Shikha Dalmia was a senior analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
A more complete archive of her work can be found here at Reason.com.
Dalmia is a columnist at The Week and writes regularly for Reason magazine. Her work also appears in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications such as The Times of London, Time, USA Today and The Daily Beast. She previously served as a columnist for Forbes and the Washington Examiner.
Dalmia's feature on sanctuary churches won the first prize in immigration reporting at the 2019 Southern California Journalism Awards. She was co-winner of the first 2009 Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism for her columns in Forbes and Reason.
From 1996 to 2004, Dalmia was an award-winning editorial writer at the Detroit News, covering a variety of policy issues, including the environment, immigration, Social Security, health care and foreign policy. She also worked as a reporter for the Patriot, a national daily newspaper based in New Delhi, India, where she grew up and earned her B.S. degree in chemistry and biology from the University of Delhi.
Dalmia frequently appears on Fox Business Network, BBC Business Matters, MSNBC and other television and radio outlets.
Dalmia, who taught news writing courses at Michigan State University, earned a Master's degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communications.
She lives in the Detroit area with her husband and son.
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Dam the Salmon
Environmentalists can't bring themselves to embrace any sacrifice
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Reagan Embraced Amnesty, So Should Bush
Unskilled workers don't have a path to permanent residency
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Can Carbon Taxes Work in India?
More than half of India's economy is fueled by "dirty" fuels like coal and wood
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Queueless on Immigration
Why should day laborers have to "touch back"?
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Experimenting With School Choice: A Tale of Two California Districts
Oakland, Compton show school choice can improve results more than the status quo
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Restraining Conspicuous Health Care Consumption in America
Socialized medicine is not the answer
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Arnold’s Wrong Model
Bush may promote state health plans, but California isn't a good model
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Schwarzenegger’s Health Care Plan May Turn Uninsured Into Criminals
Universal health care plan isn't ready, could hurt businesses
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Fixing Michigan’s Budget
Rework Medicaid, suspend merit scholarships, trim government
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Delhi Dilemma
Will anti-business planners improve quality of life?
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Blacks and Hispanics Don’t Need Racial Preference Laws
As California shows, minorities get into good schools all the same
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Midterm Election Silver Lining
Michigan's affirmative action vote may signal national trend
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Anti-Immigration: A Ticket to Nowhere
Republicans' anti-immigration movement cost them, even in Arizona
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Education After Affirmative Action
California's students have benefited from end of racial preferences
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Bonds Won’t Make Housing Affordable
Instead of Prop 1C, California would be better off air-dropping money to taxpayers
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Taking ‘Takings’ to the Voters
The California, Idaho, Arizona, and Washington initiatives
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Say (None of the Above) to Michigan!
How Dick DeVos blew a gimme in the Great Lakes State