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Mridu Khullar, 27, is a freelance journalist currently based in New Delhi, India.

She has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, and North America, and writes for Time, Vogue, Glamour, Marie Claire, Elle, Ms., Self,  Parade.com, Women's eNews, US Airways, The Women's International Perspective, and Writer's Digest, among others.

She has also been a contributor to the books Chicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul II and Voices of Alcoholism.

In 2008-09, Mridu spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley, as a Visiting Scholar at the School of Journalism.

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Recent Features:

Worlds Apart: How the Educational System is Failing to Prepare US Youth to be Competitive in the Global Economy (Diversity MBA, Spring 2009)
	In March 2008, Bill Gates pointed to a serious shortage of scientists and engineers in the country, warning Congress that the United States could soon lose its competitive edge. Is it already too late?
Taxi For Her (GOOD, May 2009)
	Forshe (pronounced “for she”), previously named Forsche, is a radio taxi service created exclusively for women, with martial-arts-trained female drivers, and around-the-clock availability. Announced in Delhi last month to much fanfare, the first 20 taxis were launched by Kiran Bedi, the first woman to serve on the Indian police force, who runs the Forshe project in the city.
Expression: A Newspaper in India Gives Women a Voice (The WIP, May 2009)
	Mahila Paksh is more than just a newspaper. It is a social organization run by women for women. The readers aren't customers, they're members. And the reporters aren't professionally-trained journalists with the latest gadgetry, but local women with stories to share.
Drama Therapy: Blind Street Workers in India Find a Voice in the Arts (The WIP, May 2009)
	Their movements are perfectly coordinated, their dramatically delivered dialogues impressive. And it's only when you see the ropes placed strategically around the stage to demarcate the boundaries that you begin to question, that you look closer and realize—almost all the performers in the troupe of Anyadesh are blind.
Chief Performance Officer or Bureaucratic Bull Keeper? (Fusion, April 2009)
	While the job title is new, President Obama will not be the first President to try and cut back on government waste. President Reagan, too, had wanted to cut programs he contended the country did not need by eliminating "waste, fraud and abuse."
In Slumdog Millionaire, Memories of a Bygone Era (The WIP, February 2009)
	For me, an Indian missing home in America, the movie brought back through the director's lens, a taste of home. A Bollywood of the past, mixed with a vision of the future. In all the clichés, an ode to a cinema of my childhood.
Why Western Women Become Eastern Nuns (Spirituality & Health, Jan/Feb 2009)
	The pale faces of the women walking in and out of the dining hall of this Tibetan nunnery are distinctly un-Tibetan: they're Australian, European, American, and Filipino. I get my bread and soup, then join the rest of the group in the sunny courtyard. "Oh, I remember my first time," says one woman with a smile. "I walked out thinking, oh, my God, what have I done?"
One Night in San Francisco (TIME, December 29, 2008)
	Savvy locals tell you how to spend it stylishly in San Francisco.
Have They Forgotten the Kama Sutra? (Ms., Fall 2008)
	In rapidly modernizing India, the generation gap has become a gaping abyss. More and more young people, especially women, are fumbling for reliable information about sexual choices and contraceptive methods, since pre-marital sex still is considered taboo.
Take It Slower (Self, November 2008)
	Forget multitasking. The key to a joyful life lies in savoring the moment.

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