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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Globalization With a Human Face
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That Darn Mandate
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Dave Bing’s Last-Second Shot
Can the former Piston star save Detroit?
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Where Ayn Rand Went Wrong
She ignored a part of human nature
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Don’t Blame Voters for California’s Budget Woes
Big spending pols falsely claim citizen ballot initiatives have tied their hands
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Obama’s Health Care Plan: Put Up and Shut Up
More broken promises from the candidate of change
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President Obama’s Plan Will Control Every Aspect of the Medical Transaction
Health care plan will tell patients when, what and how much coverage they must buy
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About That Detroit Renaissance
Don't believe the hype