Alex Travelli

I am the business and economics correspondent for The New York Times, based in New Delhi, covering mainly India and the rest of South Asia.

What I Cover

I am most interested in stories about India’s economy and the people and companies who shape it. I travel around the country extensively and also to neighboring countries.

India has been said to have the most diverse economy in the world. I work to shed light on that contention. Many things are going on in the world’s most populous country, and the challenge of trying to understand its dynamics keeps me busy.

Sometimes South Asia needs to be seen from a bird’s-eye view or from even higher. I also get to write from relatively small, surprising spaces, about human-scale enterprises of the kind that spring up in India.

My Background

I used to work as an editor and correspondent for The Economist, moving from its bureau in New York to Hong Kong and finally New Delhi. Most of my time with The Economist had me stationed happily with its Asia section.

I started my career in journalism after quitting a doctoral program in philosophy. My earliest jobs were in television, first as a freelancer from India in the late 1990s, followed by several years with ABC News in New York and a long stint in the Persian Gulf. I grew up in suburban Chicago and attended Deep Springs College and Harvard.

Journalistic Ethics

I follow our ethics policy, like all Times journalists. I’m committed to writing with accuracy, fairness and empathy in every article. Protecting my sources is of the utmost importance. I maintain strict confidentiality for interview subjects who feel that they need it. I also take the trouble to offer it to those who may never have considered it. But I also work to verify what anyone tells me. I do not own stock in any of the companies I cover. My personal savings are invested in various index funds, none of which I have direct control over. If I have a personal connection to anyone connected to a company I may cover, I excuse myself from the story.

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