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Atul Dev

Atul Dev is a fellow at Columbia Journalism School in New York

May 2026

  • Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/AFP/ANI via Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India – podcast

    Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power?

    By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen
    Podcast34:09

April 2026

  • Lawrence Bishnoi

    The long read
    ‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India

    The long read: Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power?

December 2025

  • Tuvalu’s foreign minister Simon Kofe in 2021 giving his address to Cop26. Photograph: Tuvalu Foreign Ministry/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    Best of 2025: Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land – podcast

    From September: with sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go?

    By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen
    Podcast44:25

November 2025

  • men in front of a microphone

    How Mamdani is defying immigrant expectations by embracing his identity: ‘His boldness resonates’

    New York City mayor-elect refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign

September 2025

  • Tuvalu’s foreign minister Simon Kofe in 2021 giving his address to Cop26. Photograph: Tuvalu Foreign Ministry/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land – podcast

    With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go?

    By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen
    Podcast42:36

August 2025

  • Tuvalu’s foreign minister Simon Kofe in 2021 giving his address to Cop26.

    The long read
    Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land

    The long read: With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go?

May 2024

  • India’s minister of home affairs, Amit Shah (left), and the prime minister, Narendra Modi (right). Composite: Guardian Design/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock/EPA/AP/Reuters/Getty/AFP

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India – podcast

    Podcast49:37
  • Graphic collage illustration featuring India’s minister of home affairs, Amit Shah, and the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

    The long read
    ‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India