‘Don’t close us’: A Black Catholic church pleads with Columbus bishop
Aug 31, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
Holy Rosary & St. John church on Columbus’ Near East Side, one of just two majority-Black Catholic churches in the diocese, is facing closure.
Dispatch investigation raises questions about Columbus police SWAT use on teen
June 12, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
A Columbus Police SWAT team raided a Ghanaian-American teenager’s home. Less than 26 hours later, he died by suicide. What happened?
A mosque, a synagogue and an unlikely friendship that kindled Columbus’ interfaith movement
April 13, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
‘Parking spaces don’t have a religion’
During Ramadan fasting, Columbus’ Muslim chefs keep cooking
March 24, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
For some Muslim-owned restaurants, Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn till dusk — is actually a very busy period of year.
Income-discrimination test case rocks Northeast Side complex
March 9, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
Hours after this piece was published, the landlord announced that the Section 8 tenants could stay.
Rising terminations, flawed execution: Dispatch investigation finds Section 8 failings
Feb. 25, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
The Dispatch spoke with two dozen tenants, Legal Aid lawyers, social workers, and CMHA reps, who described myriad issues with the voucher system, which recently switched to privatized management.
Uncompensated Allies: How Contracting Companies and U.S. Government Agencies Failed Third-Country Nationals in Afghanistan
2022 for Brown University’s Costs of War Project
New Americans harvest vegetables and memories of Bhutan at unique, pick-your-own farm
Aug. 5, 2022 for The Columbus Dispatch
Rai Farm, a Bhutanese-Nepali-owned pick-your-own business, caters to the community’s nostalgia for rural life.
A bittersweet conservation victory at Nepal’s flagship national park
July 2, 2021 for The Third Pole, republished in The Record , The Wire, and Scroll.in
Chitwan National Park in Nepal has earned international praise for its conservation successes. But the park has evicted some communities and upended many local livelihoods, this in-depth investigation finds
‘Cheap’ Nepali deaths in US war zones
August 31, 2020 for The Kathmandu Post.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, Nepalis who are injured or killed while working for American contractors are often sent home with only token compensation, or none at all.
Anatomy of a police investigation: Have authorities in Nepal’s Bardiya District passed a murder off as suicide?
April 1, 2019 with Abha Lal, co-published by The Record and The Wire
14-year-old Pramila Tharu’s death remains shrouded in mystery.
Days and nights in Nepalgunj
March 1, 2017 for The Record
Life, politics, and identity in a border city.
The water bringers
April 27, 2016 for The Record
Irrigation and indigenous self-government on Nepal’s largest island.
Why Nepal loves Rabi Lamichhane — and why some revile him
September 18, 2019 for The Record
A review of one of Nepal’s most popular TV news shows
In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence
August 20, 2019 for Yale Environment 360
An exodus for jobs abroad has played an important role in the reforestation of Nepal.
