About Bhumika Saraswati

Bhumika Saraswati is an award-winning Indian journalist, photographer, filmmaker, and educator whose work documents lives and narratives often overlooked or erased.

Specializing in long-form, visual-first storytelling, Bhumika makes nuanced narratives more accessible and impactful focusing on gender, caste, climate, and health. Born into a Dalit household—stigmatized as “untouchable” under South Asia’s rigid caste system—her storytelling is shaped by lived experience and the resilience of her mother, Gita Rani, who raised her single-handedly against all odds in a deeply patriarchal world, instilling in her strength and unwavering values.

Through her work, Bhumika brings dignity and depth to lives of those whose histories are systemically erased, making her storytelling both personal and globally resonant.

Bhumika’s work has received local and international recognition, including the UN-Laadli Media Award for Gender-Sensitive Reporting, the Human Rights Press Award, and the RedInk Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism. Her writings, photography, and films have been published by The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Caravan, Outlook Magazine, The Hindu, SCMP Films, and more.

She is also neurodivergent, living with a mix of anxiety, adult autism (AuDHD), and ADHD, which gives her a unique way of seeing and processing the world. While anxiety presents challenges, she has learned to harness the creative and analytical strengths of neurodiversity in her storytelling, deepening her ability to capture nuance and complexity.

Her acclaimed visual project Unequal Heat (@heat.southasia) documents how rising temperatures disproportionately affect marginalized communities—particularly women—in South Asia, exposing the unequal nature of the climate crisis.

She is the founder of the Kranti Collective Library, a free and public space in Palam Village, New Delhi. Named after India’s first female educator and social reformer Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule, the library is dedicated to children, single-mothers, women, and people from marginalised communities, like her own.

You can connect with Bhumika via email at bhumikaiswriting@gmail.com or Bhumikasaraswati.com. For a more personal and prompt response, reach out on Instagram: @bhumikasaraswati. Connect here: https://www.instagram.com/bhumikasaraswati/.