Seema Chishti has been a multimedia journalist since 1990, working in print, radio, and television in English and Hindi. She was Editor, Delhi with BBC (India). Prior to this, she worked with BBC World Service in London and with TV at HTV (1990-93). Chishti was Deputy Editor at The Indian Express where she has published news reports, analysis on the marginalisation of minority communities, cultural change, youth, and on India’s major political developments. She broke news stories on the anti-corruption movement, on Indian judicial system, electoral politics, and on technology and politics, including state surveillance of citizens. Her endeavour to tease out, untie and then help interpret the many strands of change in a large and diverse country like India continues. She is the co-author of the book ‘Note by Note: The India Story (1947-2017)’, a history of independent India from 1947-2017 told alongside the sound of Hindi film music for each of the years.