Neha Dixit
Neha Dixit is an independent journalist and author based in New Delhi. She has covered politics, gender, and social justice for 18 years. Most of her work is investigative, narrative and long-form. She reports for Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Caravan, The Wire and other notable publications.
She has investigated and exposed a wide range of human rights violations including extrajudicial killings by police, hate crimes, human trafficking involving Sangh organisations, clinical trials on the marginalised by big pharma and sectarian majoritarian violence in South Asia. She has also written political profiles and looked at intersections of labour under majoritarian governments.
She has won over a dozen international and national journalism awards including the International Press Freedom Award 2019 from the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist 2017, Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism from the European Commission, 2011 among others. She has contributed to many non-fiction anthologies including UNESCO Casebook of Investigative Journalism 2011, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Oxford University Press, ‘Bad’ Women of Bombay Films: Studies in Desire and Anxiety, Palgrave, Knot For Keeps: Writing the Modern Marriage, Harper Collins, First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction From India, Volume 1 and Volume 2, Yodapress and Breaching the Citadel: Anthology of essays on Sexual violence in South Asia by Zubaan books.
'The Many Lives of Syeda X' published by Bonnier Books is her debut non-fiction book. It looks at the last 30 years of India through the eyes of a working-class, migrant Muslim woman in Delhi who becomes a part of the cheap female labour economy. Researched for close to a decade, it is a portal to a messy world hidden away from elite Indians. It is the story of untold millions and a searing account of urban life in New India.
Revised: Neha Dixit is a trailblazing New Delhi-based journalist and author. With 18 years of investigative, long-form journalism for Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Caravan, and The Wire, she has exposed numerous human rights violations across South Asia. Her work delves into politics, gender, and labour under majoritarian regimes. Neha’s debut book, The Many Lives of Syeda X, traces 30 years of India through a working-class, migrant Muslim woman in Delhi’s labour economy. Researched for a decade, it unveils urban India’s hidden struggles. Her contributions grace anthologies like UNESCO Casebook of Investigative Journalism, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, and Breaching the Citadel, among several others. Honoured with the International Press Freedom Award 2019, the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2017, and the Lorenzo Natali Prize 2011, Neha’s work amplifies marginalised voices.
