Article 14, Oct 4, 2024
‘Media Need To Find Ways To Centre Public Interest Again’: Author Of New Book On India’s Invisible Workforce
Neha Dixit’s ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’ is a poignant exploration of the invisible workforce that sustains India’s economy, told through the life of a woman immigrant worker called Syeda X.
Zeyad Masroor Khan
https://article-14.com/post/-media-need-to-find-ways-to-centre-public-interest-again-author-of-new-book-on-india-s-invisible-workforce–66ff612ef2d1f
Hindustan Times, Sep 1, 2024
Neha Dixit on gender, the informal economy and the invisible work of women
There are many ways in which you could choose to approach Neha Dixit’s first book, The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian. First, it is obviously the story of Syeda, the X in her name marking her as an Everywoman migrant, one of 35,000 who stream into Delhi every day looking for work.
Namita Bhandare
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/neha-dixit-on-gender-the-informal-economy-and-the-invisible-work-of-women-101725119667288.html
Newslaundry, Aug 22, 2024
Neha Dixit uncovers hidden struggles of Delhi’s migrant women: Wage gaps, harassment, and more
Her new book delves into the struggles of a working-class Muslim woman whose story runs parallel with the political turmoil in India. (Video)
Manisha Pande
https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/08/22/neha-dixit-uncovers-hidden-struggles-of-delhis-migrant-women-wage-gaps-harassment-and-more
Scroll.in, Aug 17, 2024
‘Syeda’s story is also Delhi’s story’: Why Neha Dixit wrote about an ‘unknown’ working-class woman
An interview with the author of ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’.
Yamini Krishnan
https://scroll.in/article/1072027/syedas-story-is-also-delhis-story-why-neha-dixit-wrote-about-an-unknown-working-class-woman
The Hindu, Aug 13, 2024
‘Syeda’s life mirrors India,’ says Neha Dixit, author of ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’
Journalist Neha Dixit is shocked at the invisibilisation of the urban poor, the backbone of the nation
Kunal Purohit
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/interview-with-neha-dixit-author-of-the-many-lives-of-syeda-x-the-story-of-an-unknown-indian/article68491773.ece
Himal Southasian, Aug 12, 2024
Southasia Review of Books podcast #7: Neha Dixit on her history of a working-class Muslim woman in India
In ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’, Neha Dixit studies the past 30 years of inequalities and majoritarianism in urban India through the eyes of a Muslim migrant woman (Podcast)
Shwetha Srikanthan
https://www.himalmag.com/podcast/neha-dixit-inequalities-majoritarianism-poverty-working-class-muslim-migrant-women-india
Vogue, Aug 7, 2024
A decade in the making, Neha Dixit’s book illuminates India’s invisible female workers
The author spent nine years with the eponymous protagonist of her debut book, The Many Lives of Syeda X, to show how female workers are systemically overlooked
Jyoti Kumari
https://www.vogue.in/content/neha-dixit-debut-book-the-many-lives-of-syeda-x-invisible-female-workers