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Who is Teesta Setalvad?
In the beginning, there was a woman named Teesta Setalvad who was born into a successful Gujarati family. Her father was a Mumbai-based lawyer and her grandfather was India’s First Attorney General. Teesta was inspired by her family to work hard and create changes in their country. Her family was part of her inspiration in leading up to her becoming a human rights activist.
Gujarati people or "Gujaratis", are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group. They are prominent entrepreneurs and industrialists and many notable independence activists, being Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
A book that was given to her by her father led to her pursuing a career in journalism. The book was called "All the President's men".
This story tells how two reporters worked with sources to uncover deceit in the highest levels of government.
Journalist: a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares to broadcast.
As a child, you always imagine all of the different things you will be once you grow up. Teesta Setalvad however ended up becoming a Journalist with The Daily India while working on editions in the Mumbai Newspaper.
As a child, Teesta Setalvad was passionate about bringing social and political justice to society.
Once Teesta had reached college she had dropped out of her law degree and instead worked towards gaining a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Bombay University in 1983.
What does she do?
The year 1984 was when Teesta Setalvad covered her first riots in Bhiniwandi which was the spark of her communal violence advocacy.
As a part of her being a mainstream journalist in 1993 as a response to the Hindu Muslim riots in Mumbai, she and her husband quit their regular jobs and created Communism Combat a monthly magazine. "
The magazine aimed to believe in active interventions with the political class, bureaucracy, and policemen, executive and institutional, to dialogue for a need for increased spaces for rights concerns.
"Bombay Riots": The riots in 1993 where there were escalations of hostilities after large-scale protests by Muslims in reaction to the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition by Hindus.
The magazine aimed to believe in active interventions with the political class, bureaucracy, and policemen, executive and institutional, to dialogue for a need for increased spaces for rights concerns.
"Bombay Riots": The riots in 1993 where there were escalations of hostilities after large-scale protests by Muslims in reaction to the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition by Hindus.