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'''Padma Rao Sundarji''' aka '''Padma Rao''' is an Indian author<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Srilanka: The new country|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2015|isbn=978-93-5177-030-5|location=India}}</ref> and an international [[correspondent]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=29 February 2016|title=Padma Rao's Sri Lanka|work=Ceylon Today}}</ref> based in New Delhi, India.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=9 July 2015|title=An Interview with Padma Rao Sundarji|work=Newsfirst Sri Lanka}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rao was the India correspondent for GEO magazine<ref>{{cite book | last=Vollmert | first=Wolfgang | title=Indien | publication-place=Hamburg | date=1993 | isbn=978-3-570-01775-3 | oclc=75429933 | language=de}}</ref> on India in 1992–1993 and also co-authored a travel guide on South India for Meridien Super Travel<ref>{{Cite book|title=South India for Meridien Super Travel|publisher=Graefe und Unzer Verlag|year=1994|isbn=978-3774201132}}</ref> – Germany in 1994 {{ISBN |978-3774201132}}.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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Rao was the long-standing South Asian bureau chief of German news magazine Der Spiegel,<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2013|title=An Indian journalist strikes back at Der Spiegel |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/an-indian-journalist-strikes-back-at-der-spiegel-694963.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Firstpost}}</ref> during which time, the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|Sri Lankan civil war]] was an intensive part of her beat.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=3 December 2019|title=Revisiting Padma Rao's Sri Lanka|work=Daily Mirror}}</ref> She wrote the book ''Srilanka: The New Country'' ({{ISBN|978-93-5177-030-5}})<ref name=":0" /> [[HarperCollins|HarperCollins India]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2015|title=Book review: Sri Lanka, a nation that underwent a remarkable bloodbath|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/book-review-sri-lanka-a-nation-that-underwent-a-remarkable-bloodbath/story-mCxQwRBKfpUZjnDGRhPEfN.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> covering the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|thirty year long civil war]] that ended in 2009<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=IANS|date=25 June 2015|title=Book Review: Sri Lanka: The New Country by Padma Rao Sundarji|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Education-and-Careers/2015-06-25/Book-Review-Sri-Lanka-The-New-Country-by-Padma-Rao-Sundarji/159315|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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During her stint at Der Spiegel,<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 March 2013|title=Indian journalist — a target of racism?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/indian-journalist-a-target-of-racism/story-01RlMVRJBcORELNldva1iI.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> she was chosen to interview heads of the government<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 May 1996|title=Padma Rao Sundarji interviews John Sevilla|work=Outlook India}}</ref> and rebel leaders of the times<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=19 May 2017|title=WION's Senior International Correspondent Padma Rao Sundarji travels to Killinochi to speak to an ex-LTTE child soldier|work=WION Television India}}</ref> including the formerly underground [[Maoism|Maoist]] leader [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path|Prachanda]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Velupillai Prabhakaran|Vellupillai Prabhakaran]] of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|LTTE]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=26 March 2016|title=Untold Stories of Sri Lanka|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref><br />
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Rao writes in English and German<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=March 2015|title=Padma Rao Sundarji|work=IBN News}}</ref> and her work has appeared in syndicate in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 December 2005|title=Padma Rao Sundarji|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She worked as special correspondent<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 2015|title=Padma Rao Sundarji|work=Sunday Times, Srilanka}}</ref> at [[WION (TV channel)|Wion Television India]]<ref name=":4" /> before moving on to ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' as national editor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HT's National Editor Padma Rao moves on – Exchange4media|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/announcements-news/hts-national-editor-padma-rao-moves-on-104916.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Award ==<br />
Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award 2015 for Best Literary Personality of the year (Pehchan, New Delhi)<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1 April 2021|title=Award winner Senior Journalist Padma Rao Sundarji|journal=Tillotoma, Srilanka}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 November 2016|title=Delhiberations: Journalism 101|work=The Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>{{dubious|date=February 2022}}{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}<br />
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== Other publications ==<br />
* Essay on [[Diego Garcia]] in ''Foreign Correspondent: 50 years'' – [[Penguin Books|Penguin India]], 2009.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Foreign Correspondent : Fifty Years of reporting South Asia|publisher=Penguin India|year=2009|isbn=978-0143067559|location=India}}</ref><br />
* Essay on [[Germany–India relations|India-German relations]] in ''Rising India: Europe's Partner?'' - Weissensee Verlag, Germany<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Voll|first1=Klaus|title=Rising India: Europe's Partner?|year=2006|isbn=978-3-89998-098-1|location=Berlin}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite news |last1=Kalarickal |first1=Jasmin |title=Ex-Korrespondentin klagt gegen Spiegel: Die falsche Muttersprache |url=https://taz.de/Ex-Korrespondentin-klagt-gegen-Spiegel/!5070127/ |website=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |language=de |date=3 April 2013}}<br />
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