Sowmiya Ashok writes about politics, immigration, race, religion, social justice and gender. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she wrote an article in The Atlantic about how a growing number of Americans are choosing ‘Other’ on U.S. census forms. Sowmiya was a political reporter for The Hindu, and has also reported for India’s prominent business paper, Mint, and has contributed to The Caravan and First Post.