Sindhuja Parthasarathy

  • Human Rights
    • Covid 2020
    • Protest Politics
    • Honor Killing
    • Gender in Northeast
    • Rohingya Refugee Camps In India
    • Burn Survivors
    • Sumangali & The Textile Mafia
    • The Toxic Cost of Leather : Kanpur
    • TripleTalaq & The Islamic Movement
    • Kashmir: Conflict & Mental Health
    • Kashmir:Village of Widows
    • Jharia Burning
    • Tavam, India's Transgender
    • Water & Gender Politics
    • Malnutrition & Infant Deaths - Tribal India
    • Love and Dishonour: Caste Violence
    • Choking on Salt
    • Bride Slaves of Haryana
    • Kashmir: The Transgender Movement
    • Honor Killing
  • Gender Violence & Rights
    • Women & Landrights
    • Being Devadasi
    • Colors of Nonconfirmity- Life of Widows in Vrindavan
    • Jogappa-Jogathi
    • Witch-Craft hunting
    • (S)HE
    • Surviving Acid Attacks
    • The 'Third Gender' Iconoclausts
    • Drag Queens
  • Environment Sustainability
    • Protesting the Nuclear Energy
    • The Garbage Menace
  • Sociocultural Anthropology
    • Festive India
    • The Indian Ethos
    • The Islamic faith & reverence
    • A house in the hills
    • Living by the Rivers
    • Indian Dance & Art
    • The great Indian Monsoons
  • Published Work
    • Honor Killing in TamilNadu
    • Bride Slaves of Haryana
    • Manipur's Transgender Community
    • Pride Walk
    • Festivals- A Celebration of Hope
    • TN Politics- Karunanidhi's Death
    • Women Drug Users Of Manipur
    • Burn Survivors in India: Scroll
    • Toxic Cost of Leather- Kanpur-India Today
    • Banning Triple Talaq in India- Citizen
    • Female Genital Mutilation- FirstPost
    • Half-Widows & Widows of Kashmir
    • The Week-Witch-Craft Hunting
    • Widows of Vrindavan
    • Jharia Burning
    • Malnutrition in Kerala - The Hindu
    • Water & Gender - Sunday Guardian
    • Maha Khumbh Mela
    • Breaking Free- The Hindu
    • Mr. and Mrs.Koovagam
    • 400 days and counting- The Alternative
    • The Devadasi system,The Hindu
    • Surviving Acid Attacks in India - The Alternative
    • Brides for a day-The Hindu
    • Loving,Leaving - LIVE MINT
    • An Interview
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Sindhuja Parthasarathy is an Independent Humanitarian Photojournalist based out of  Chennai, India. She has been journeying across the country creating compelling visual narratives of human rights violation so as to influence people & organizations for change.


The core of her work explores gender equity, indigenous human rights issues and environment sustainability; keenly highlighting the complex socio-cultural anthropology elements and their interplay with humanitarianism.


Her work has been published in AFP, VICE, Broadly, The Hindu, Business Insider, Times of India, The Week, India Today, Scroll, First Post, Newsminute, Wire, Newsweek Pakistan, The Citizen, BNN, Indian Express, India Today, Liberation, Sunday Guardian, Live MINT, Boursorama, Liberation, borneo bulletin, nice-matin, Pakistan Times, Lamontagne, Malay online,NAMPA, Astro aswani, Euro News and the Alternative among others.


As a staunch believer of visual storytelling and its enduring power to create change, she has partnered with different Indian and International NGOs to advocate for change. She is also a Psychologist, Executive Coach and a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, specializing in the areas of diversity and human development psychology.


Her work on challenging notions and ideas of Gender dysphoria was exhibited at the 'India Art Fair' in Jan 2014. She was awarded the 'Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity' by UNFPA twice, in 2013 and 2017 recognizing her work for gender sensitive reportage.


Write to her on sindhuja@gmail.com for documentary, reportage assignments and advocacy partnerships.

Documentary Photojournalist sindhuja@gmail.com
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