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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Securing Racial Spoils
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative would ban government affirmative action programs
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Michigan’s Messy DeVos
State's economy tanks and Republican stumbles
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Cow-dung Economics Guide California’s Oil Tax Initiative
An open letter to a tech billionaire who wants to ding oil company profits
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Property Rights Approaches to Global Warming: Scope and Limits
Private approaches are not a cure-all for global warming, but they are better than authoritarian schemes
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An Unhealthy Policy Prescription
Why Gov. Mitt Romney's universal health care plan isn't right for Massachusetts, Michigan or elsewhere
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Schwarzenegger Gives Up
His effort to reform Sacramento? Terminated.
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Indian Town Holds Lessons for Detroit
Bangalore cut taxes and red tape to boost high-tech entrepreneurs
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Betting on Republican Values
Internet gambling and the GOP campaign to protect us from freedom
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Have You Hugged a Hummer Today?
Hybrid vehicles' overall energy costs exceed those of comparable non-hybrids
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Searching for Alex Kozinski
The controversial 9th Circuit judge on free speech, privacy, and why he didn't mind the Kelo decision
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Facing Down the Bulldozers
What's a legitimate use of the power of eminent domain?
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Much-Heralded Plan to Stop Global Warming Fails
Europe's carbon trading scheme flops, now what?
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Michigan Snubs Innovative Way to Rein in Health Costs
Accounts give Medicaid patients an incentive to spend tax dollars wisely
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Can Bill Ford Defeat His Green Goblins?
As automaker runs out of gas, nature bunny great-grandson steers into a hole
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Where Did India’s Skilled Labor Come From?
The surprising role of private education
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What Detroit Can Learn From Bangalore
A booming city's lessons for a town in decline