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Madhumita Pandey was only 22 when she first went to Tihar Jail in New Delhi to meet and interview convicted rapists in India. Over the past three years, she has interviewed 100 of them for her doctoral thesis at the criminology department of Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom.

"A Woman Interviewed 100 Convicted Rapists in India. This Is What She Learned." is from the September 11, 2017 WorldViews section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

It’s a life that many envy: plush salaries, international schools for the children and wine-soaked parties on weekends. But for New Delhi's diplomatic corps, the sweet life is missing one key ingredient: clean, breathable air. Pollution levels in India this month are so bad that diplomats are fretting about whether to stay or leave.

"New Delhi’s Pollution Problem is So Bad That Some Diplomats Are Packing Their Bags" is from the November 16, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Dozens of patients in northern India are bearing what could be lifelong costs of HIV infection after the medically unqualified man reused an infected needle, officials said Tuesday, a grim consequence of quacks and unlicensed practitioners filling in the gaps of a health-care system struggling to meet the needs of 1.3 billion people.

"An Unlicensed Doctor with a Dirty Syringe Infected Dozens with HIV in India, Officials Say" is from the February 07, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Alex Horton, Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Around 14 million people are thought to have abandoned their homes in the summer and fall of 1947, when colonial British administrators began dismantling the empire in southern Asia. Estimates for the number of people killed in those months range between 200,000 and 2 million.

"70 Years Later, Survivors Recall the Horrors of India-Pakistan Partition" is from the August 14, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and Nisar Mehdi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The treacherous trail that connects this remote Sherpa village in the Himalayas to the rest of the world was unusually crowded over the weekend as scores of voters walked for hours across narrow mountain ridges to vote in Nepal’s first parliamentary elections since 2006.

"Why a Village of Sherpas Walked for Hours to Vote in Nepal’s Elections" is from the November 30, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and Pradeep Bashyal and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Hundreds of people have been arrested in a north Indian city after protests over the rape conviction of a religious sect leader turned violent, leaving 32 dead and more than 200 injured.

"Hundreds Arrested After Riots in Northern India Leave 32 Dead" is from the August 26, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

When the skies over the south Indian city of Chennai darken with rain clouds, K. Srikanth’s inbox starts to fill up.

"How Amateur Weathermen are Tackling Climate Change in India" is from the December 24, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

As a thick, ghostly haze shrouded India’s capital city, Juhi Dhaul and her family packed their bags and planned to leave town. “My kids have been sitting in one room with three air purifiers on since Wednesday,” she said. “They’re virtually under house arrest.”

"New Delhi’s Pollution is Off the Charts — and It’s Making Residents Ill" is from the November 10, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

Nepal will vote Thursday in a landmark election that will be closely watched by neighboring India and China, each hoping for a win for their domestic allies in the small Himalayan nation.

"Nepal Votes Thursday. China and India are Watching Closely." is from the December 06, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

NEW DELHI — An Indian government agency has filed a police complaint against a journalist who exposed a possible security breach in the country's vast biometric database that contains the personal details of more than 1 billion citizens, raising fresh concerns about shrinking press freedom in India.

"An Indian Journalist Exposed a Huge Breach in a Government Database. Now She’s Facing a Police Complaint." is from the January 08, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A few weeks ago, relatively few people in India had heard of Ram Nath Kovind. But on Thursday the country’s Parliament and state leaders selected the low-caste septuagenarian to be India’s president, the constitutional head of state.

"India's New President Rose From Poverty to High Office" is from the July 21, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi  and narrated by Caroline Miller.

 A mob of angry domestic workers chanted in protest and threw stones at a luxury high-rise outside India’s capital on Wednesday, laying bare the deep divisions between the haves and have-nots in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

"Maids' Riot at Luxury High-Rise Exposes Class Divide in India" is from the July 12, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Annie Gowen and Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

When P.R. Sujoy became a software engineer, he thought his life was made. It was a job his father, a former government employee who prized stability above all, could brag about to nosy relatives. It came with a highflying salary, enough for a mortgage and to start a family. So when his company suddenly asked him to resign, Sujoy refused.

"The High-Tech Jobs That Created India's Gilded Generation Are Disappearing" is from the June 24, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Indian residents stand in front of a closed cinema amid a shutdown called to protest the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) in Chennai on July 3, 2017.

"Why a Thousand Movie Theaters Have Closed Their Doors to Fans in India" is from the July 03, 2017 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

The teenager was brutally killed Thursday evening by a mob on his way home from the city. They slashed his ribs and stabbed him in the chest and then threw him off the train.

"‘How Can They Hate Us so Much?’ Asks Father of Muslim Teen Brutally Killed in Attack on Train in India" is from the June 24, 2017 WorldViews section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Two months ago, an Indian police superintendent set up a new helpline that people could call to report child marriages. And then, teenagers started calling.

"Indian Teens Pick up the Phone to Save Their Friends From Child Marriage" is from the June 01, 2017 Worldviews section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

 In a move to corner India’s vast, untapped smartphone market and elbow out foreign competitors, Mukesh Ambani, the country’s richest man and the multibillionaire owner of Reliance Industries, recently announced that he will start handing out effectively free cellphones.

"A Smartphone War Is Heating up in the World's Largest Untapped Market" is from the August 01, 2017 Asia & Pacific section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

India’s top court on Thursday overturned a 157-year-old law criminalizing gay sex in a landmark victory for gay rights in the world’s largest democracy.

"India’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex in Historic Ruling" is from the September 06, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Joanna Slater andVidhi Doshi and narrated by Sam Scholl.

NEW DELHI — A junior minister in the Indian government stepped down after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment, delivering the first major victory to the country’s nascent #MeToo movement.

"Indian Government Minister Steps down as Country’s #MeToo Movement Gains Traction" is from the October 17, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Vidhi Doshi and Joanna Slater and narrated by Sam Scholl.