Sarita Sarvate is an Indian-American journalist and writer. For nearly twenty years, she has published the “Last Word” column
for
India Currents, an Indian-American magazine. She has also published opinion essays for
New America Media
New America Media (NAM) was a multimedia ethnic news agency and a coalition of ethnic media. Founded in 1996 by the nonprofit Pacific News Service, NAM was headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, ...
,
a coalition of ethnic media around the world and its predecessor the Pacific News Service,
for over a decade. Her opinion columns, essays, and book reviews have been syndicated in the
Los Angeles Times
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the
San Jose Mercury News
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the
Oakland Tribune
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Founded in 1874, the ''Tribune'' rose to become an influential daily newspaper. With the declin ...
,
Salon Magazine
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Content and coverage
''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including re ...
,
of India,
and many other online and print media outlets. She has been a leader in the South Asian community, speaking at various events, and has been written about in a profile of exceptional women in the South Asian immigrant women.
Her fiction has been published in an anthology of poetry and fiction by South Asian American writers.
Awards
In 1998, she won the award
for the best commentary in ethnic media from New California Media, a coalition of ethnic digital and print media that has since expanded to become the New America Media. The following year, she won the second prize in the same category.
References
External links
saritasarvate.com
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American women journalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women