Suswati Basu is a writer, journalist and feminist activist from London. In 2007, she won the Emma Humphries Memorial Prize for her feminist campaigning and was also shortlisted for the Guardian Mary Stott Prize. She has worked both in China and in the UK as a journalist targeting international development issues and has been translating documentaries on human rights concerns. With an international background, she writes frequently about sexual and reproductive rights affecting home and abroad as well as social politics in Britain.

Suswati tells the greatest story of being an investigative reporter for The Guardian in China only to be sent home due to her computer being hacked by....well, someone in China. Today, she is in the intelligence community so deeply she can't even talk about it while living in the UK.

Another great accent telling us her story growing up in a Southeast Asian family where education was emphasized and hard work was the norm.  And, honestly I wish her grandfather could be a guest.  It's always amazing where people come from and how life is instilled in them through generations.

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