Nayantara Dutta
Freelance Writer & Research Director
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Muslim Americans Brace for a Second Trump Era Atmos, November 2024
On Muslim Women’s Day, four Indians share the creative journeys that shaped their identity VOGUE India, March 2023
Hasan Minhaj Explores the Darker Sides of Fame in The King's Jester TIME, October 2022
New Season, Same Problems: Here's How Indian Matchmaking Can Improve for Season 3 TIME, August 2022
The subtle ways language shapes us
BBC Culture, October 2020
Neighbors are gathering online to give and get the things they need right now
Vox, September 2020
How South Asian Muslim Women Are Reclaiming Their Stories Refinery29, March 2020
Why do you like the music you like? Science weighs in.
Washington Post, September 2022
Why We Remember Music and Forget Everything Else
TIME, April 2022
4 Ways That the Pandemic Changed How We See Ourselves
What It's Like to Be 'Mind Blind'
TIME, March 2022
The 30 most beautiful places in the world
Time Out, August 2023
The Indian way to 'maximize value'
BBC Travel, May 2021
I followed the magic of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture into Fingal's Cave
The Guardian, November 2020
How Indian Chinese Food Became India's Favorite Cuisine
Condé Nast Traveler,
September 2020
I left the U.S. during COVID and came to India. Here's what's different (and what's not)
NBC, May 2021
'Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj' spoke truth to power — and told our side of the story
Washington Post, August 2020
ICE has reversed its policy, but international students still need support
Fast Company, July 2020
Head to head: Are the identity struggles in Never Have I Ever relatable or predictable?
gal-dem, May 2020
Signing up for dance lessons was the best thing I've done this year. It's taught me how to be easy on myself. INSIDER, July 2022
Searching For More Than a Meet-Cute Refinery29, July 2022
Reclaiming Indian Food from the White Gaze Eater, July 2022
With an emergency move, I'm working to find happiness outside of America
Quartz, June 2022
Nimbu Pani is What I Drink When I Feel Like a Human Furnace
Bon Appétit, July 2020
This App Helps Me Cook With What I Have Instead of Heading to the Store Again
Bon Appétit, April 2020
The F-List 2024 Clean Creatives,
September 2024
The COP28 F-List Clean Creatives,
December 2023
The Asia F-List
Clean Creatives,
October 2023
The F-List 2023 Clean Creatives,
September 2023
The F-List 2022 Clean Creatives,
September 2022
Smoke and Mirrors: The Legal Risks of Fossil Fuel Advertising
Clean Creatives, May 2022
'The How' is a hopeful meditation on self-worth and healing
NPR, November 2021
'Home Is Not A Country' Imagines The Lives We Could Have Led
NPR, March 2021
Healing cafés JWT Intelligence, October 2018
The destination drugstore JWT Intelligence, September 2018
Activist dining experiences JWT Intelligence, July 2018
Gen Z: Beyond beauty JWT Intelligence, July 2018
Drone-topias JWT Intelligence, April 2018
The personal touch JWT Intelligence, June 2018
The game of (adult) life JWT Intelligence, March 2018
The new convenience store JWT Intelligence, May 2018
Virtual influencers JWT Intelligence, March 2018
Fast food innovation JWT Intelligence, February 2018
Merged millennial finances JWT Intelligence, August 2017
29Rooms JWT Intelligence, September 2017
Audio-reactive tech JWT Intelligence, August 2016
Personalized retail JWT Intelligence, September 2017
Adaptive hearables JWT Intelligence, July 2016
