There are 3 lakh 8 thousand women voters in Mizoram. Six thousand more votes than men. Yet out of the 205 candidates there are only 9 women candidates contesting the polls.
The Mizo National Front faces a huge anti-incumbency wave this year as Mizoram goes to polls on December 2. In power for ten years, allegedly, MNF has just promised development. MNF also faces allegations of corruption.
Work on human rights violations, conflict, children and women in conflict, democracy, labour rights, modern-day slavery and development. Former Senior Editor with CNN-IBN, and have worked with NDTV, and contribute to TIME, Oxford Analytica, US-based Women Under Siege project, among other platforms. Three-time recipient of Ramnath Goenka Award For Excellence in Journalism (2008-09, 2009-10, 2012).