Ariel Sophia Bardi

Ariel Sophia Bardi is a journalist and researcher based in Delhi. She has a Ph.D. from Yale University, where she looked at the politics of planning in South Asia and the Middle East.

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How Holi Got Politicized

India’s festival of colors is usually a religious and cultural celebration, but this year it had a distinctly partisan hue.
- Ariel Sophia Bardi
- March 15, 2017