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A post graduate in Mass Communications in MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Natasha started her career as one of India’s first women camerapersons in news television. She worked with NDTV for 13 years and resigned as Vice President, Training and Development. Natasha teaches Media Studies and Creative Writing at Ashoka University and is currently writing a new book on love and marriage that will be published in 2025. As an independent film-maker and writer, she has won the Laadli Media Award twice for her work on gender.

Natasha Badhwar is the author of the memoirs, “My Daughters’ Mum” and “Immortal For A Moment” that focus on family, raising children and selfhood in an increasingly fractured world. Along with Harsh Mander and John Dayal, she has co-edited “Reconciliation – Karwan e Mohabbat’s journey of solidarity through a wounded India”. She has also co-edited “When The Mask Came Off: Lockdown 2020” with Harsh Mander and Anirban Bhattacharya.

As a columnist, Natasha is best known for her 10 year long series of personal-political essays published in Mint Lounge. She has also written columns for  The Morning Context, Indian Express, The Hindu, Outlook and The Tribune.