Indira Lakshmanan

Journalist and radio host

Boston, USA

About Indira

Indira Lakshmanan is a journalist and radio host for Here & Now. She has reported on a wide range of topics, including politics, social justice, and culture. Lakshmanan has won several awards for her reporting, including a Peabody Award.

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Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose

NPR's Book of the Day•Aug 21, 2026•20:19•host

Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'

NPR's Book of the Day•Aug 19, 2026•11:48•host

Indira Lakshmanan

About Indira

Associated Podcasts

NPR's Book of the Day

Connect

Key Topics

Recent Appearances

Journalist Jodi Kantor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks on how to find purpose

Andy Weir reveals his fun and frantic creative process behind 'Project Hail Mary'

'Cloudthief' and 'Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep' are novels that center tech

Novels by Ben Reeves and Matt Haig look at life through the eyes of death (literally)

New biographies recount how The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden changed rock music

In 'The Future is Peace,' tourism paves a way forward for Israelis and Palestinians

To understand consciousness, Michael Pollan looked at plants, AI and himself

In Sara Levine’s novel 'The Hitch,' a corgi’s soul enters a little boy’s body