Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Oct 22, 2024 | marieclaire.com | Samhita Mukhopadhyay

In 2019, my father was sick and I was helping to manage his care while maintaining a very high-stress, full-time career in publishing. I’d travel back and forth from upstate New York to my media job in downtown Manhattan, where the work pressures were intense. I’d be forcing smiles in meetings while checking my phone about my father’s status; sitting in his hospital room with my laptop open, fielding emails and calls. A colleague became my confidante.

Sep 13, 2024 | thecut.com | Samhita Mukhopadhyay

The author. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images A few months ago, I ordered almost a dozen dresses for one party. I had recently lost about 15 percent of my body weight following an 18-month journey with Mounjaro, the diabetes and weight-loss medication. I was feeling physically better — walking longer stretches felt easier, my ankles were less swollen, I was sleeping better — and my clothes had gone from restrictive and sometimes uncomfortable to sitting just right.

Sep 9, 2024 | exportquality.substack.com | Mythili Sampathkumar |Jennifer Chowdhury |Samhita Mukhopadhyay

If you’re new here, welcome! Here’s what this newsletter is all about. The weather in NYC has been phenomenal, no longer the sweat fest that makes you question our over-reliance on fossil fuels and why Al Gore with his commitment to fighting climate change never became president. Actually, you should question the former more often - as a reporter I covered the Paris Agreement/United Nations negotiations for years and it’s pretty disturbing.

Aug 14, 2024 | wearethemeteor.com | Samhita Mukhopadhyay

By Samhita Mukhopadhyay Yesterday, the Arizona secretary of state’s office confirmed that over half a million people had signed to certify a ballot initiative that would enshrine access to abortion into the state constitution. According to NPR, that number represents the most signatures for a ballot measure in the history of the state. And getting abortion into the constitution is crucial.

Aug 13, 2024 | wearethemeteor.com | Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Samhita Mukhopadhyay: First of all, congratulations and thank you. You surpassed the numbers needed for certification by a lot. What was the process for getting there? And what was the hardest part? Dawn Penich: We’ve been working toward this for over a year at this point. It was last summer that we formed a coalition, started writing the language for this measure and forming a campaign and then spent more than nine months collecting signatures all over the state.