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{{short description|Indian journalist and writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}

'''Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty''' is an Indian journalist and writer from the state of [[Assam]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Agarwal|first=Aarushi|date=2019-09-01|title=Books of the week — From Salman Rushdie's Quichotte to Assam: The Accord, The Discord, our picks|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/books-of-the-week-from-salman-rushdies-quichotte-to-assam-the-accord-the-discord-our-picks-7262421.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> based in the city of [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Gani|first=Abdul|date=2019-08-31|title=Journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty’s book reveals interesting facts about Assam|url=https://thenewsmill.com/journalist-sangeeta-barooah-pisharotys-book-reveals-interesting-facts-about-assam/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=The News Mill|language=en-US}}</ref> Currently the deputy editor with the digital news publication ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saigal|first=Sonam|date=2020-02-02|title=NRC, NPR will create huge chaos, say lawyers, activists|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/nrc-npr-will-create-huge-chaos-say-lawyers-activists/article30716741.ece|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> she was formerly the [[Northeast India]] correspondent of the English language national newspaper ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She has been the subject of widespread critical acclaim for the documentation on the [[Assam Movement]], the [[Assam Accord]] and the insurgencies in Assam in her debut book ''Assam: The Accord, The Discord''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Medhi|first=Hemjyoti|date=30 January 2020|title=Old anxieties of identity|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/old-anxieties-of-identity/cid/1740881|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Telegraph India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Salam|first=Abdus|date=2019-08-31|title=‘Assam – The Accord, The Discord’ review: Prequel, sequel and endgame|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/assam-the-accord-the-discord-review-prequel-sequel-and-endgame/article29298551.ece|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ngaihte|first=Thangkhanlal|date=2019-12-13|title=Review: Assam: The Accord, The Discord by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-assam-the-accord-the-discord-by-sangeeta-barooah-pisharoty/story-kySmPIGUqYwrnZg3YQb3QK.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>

Barooah Pisharoty has been the recipient of a fellowship from the [[Centre for Development Studies]] since 2011 following her series of news stories on the loss of livelihood caused by soil erosion on Assam's [[Majuli island]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty|work=[[Penguin Books]]|url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/sangeeta-barooah-pisharoty/|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref> In 2017, she was the recipient of the [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards]] for her reportage on housing segregation among Hindus and Muslims in the city of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 December 2017|title=The Wire's Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty Wins Ramnath Goenka Award for Feature Writing|url=https://thewire.in/culture/wires-sangeeta-barooah-pisharoty-wins-ramnath-goenka-award-feature-writing|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-26|title=Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism: Winners all|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ramnath-goenka-award-rng-2017-for-excellence-in-journalism-all-winners-venkaiah-naidu-4996389/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>

She is a alumna of the [[Guwahati University]] from where she graduated in 1995. Barooah Pisharoty began her career at the national news agency [[United News of India]] and was notably the first woman from Northeast India to be employed in the agency.<ref name=":3" />

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