Priya Nair
Vol. 12 · 2026
The reporter who follows the quiet money.
Ten years of long-form journalism on economics, migration, and the people the numbers forget — in print and on air.
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Selected writing
Features 01—06The city that priced out its own children
A year inside a housing crisis, told through three families.
What the remittance economy really costs
Following $500 from a kitchen in London to a village in Kerala.
On leaving, and the maps we keep
A personal essay on migration, memory, and belonging.
The quiet math of a strike
How workers weigh a week's lost pay against a decade of it.
Radio: The Night Shift
A four-part documentary series on who keeps the city running.
Interview: the last analog banker
A long conversation about trust, ledgers, and letting go.
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About the writer
Est. 2016I write about economics as if it were a story about people — because it always is.
Priya Nair is a journalist and essayist based in London. Her long-form reporting on economics, labour, and migration has appeared in leading publications and on public radio.
She is currently at work on her first book, and files features, essays, and the occasional radio documentary. Available for commissions, talks, and teaching.