Seema Chishti is a journalist and writer from

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, India. She is currently one of the editors of the digital news portal ''

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''. She was editor for the Hindi and Delhi Bureau head for the

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and a deputy editor at the Indian daily ''

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''. She has also published the book ''Sumitra and Anees: Tales and Recipes From a Khichdi Family'' and co-authored ''Note By Note: The India Story (1947–2017)''.

Early life and education

Seema is daughter of Anees Chishti and Sumitra Chisthi. Chishti has a bachelor's from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a master's degree in economics from

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. She worked at HTV and the

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in London from 1994 to 1996, before she moved to BBC India. She worked at ''The Indian Express'' from 2006, where she served as resident editor at Delhi and also deputy editor before discontinuing on 2020. Chishti was married to

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, politician and previous general secretary of

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, and member of parliament.

Books

* ''Sumitra and Anees: Tales and Recipes From a Khichdi Family'' * ''Note By Note: The India Story (1947–2017)''

References

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