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Rohini Mohan

India Correspondent

Rohini writes about politics, business, the environment and human rights. For more than 20 years, she has written for publications including Time, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Economic Times and The Hindu. She joined The Straits Times in 2019. She has won several journalism awards, including the 2020 Fetisov award for investigative reporting, and the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person in 2019. She is the author of the award-winning The Seasons Of Trouble (2014), a non-fiction book on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.

Latest articles

India’s Kerala state rolls out new form of identification: Protection or exclusion?

A voter having her documents verified at a polling station during India's general election in Wayanad district, Kerala, on April 26, 2024.

Shrinking sales: US’ biggest shrimp supplier India, rocked by tariffs, seeks new markets

Shrimp accounts for two-thirds of India’s seafood exports, making the shellfish the backbone of Indian marine trade. 

Not ‘Indian’ enough: Lynch mobs in India find a new target

Unlike the far-right attacks over the past decade that targeted minority communities in India for their race, caste or faith, mob violence today is defined by a new, warped xenophobia.

As Tamil film star Vijay’s legal troubles mount, some see a political conspiracy at play 

Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vetri Kalagam (TVK), is untested in elections, but its vote share could determine who forms the next state government.

In India’s race for development, elephants are losing out as their habitat fragments

An elephant died after it was hit by a train in the eastern state of Assam, India, on Dec 20, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS

IndiGo crisis reveals why India’s new air safety rules are vital

An IndiGo Airways aircraft prepares to land at the Mumbai airport on Dec 6, 2025. PHOTO: AFP

India govt’s attempts to mandate 24/7 phone tracking faces pushback

Recent government notifications have tried to mandate round-the-clock tracking of all phones in India in multiple ways.

From IndiGo to IndiGone? India’s largest carrier faces government and passenger wrath

ddflight - IndiGo’s operations have yet to stabilise, with nearly 800 flights cancelled across the country on Saturday. 
ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

‘All being poisoned slowly’: Air purifiers offer only limited respite from India’s chronic pollution

A man jogs near the India Gate which is shrouded in a haze caused in part by air pollution in New Delhi on Nov 24.

‘This year, we hope to have zero maternal deaths’: India’s south makes giving birth safer

rmmother - A senior nurse from SingHealth (orange shirt) shows doctors and nurses from primary healthcare centres how to deliver a child in breach using a mannequin in a simulation exercise in Chennai. Several medical professionals from Singapore have volunteered to collaborate with the Tamil Nadu health department to improve maternal and child health and reduce mortalities with refresher programmes and protocol reviews.
ST PHOTO: ROHINI MOHAN