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Jayashree Narayanan
Jayashree Narayanan is a Deputy Copy Editor working with The Indian Express. From health and fitness to gender and diversity, she likes to write on a variety of subjects, stories, and people.
You can expect to read stories on health, books, fitness, celeb interviews, and stories of people with disabilities, climate change makers, empowering women who are leading from the front, and more.
Fond of travelling and a big yoga enthusiast, she believes every person has a story to tell.
She can be reached on @narayananjaya on Twitter
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Fri, Mar 04, 2022
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Tue, Feb 22, 2022
‘Representing the country at Miss Teen International 2022 no less than Olympics’: Pageant winner Mannat SiwachPremium Story
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‘Great to see a misunderstood plant in positive light’: The rise of hemp and its by-products in IndiaPremium Story
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Tue, Jan 25, 2022
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Tue, Jan 18, 2022
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Tue, Jan 11, 2022
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Wed, Dec 15, 2021
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Fri, Dec 03, 2021
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