Sweta Daga

Sweta Daga is a multimedia storyteller, independent journalist and community facilitator based in Bangalore, India. She has tried to cover her country with stories from all four corners of India from Arunachal Pradesh to Kashmir, Lakshadweep to Tamil Nadu and in between. She focuses on climate justice, gender, and queer stories. She is a National Media Award winner and Fellow, along with being a Centre for Science and Environment, Earth Journalism Network and People’s Archive of Rural India Fellow. She has co-created and produced India’s only environmental reality television show on NDTV, co-directed a documentary film (in post production currently) on Jainism, and is a theater actor and playwright. She is also a community facilitator, hosting week-long events for journalists, artists, activists, and changemakers from across India. She bicycles all over Bangalore, has a house overrun by books, and never has on matching socks for some reason.