Rukmini Maria Callimachi, born Rukmini Sichitiu on June 25, 1973, is a Romanian-born American journalist, currently working at The New York Times. She gained recognition as a Pulitzer Prize finalist four times and won a Peabody Award for hosting the New York Times podcast Caliphate. However, the Times returned the award after doubts arose regarding a significant portion of the podcast. Callimachi's background is rooted in a family history intertwined with Indian theosophist Rukmini Devi Arundale and the Callimachi family of Phanariotes. She left Romania at the age of five and later pursued her education at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford.Her career began as a freelancer in New Delhi, India, and she later joined the Associated Press, reporting from various regions, including West Africa. In 2014, Callimachi joined The New York Times, focusing on reporting Islamic extremism and earning accolades for her investigative journalism. Notably, her work on the serialized audio documentary Caliphate, which followed her reporting on the Islamic State, garnered both praise and criticism. The reliability of one of the podcast's central narratives came into question, leading to a reexamination and subsequent admission by The New York Times of significant errors in the podcast's reporting. As a result, Callimachi was reassigned, and the Peabody Award won by Caliphate was returned.In addition to Caliphate