Meera Joshi

Meera Joshi edits Optimist India's Culture & Heritage desk. An arts and culture writer with a background in heritage conservation, she covers India's crafts, classical and contemporary arts, festivals and the people working to preserve them. Meera believes cultural reporting should be celebratory without being shallow: her stories carry context, history and the voices of artisans and custodians themselves. She commissions the desk's festival coverage and its profiles of craftspeople and conservationists. She is based in Pune.