Setalvad surname
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Who is Teesta Setalvad and why was she detained in 2002 Gujarat riots case
The action came a day after the Supreme Courtdismissed a plea challenging SIT's clan chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modiand others in cases related to the riots.
After the SC verdict, Union home minister Amit Shah lashed out at the Teesta Setalvad-run NGO for giving "baseless information" about the 2002 riots to the police.
Who is Teesta Setalvad?
An activist, journalist and Padma Shri recipient, Setalvad is a founding trustee and secretary of the NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). The NGO was established after 2002 Gujarat riots with an aim to provide legal and financial support to the victims of the riots.
Setalvad and her NGO were co-petitioner with Zakia Jafri in the petition filed a
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Teesta Setalvad
Indian activist and journalist (born 1962)
Teesta Setalvad | |
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Setalvad in 2015 | |
| Born | (1962-02-09) 9 February 1962 (age 63) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist and journalist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sita Setalvad (mother) Atul Setalvad (father) |
| Relatives | M. C. Setalvad (paternal grandfather) |
Teesta Setalvad (born 9 February 1962)[1] is a controversial Indian civil rights activist and journalist. She is the secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), an organisation formed to advocate for the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots.
Personal life
Born in 1962 into a Gujarati family, Setalvad is the daughter of Atul Setalvad, a Mumbai-based lawyer, and his wife Sita Setalvad. Her paternal grandfather was M. C. Setalvad, India's first Attorney General.[2][3] Setalvad married Javed Anand, a journalist turned minority rights activist. They have two children, a daughter and a son.[4]
Career
In a public discussion at the Pre
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Teesta Setalvad
Teesta Setalvad, born in 1962, started working for mainstream media in 1983, after graduating from Bombay University in philosophy. Right from the start, she concentrated on socio-political issues and on the margins of society. When reporting on issues such as drought and the politics of water distribution, urban housing and poverty, she found that questions of political responsibility and gender-related discrimination became increasingly important to her.
As a result she became active with the "Bombay Union of Journalists" and was one of the founders of the "Women in the Media Committee", a focus for women in the media raising both job-related concerns and addressing issues of gender-sensitivity in writing and reporting on women's issues. The group, for example contributed to a nation-wide protest. against the burning alive of a young widow and analysed the media reaction to this event. A further successful campaign was the struggle against discrimination by the Indian navy against female journalists.
From the late eighties on, Teesta Se
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