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Aseem Chhabra is a freelance writer in New York City who writes in a variety of topics, but focuses on entertainment and arts stories.

He writes regularly for two Indian-American publications -- India Abroad and India in New York, as well as for Rediff.com, the leading news portal that originates from Mumbai. Aseem has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His byline has appeared in India in The Telegraph, The Hindustan Times, The Times of India and the Indian edition of Cosmopolitan.

Over the years, Aseem has interviewed an assorted mix of people, especially in the arts -- Satyajit Ray, Om Puri, Mira Nair, Ismail Merchant, Gurinder Chadha, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Subhash Ghai, Padma Lakshmi, Madhuri Dixit's husband, Shriram Nene (although he is not sure if that counts as an interview!!) and Vijay Tendulkar.

He has covered the South Asian community in North America from the mid-1980s, during the heyday of the Khalistan movement, to the hate crimes following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Aseem holds an MS is Journalism from Columbia University and an MBA from Boston University.

In 2003, he was elected to the SAJA Board and is the new chapters coordinator. He is in charge of SAJA's dozen-ish chapters around the U.S. and Canada. If you live outside NYC and would like to get involved with SAJA, contact him at acsajachapters@aol.com

Updated: Jan. 20, 2003