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Ravi Agrawal

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Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. He is also the host of FP Live, the magazine's video channel and podcast, on which he regularly interviews world leaders and policymakers. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He has shared a Peabody Award and three Emmy nominations for his work as a TV producer, and his writing for FP was part of a series nominated for a 2020 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary. Agrawal is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy. He is a graduate of Harvard University.

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A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020.
A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020.

India Is Hurtling Into a Coronavirus Crisis

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers and families line up to board a special train to return to their hometowns outside a railway station in Secunderabad, India, on May 23. 2020.
Migrant workers and families line up to board a special train to return to their hometowns outside a railway station in Secunderabad, India, on May 23. 2020.

The Coronavirus Reaches Rural India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China on July 10, 2008.
A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China on July 10, 2008.

Why India and China Are Sparring

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
An aerial view shows flooded houses after a dam broke when Cyclone Amphan made landfall in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, on May 21.
An aerial view shows flooded houses after a dam broke when Cyclone Amphan made landfall in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, on May 21.

First the Pandemic. Then a Killer Cyclone.

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
An injured boy is carried on a stretcher in a hospital following a suicide attack at a funeral of a local police commander in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on May 12.
An injured boy is carried on a stretcher in a hospital following a suicide attack at a funeral of a local police commander in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on May 12.

Afghanistan’s ‘Cradle to Grave’ Cycle of Death

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh state enter the New Delhi railway station after the government eased the nationwide lockdown on May 7.
Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh state enter the New Delhi railway station after the government eased the nationwide lockdown on May 7.

The Pandemic Is Enabling Big Brother

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Residents of a slum in Kolkata, India, line up to receive relief packages on April 30.
Residents of a slum in Kolkata, India, line up to receive relief packages on April 30.

A Coronavirus Mystery: Why Are There So Few Cases in South Asia?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World center in Navi Mumbai, India, on April 22.
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World center in Navi Mumbai, India, on April 22.

Why Facebook Is Betting Big on India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A gasoline vendor rides past graffiti on the road during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Chennai, India, on April 13. 2020.
A gasoline vendor rides past graffiti on the road during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Chennai, India, on April 13. 2020.

Lockdown or Starvation? Poorer Economies Weigh Impossible Choice

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Muslims from the Tabhligi Jamaat Islamic missionary movement board ambulances that will take them to a coronavirus quarantine facility in New Delhi on April 3.
Muslims from the Tabhligi Jamaat Islamic missionary movement board ambulances that will take them to a coronavirus quarantine facility in New Delhi on April 3.

Islamophobia Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers surround buses amid the nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus at Lal Kuan bus stand in Ghaziabad, India, on March 29.
Migrant workers surround buses amid the nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus at Lal Kuan bus stand in Ghaziabad, India, on March 29.

India’s Lockdown Helps Its Rich but Ignores Its Poor

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A woman walks with children wearing protective masks during a curfew in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai, India, on March 24.
A woman walks with children wearing protective masks during a curfew in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai, India, on March 24.

South Asia’s Looming Disaster

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A man helps a woman wear a mask at the metro rail station in Bangalore on March 5, 2020.
A man helps a woman wear a mask at the metro rail station in Bangalore on March 5, 2020.

South Asia’s Coronavirus Cases May Be the Tip of the Iceberg

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Workers from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Balochistan stand inside a COVID-19 quarantine camp for people returning from Iran via the border town of Taftan, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on March 9.
Workers from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Balochistan stand inside a COVID-19 quarantine camp for people returning from Iran via the border town of Taftan, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on March 9.

How Will South Asia Deal With the Coronavirus?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Security personnel stand guard outside of a burned mosque following communal violence in New Delhi on Feb. 28.
Security personnel stand guard outside of a burned mosque following communal violence in New Delhi on Feb. 28.

Delhi’s Violence Could Presage Something Far Worse

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
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