She is the Social Policy Editor of the weekly magazine «The Economist», where she has published articles and opinion columns on education, human capital and the social impacts of government policies and private investment. She has a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and began her career as a researcher, scriptwriter and reporter at «Independent Television News» (ITN). Before becoming Senior Editor at «The Economist», she was Correspondent and Editor for the Asia section; Chief Reporter and Editor for Climate Change; made special reports on issues such as the Middle East, domestic politics, university education, the media business, the food and transport industry; was Correspondent in Delhi and covered countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; and was Editor of the fortnightly magazine 1843. An advisor to the George Orwell Trust and Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College (Oxford), she has collaborated with publications such as «The Evening Standard», «The Sunday Times», «The Daily Telegraph», «Vogue» and «Cosmopolitan» and also writes a regular column in «The Times». She is the author of «Breaking the Curfew», a book about Pakistan's politics and society.