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

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Early life and education

Pande was born in Tikamgarh,

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, 26 February 1946. She studied initially at

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and then completed her

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from

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.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. She supports Sharia-based Muslim Personal Laws, considered discriminatory against women and contrary to statutes of Parliament. In 1983, she published her short story, "Girls" in the Hindi weekly ''

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'', and in

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translation in the weekly '' Manushi'' in the same year. She was awarded the

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in 2006 for her services in the field of journalism.

Bibliography

*''Devi'', Tales of the Goddess in our time; 2000, Viking/Penguin. *''Daughter's Daughter'', 1993. Penguin Books. *''That Which Ram Hath Ordained'', 1993, Seagull Books.Mrinal Pande Books
/ref> *''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.

References

External links

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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

Mrinal Pande columns
at ''

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