Kajal – Newstic Author Bio

Kajal is a journalist at Newstic.in who has a habit of chasing stories that most people might scroll past. She doesn’t just look at the big announcements — she asks how they echo in classrooms, markets, and homes. A policy update in Delhi might seem abstract, but for her it’s also about the shopkeeper in Jaipur wondering how his next month’s budget will stretch.

Her career started with small-town assignments where the lessons came quickly. Deadlines were tight, phones kept buzzing, and the only way forward was to talk to the people living the story. That early grounding taught her that news isn’t complete without voices from the ground.

Over the years, she’s stood in the dust at election rallies, spoken with doctors about India’s mental health challenges, and sat through late-night screenings of films that reflect changing culture. Numbers and data matter to her — but only when tied to the people behind them.

Colleagues often say Kajal is the last to leave a reporting site. She’ll always stop for “one more conversation,” whether it’s a farmer who lost a season’s crop, a young cricketer practicing under weak floodlights, or a mother navigating school closures. These extra voices add the texture you often find in her stories.

Kajal’s byline appears across many sections — national news, politics, lifestyle, world affairs, and entertainment. But what binds her work together is a simple idea: stories should not only inform, they should feel close enough to touch.

For her, journalism is less about being the first and more about making sense of the noise. As she often says, “People forget the numbers after a while, but they remember how a story made them feel.”