Editing Mira Nair (section)

===Other work===
A longtime activist, Nair set up an annual film-makers' laboratory, [[Maisha Film Lab]] in Kampala, Uganda. Since 2005, young directors in East Africa have been trained at this non-profit facility with the belief that "''If we don't tell our stories, no one else will''".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/mira-nair-films-monsoon-wedding-riz-ahmed-lupita-nyongo-fawad-khan-hollywood/story/1/13059.html |title=If we don't tell our stories no one else will: Mira Nair |last=Bamzai |first=Kaveree |publisher=DailyO |date=2016-09-22 |access-date=2018-09-24 }}</ref> Maisha as of 2018 was building a school with Architect Raul Pantaleo, winner of Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and his company Studio Tamassociati.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/tamassociati-humanitarian-architecture/ |title=TAMassociati's Humanitarian Architecture |last=Sisson |first=Patrick |work=Redshift EN |publisher=Autodesk |date=2015-04-09 |access-date=2018-09-24 }}</ref>

In 1998, she used the profits from ''Salaam Bombay!'' to create the [[Salaam Baalak Trust]] which works with street children in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=mira Nair|url=https://amakula.org/mira-nair/|website=Amakul International Film Festival|date=12 March 2016|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref>

A musical adaptation of ''Monsoon Wedding'', directed by Nair, premiered at the [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]], running from 5 May to 16 July 2017.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/article/monsoon-wedding-kicks-off-developmental-lab-today ″Monsoon Wedding Kicks Off Developmental Lab Today″], ''Playbill'', 30 May 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monsoon Wedding|url=https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1617/10662.asp|website=berkeleyrep.org|access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref>

As of 2015, she lived in New York City, where she was an adjunct professor in the Film Division of the School of Arts for [[Columbia University]]. The university had a collaboration with Nair's Maisha Film Lab, and offered opportunities for international students to work together and share their interests in film-making.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Programs|url=http://arts.columbia.edu/global-programs?&home=1865|website=Columbia University School of the Arts|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=30 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624181018/http://arts.columbia.edu/global-programs?&home=1865|archive-date=24 June 2015}}</ref>

In July 2020, journalist [[Ellen Barry (journalist)|Ellen Barry]] announced that her [[Pulitzer Prize]]-nominated story "The Jungle Prince of Delhi" about the "[[Nawab of Awadh|royal family of Oudh]]", published in ''[[The New York Times]]'', would be adapted into a web series for [[Amazon Studios]] by Nair.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishnankutty|first=Pia|date=2020-07-10|title=Mira Nair to adapt New York Times story 'The Jungle Prince of Delhi' into Amazon series|url=https://theprint.in/world/mira-nair-to-adapt-new-york-times-story-the-jungle-prince-of-delhi-into-amazon-series/458158/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=ThePrint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-10|title=Mira Nair to adapt New York Times article The Jungle Prince of Delhi into a series|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/mira-nair-to-adapt-the-jungle-prince-of-delhi-amazon-series-6498783/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

In March 2021 it was announced Nair would direct a ten episode TV series for [[Disney+]] reimagining the [[National Treasure (film series)|''National Treasure'' series]] with a new cast.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2021-03-24|title='National Treasure' TV Series With Latina Lead Greenlighted By Disney+; Mira Nair To Direct|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/national-treasure-tv-series-reimagening-latina-lead-disney-plus-mira-nair-1234720950/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>