Vani Saraswathi

blogs from Doha

Sexism as a banking policy?
Is it institutional culture, official policy or just one individual's bias? A little over a year ago, I decided to buy an apartment. I applied for a loan with the Standard Chartered bank, where I had my salary account and some investments. All of the financial criteria was met for the asking loan am...
Posted on 18 July 2026 | 6:33 pm
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ONE YEAR ON, I AM YET TO RAGE
[TLDR: Screenshots of the letter of allegation from UN Special rapporteurs at the end of the post] A year ago today I went through the most trauma-inducing day of my life. And I want to rage. I want to unleash my anger in unreasonable and unhinged ways. I want to grieve loudly. And I want...
Posted on 8 June 2026 | 8:06 am
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30 years: Reflections of a reporter
[Thoughts expressed here are personal and not those of the organisation I work for, and other such disclaimers apply.] I complete three decades in journalism this week. The first decade was a difficult, albeit fantastic, grind. Little fires daily, a battle to be heard. The second decade was me comin...
Posted on 2 June 2025 | 1:54 pm
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