Shikha Dalmia
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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Erasing the “I” from Marriage
Conservative candidates pledge to uphold the Christian version of Shariah.
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Obama’s Anti-Immigrant Stance
Under the guise of immigration enforcement, the White House pushes a pro-union agenda.
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Driving to Delusionville
Obamaâ??s former auto czar is in deep denial about the governmentâ??s failed bailout
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Lasting Implications of the General Motors Bailout
The four hidden costs that will plague the U.S. economy in the years and decades
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It’s Not the Oil, Stupid
Humanitarian concerns are driving America's involvement in Libya
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Medicare’s Least Bad Fix
Why RyanCare beats ObamaCare in a knockout
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Shrink the Prisons
Conservatives are as wrong about prison overcrowding as liberals were about welfare reform.
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General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers
Obama's spin on GM's latest profit report is pure baloney
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The Bogus Case Against Birthright Citizenship
Anti-immigration hysteria has blinded conservatives to their own principles
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Long Live the American Dream
Why India and China have nothing on America
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The Sari Doesn’t Need Saving
Why globalization is good for this gorgeous Indian outfit
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Immigrant Bashing By Immigrants
The GOP's ethnic candidates won by embracing a restrictionist agenda in the midterm elections.
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China’s Looming Real-Estate Bubble
A massive Keynesian spending program has misallocated capital and set the stage for a crisis
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GM’s Phony Bailout Payback
The company is setting the stage for another taxpayer shakedown
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