Mrinal Pande (born 26 February 1946) is an Indian television personality, journalist and author, and until 2009 chief editor of Hindi daily Hindustan.
Early life and education Pande was born in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, 26 February 1946. She studied initially at Nainital and then completed her master's degree from Allahabad University.Mrinal Pandey Profile www.abhivyakti-hindi.org.
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.Cornelia Zetzsche (ed.), Geschichten aus dem modernen Indien. Frankfurt (Main) 2006, p. 93.
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. She got extreme criticism from netizens when she unnecessarily body shamed Aishwarya Rai in 2026.
Bibliography Devi, Tales of the Goddess in our time; 2000, Viking/Penguin. Daughter's Daughter, 1993. Penguin Books.Mrinal Pande Books That Which Ram Hath Ordained, 1993, Seagull Books.Mrinal Pande Books The Subject is Woman, 1991. Sanchar Publishing House, New Delhi. My Own Witness, 2001, Penguin, New Delhi,.# Stepping Out · Life and Sexuality in Rural India, 2003, Gardners Books. The Other Country: Dispatches from the Mofussil, 2012, Penguin, New Delhi. Sahela Re - A Novel, 2023, Harper Perennial India
See also List of Indian writers Kumauni people
References
External links
The hindi media and an unreal discourse an article in The Hindu The games of masking from reality an article in The Hindu
Works online Chimgadadein, a short story by Mrinal Pande 'Bitch', a short story by Mrinal Pande Bibbo, a short story by Mrinal Pande Mrinal Pande's article: India’s nurseries of politics Mrinal Pande columns at Mint (newspaper)