Smriti Daniel is a journalist based in Colombo. An Indian national, she has spent the last decade as a features writer for The Sunday Times of Sri Lanka. Her work has appeared in publications including Al Jazeera online, The Hindu, Scroll.in, Roads & Kingdoms, BusinessLine and Open. She manages social media for the South Asian edition of SciDev.Net.

Twitter: @smriti_daniel

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