Welcome to award-winning journalist, Pallavi Aiyar's website. Pallavi has spent 2 decades reporting from across India, China, Europe, Indonesia and Japan. She is the author, most recently, of Orienting: An Indian in Japan. Her other books include the anthology, A Thousand Cranes for India, the Crossword award-winning China memoir, Smoke and Mirrors, and an Asian take on contemporary Europe, Punjabi Parmesan (New Old World). She has written two novels, Chinese WhiskersThe Adventures of Soyabean and Tofu and Jakarta Tails: The Continuing Adventures of Soyabean and Tofu. Other books include the parenting memoir, Babies and Bylines and a monograph on air pollution in Beijing and Delhi, Choked! more

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