Writing Portfolio

Explore my diverse writing portfolio, featuring stories on emerging technologies, the Nepal earthquake, Canadian experiences, and more.

Air Quality & Climate

The Impact of Wildfires on Air Quality

ecobee

How climate-exacerbated wildfires reverse air quality gains and threaten livelihood resilience by reducing worker productivity. Frames energy grid resilience as having direct health co-benefits.

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ecobee

APIs: The Unlikely Weapon Against Climate Change and Blackouts

API World 2023

Talk delivered at API World 2023 (4,500+ attendees, Santa Clara). Real-time data infrastructure as applied disaster risk reduction — how APIs keep the grid alive during climate-driven emergencies.

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API World 2023

Open Letter to President Obama: Wear a Mask in New Delhi

Medium

An open letter urging President Obama to wear a face mask during his November 2017 visit to New Delhi, connecting hazardous PM2.5 pollution to community welfare. Led to an invitation to the Obama Foundation's inaugural Town Hall. Covered by Indian Express, Times of India, The Quint, Firstpost, NDTV, Business Standard, and WION.

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Medium

Featured Stories

Emerging Technologies

Nepal Earthquake

Hamline University: "The Accidental Journalist"

Hamline University

Peering over the edge of an open helicopter, Amrit Sharma '09 takes in a bird's eye view of hundreds of landslides blanketing the steep Nepali countryside.

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Hamline University

Modern Day Florence Nightingale

MyRepublica

Dipti Thapaliya, a nurse at New York City's Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, felt compelled to fly home to Nepal when she heard of the devastating earthquake.

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MyRepublica

Canada150ish

What is Canada150ish?

Medium

Right off the bat, I just want to tell you that I'm so grateful to you. Last year, I was among the tens of thousands of people that moved to Canada from around the world.

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Medium

150ish Things I'm Grateful For In 2018

Medium

Gratitude is a weird thing. At an abstract level, we often know we have abundance in our lives, but can't actually capture it in words.

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Medium