Full Name: | Megha Paul |
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Nationality: | Indian |
Languages: | English,Hindi,Bengali/Bangla,German,Spanish |
Location: | Saudi Arabia |
About Megha Paul
Megha is a journalist, travel writer, features writer, digital content editor and corporate storyteller with over eight years of hands-on and leadership experience in print and digital media, corporate communications, social media and web content production. She has spent years exploring and reporting the Southeast Asian and European region with stints in India, Singapore and Germany.
She is actively seeking interesting stories from the community to cover.
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