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Mrinal Pande
Writer, journalist, editor, media personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mrinal Pande (born 26 February 1946) is an Indian television personality, journalist and author, and until 2009 chief editor of Hindi daily Hindustan.
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Early life and education
Pande was born in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, 26 February 1946.[citation needed] She studied initially at Nainital and then completed her master's degree from Allahabad University.[1]
Career
In her report on the life of indian women in the countryside (2003), she criticizes the widespread taboo in India of everything to do with the body and sexuality.[2] She supports Sharia-based Muslim Personal Laws, considered discriminatory against women and contrary to statutes of Parliament.[3]
In 1983, she published her short story, "Girls" in the Hindi weekly Dharmyug, and in English language translation in the weekly Manushi in the same year.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006 for her services in the field of journalism.[4]
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Bibliography
- Devi, Tales of the Goddess in our time; 2000, Viking/Penguin.
- Daughter's Daughter, 1993. Penguin Books.[5]
- That Which Ram Hath Ordained, 1993, Seagull Books.[6]
- The Subject is Woman, 1991. Sanchar Publishing House, New Delhi.
- My Own Witness, 2001, Penguin, New Delhi,ISBN 0-14-029731-6.#
- Stepping Out · Life and Sexuality in Rural India, 2003, Gardners Books.
- The Other Country: Dispatches from the Mofussil, 2012, Penguin, New Delhi.
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