NYU Libraries invites you to attend a seminar with Bhumika Saraswati, an award-winning, internationally published journalist, film-maker, and photographer reporting on the intersection of caste, gender, heat and more. She is a recent grantee of the Fund for Women Journalists by the International Women's Media Foundation. Saraswati’s work deeply considers how indigenous communities across the world strategize and act to protect land, water, air, and life while disproportionately facing the most violence and consequences of climate change. 

This event will be moderated by NYU faculty and readings will be distributed in preparation for the event along with further details for attendance. Open only to NYU community members. Reservations are required and valid NYU-IDs are required for entrance. 

Co-sponsors include New York University’s Office of Sustainability, Gallatin School for Individualized Study, Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands, and Asian/Pacific/American Institute.

About Bhumika Saraswati:

Bhumika Saraswati is an award-winning Indian journalist, photographer, and filmmaker whose work documents lives and narratives often overlooked or erased. Specialising in long-term work, with a visual-first approach, she makes complex stories more accessible and impactful. Her acclaimed project Unequal Heat (@heat.southasia) examines the unequal nature of the climate crisis, documenting how rising temperatures disproportionately affect marginalized communities—particularly women—in South Asia. Born in a Dalit household, a community stigmatized as “untouchable” under South Asia’s rigid caste system, Bhumika’s storytelling is deeply informed by her lived experience and the resilience of her single mother, Gita. Bhumika’s work has garnered local and international recognition, including the UN-Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitive Reporting and the Human Rights Press Award. Her writing, photography, and films have been featured by Associated Press, The Caravan, Outlook Magazine, The Hindu, SCMP Films, and more. She is the founder of the Kranti Collective, a physical space in Palam Village, Delhi that houses a free public library and hosts film screenings and workshops, particularly for children and women from marginalized backgrounds, like her own. Through her storytelling, Bhumika brings dignity and depth to the lives of those whose histories are often systemically erased. Visit her website: www.BhumikaSaraswati.com.