Mrinal Pande (born 26 February 1946) is an Indian television personality, journalist and author, and until 2009 chief editor of Hindi daily Hindustan.

Mrinal Pande
Born	(1946-02-26) 26 February 1946 (age 76) Tikamgarh, Central India Agency, British India (present-day Madhya pradesh)
Alma mater	Allahabad University George Washington University
Occupation	Hindi story writer, editor, columnist, essayist
Years active	1967-present

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 was awarded the Padma Shri in  2006 for her services in the field of journalism.[3]

Bibliography

• Devi, Tales of the Goddess in our time; 2000, Viking/Penguin.
• Daughter's Daughter, 1993. Penguin Books.[4]
• That Which Ram Hath Ordained, 1993, Seagull Books.[5]
• 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.

See also

• List of Indian writers
• Kumauni people

References

External links

• A price for life, an article in The Hindu^[Usurped!]
• 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)