Tavleen Singh
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| Born | 1950 (age 61–62) Mussoorie, India |
| Occupation | Author and Columnist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Partner(s) | Salman Taseer (1980) |
| Children | Aatish Taseer (born 1980) |
Tavleen Singh ( तवलीन सिंह् ) is a noted Indian syndicated columnist and political reporter and writer.[1][2][3]
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[edit] Biography
Singh was born in Mussoorie in 1950 and studied at the Welham Girls School. Later she did a short-term Journalism course from the New Delhi Polytechnic in 1969.[1] She completed her education in India and started her career with a reporting job at Evening Mail, Slough (England), where she worked and trained for two and a half years under the Westminster Press/Thompson training scheme.
Singh returned to India in 1974 to work with The Statesman as a reporter and went on to do several stories on communal riots, elections and wars. In those days such topics were covered mainly by male reporters.
She joined The Telegraph as Special Correspondent in 1982, mainly covering Punjab and Kashmir. She did the first known interview with Bhindranwale during this time and won the Sanskriti award in 1985 for her reporting of Punjab.
In 1985 and also in 1987 she became the South Asia correspondent of the Sunday Times, London. Subsequently she became a freelancer and started writing for India Today [4] and The Indian Express. Her column in The Indian Express became the first political column to be written by a woman.
In 1990 she began her stint with television by heading Plus Channel's Delhi bureau. Singh presented two video magazines called People Plus and Business Plus. She has done Ek Din Ek Jeevan, a Hindi weekly programme for STAR Plus.
In 2002 she anchored the new weekly political discussion programme Dateline India produced by Karan Thapar, on BBC World.
Currently, she is with The Indian Express, for which she writes a weekly column, on Sundays.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Her son, journalist-writer Aatish Taseer, born in 1980 in London [6] , whose father was Governor of Pakistani Punjab, Salman Taseer, was the author of the recently published book Stranger to History.
[edit] Works
- Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors. Viking, 1995. ISBN 0140250786.
- Lollipop Street: Why India Will Survive Her Politicians. Viking, 1999. ISBN 0670888389.
- Fifth Column. Viking, ISBN 0670081353.
- Political and Incorrect: The real India, warts and all . Harpercollins. 2008. ISBN 817223712X.[7]
[edit] Quotes
- "95 percent of corruption is due to the power of the state and socialism. If we could reduce the power of the state, you would reduce corruption a lot." [2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b There were hardly any women in the field Anindita Dutta Roy, Indian Express, Monday, July 14, 1997.
- ^ a b Tavleen Singh, a syndicated columnist who is one of India's most perceptive and acerbic commentators.. New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 1992.
- ^ one of India's most thoughtful columnists, Tavleen Singh, observed recently... New York Times, February 28, 1993.
- ^ Tavleen Singh India Today.
- ^ Tavleen Singh Indian Express
- ^ Lunch with BS: Aatish Taseer: Passage through Islam Kishore Singh/ New Delhi, Business Standard, April 14, 2009.
- ^ Tavleen Singh’s latest book compiles contemporary history Financial Express, Jul 22, 2008.
