Somanjali Das

Somanjali Das is a sub-editor with the indianexpress.com and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bangalore (IIJNM). Somanjali has completed her PG diploma in Multimedia journalism from IIJNM. She likes to talk about arts and culture, gender and news that affects day-to-day life. You can find her at somanjali.das@indianexpress.com.

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