Economic Times, India's No. 1 business newspaper. She was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University where she focused on business, the Internet and emerging technologies, and in her early career, she worked with India Today, the country's most read newsmagazine, and the Telegraph, one of the country's largest newspapers. Rai's work has appeared in magazines such as Forbes, Worth and Ode. She has been part of documentary and feature teams for Discovery, NBC, Fox TV and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Rai is a contributing editor with the Indian Express, one of India's biggest newspapers, and a columnist for CNET. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Bangalore.

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India: the death of microfinance?

Called “small loans-big nuisance," microfinance is said to have contributed to spate of suicides.

India: the death of microfinance?
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India gets on the sushi boat

India gets on the sushi boat
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India's war over reality TV

India's war over reality TV
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In India, anti-corruption all the rage

In India, anti-corruption all the rage

Obama in the land of Gandhi

Obama in the land of Gandhi
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Obama in India: getting down to business

Will economics trump politics during the presidential visit?

Obama in India: getting down to business
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India: Reforming rape laws

A movement spreads to stop rape survivors from being subjected to the indignity of the finger test.

India: Reforming rape laws
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Indo-Pak: Tennis over diplomacy?

An unlikely pair of racquet-swinging 30-year-olds tries to bridge the ancient subcontinent divide.

Indo-Pak: Tennis over diplomacy?
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India drops the chili bomb

What has added spice to India's diet for centuries may be the next addition to its defense arsenal.

India drops the chili bomb
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Designer babies, with an Indian twist

More and more Indians want egg donors, but only if they're from the right caste.

Designer babies, with an Indian twist
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Medical tourists aren't scared of India's superbug

For under-insured Westerners looking for cheap health care abroad, the risk is simply worth it.

Medical tourists aren't scared of India's superbug
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India's tourism banks on "Eat, Pray, Love"

Travelers looking to follow in Julia Roberts' footsteps seek spiritual transformation in India.

India's tourism banks on "Eat, Pray, Love"
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Commonwealth Games mar New Delhi's image

Rampant corruption promises to tarnish the event itself — if not prevent it from happening.

Commonwealth Games mar New Delhi's image
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Bollywood: cat fights meet social networking

Not known for their restraint, India's movie stars let it all hang out on Twitter.

Bollywood: cat fights meet social networking
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Indian men seek whiter shade of pale

Increasingly, Indian men use skin-whitening products. Racism or fashion?

Indian men seek whiter shade of pale