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Business News > Mint Authors > Gita Aravamudan

Gita Aravamudan

Independent Journalist

Gita Aravamudan is a veteran journalist whose career spans several decades. Her interests are varied and she specializes in feature writing and investigative journalism. She has published four books of narrative non fiction based on her journalistic work and two books of fiction.

ARTICLES BY GITA ARAVAMUDAN

Has the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act been effective or has it just pushed the whole business underground? (File photo; representational image)

Why surrogacy scams persist in India

4 min read . 07 Aug 2025

File photo of an IBM employee gardening at his office in Bengaluru. (Mint)

How Bengaluru's traditional gardens have adapted to a busy city landscape

3 min read . 15 Mar 2025

ISRO's GSLV-F15, carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on 29 January 2025, The launch marked ISRO's 100th mission. (ISRO via PTI)

How ISRO’s 100th mission reflects its original startup spirit

4 min read . 02 Feb 2025

Groups like the Indian Women Cinematographers' Collective, formed on 8 March 2017, have been raising issues of harassment of women in cinema. Many of them have faced boycotts for speaking out. Seen here is a file photo of some of the members. Courtesy: IWCC

When the misogyny in cinema spills into real life

3 min read . 26 Nov 2023

This image provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) shows the Vikram lander as photographed by the Pragyan rover. India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole (Isro via AP)

The long, slow journey of Isro's women scientists

4 min read . 31 Aug 2023

Students at Delhi government schools form a human chain representing ISRO to congratulate the Chandrayaan-3 team. (ANI Photo)

Success of Chandrayaan-3 shows Isro's focus on teamwork

4 min read . 24 Aug 2023

Fishing boats anchored at the Vizhinjam harbour. (PTI)

Why activism is a way of life for Kerala's fishing communities

4 min read . 29 Dec 2022

A helicopter flies over the damaged Morbi suspension bridge after it collapsed on 30 October. (File photo/Reuters)

Why bridges collapse, roads crack and flyovers are demolished

3 min read . 08 Nov 2022

File photo of a blue whale (AFP)

Travel: On an ocean safari to spot blue whales in the Pacific

6 min read . 25 Oct 2022

The shuttered entrance of the KGF mines (Photo: Raj Sam/Mint)

The reality behind all the films set in KGF

5 min read . 29 Aug 2022

The Beatles (from left) Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison in 1963. (Alamy)

The everlasting spell of the Beatles

5 min read . 26 May 2022

Kombucha is a fermented tea, made with SCOBY, a bacteria and yeast culture that home cooks often share with one another. (iStockphoto)

Seek out the good bacteria in your kitchen

3 min read . 01 May 2022

Surrogate-born babies inside a special shelter owned by BioTexCom clinic in a basement, as Russia's invasion continues, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on 15 March 2022. (REUTERS)

How Ukraine can keep babies born of surrogacy safe

5 min read . 18 Mar 2022

Jim Sarbh and (right) Ishwak Singh in ‘Rocket Boys’.

Why Rocket Boys didn’t need to take so many creative liberties

6 min read . 24 Feb 2022

The final distil of cashew to feni at Cazulo Feni. (Edric George) (Edric George)

A toast to Indian country liquor

4 min read . 10 Feb 2022

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced on their Instagram pages on 21 January 2022 that they had welcomed their first baby, born via surrogacy. (File photo) (AP)

No, surrogacy is not exploitative

9 min read . 27 Jan 2022

Women colleagues have broken not just the entry barriers but also the glass ceilings which were once impenetrable. (iStock)

Bulli Bai case is the backlash women face for demanding equality

5 min read . 13 Jan 2022

The holiday season is a time of love and joy, far removed from the current climate of violence and hate. (Unsplash)

Can we ring out prejudice with 2021?

4 min read . 31 Dec 2021

Illaiyaraaja on a billboard in New York City's Times Square in November 2021. (facebook.com/Ilaiyaraaja)

Why Illaiyaraaja fans still can't get enough of his music

5 min read . 02 Dec 2021

Based on a real incident of a custodial death of an Adivasi man in the 1990s, Jai Bhim has jolted people into the need to acknowledge as well as speak out about the continuing horror of custodial violence and torture. (Screengrab) (HT_PRINT)

Custodial deaths: Jai Bhim shows little has changed in 70 years

6 min read . 18 Nov 2021