Speaker: Ms Pallavi Aiyar, award-winning journalist and author, who has spent over a decade reporting from Beijing, Brussels and Jakarta, often as the only resident Indian foreign correspondent

 

Chair: Ms Suhasini Haider

 

What accounts for the dearth of Indian journalists abroad and why does this matter? Drawing upon her books on China (Smoke and Mirrors) and Europe (Punjabi Parmesan), Pallavi will address these issues with examples that range from Beijing’s toilets to Antwerp’s diamond merchant