Hi! I’m Mythili, a journalist in New York with a few decades of bylines all over the place covering everything from politics, climate change, the United Nations, education, tech, NYC - and South Asians in the U.S. I’ve reported from several countries and NPR, CNN, the LA Times, far-flung radio stations, and a few podcasts have quoted me or had me on air. I’m also former president of the South Asian Journalist Association. My delusions of fame stem from having one of my stories featured in Stephen Colbert’s Late Show monologue years ago.

Welcome to Export Quality, a place to find news by my journalist friends of South Asian descent and about our Indian, Indo-Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Maldivian, Afghan, and Bhutanese communities in the lands of apple pie and poutine.

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