Shireen Dalvi
Shireen Dalvi (or Shirin Dalvi; born 1971 or 1972) is an Indian journalist and editor.[1]
Dalvi is a Konkani Muslim and has two children.[2]
In 2011 she received a lifetime achievement from Maharashtra's Sahitya Akademi for her literary and journalistic contributions to the Urdu language.[1] She returned the award in 2018 to protest the national government's Citizenship (Amendment) Act.[1]
In 2014, she became the editor of the new Mumbai edition of the newspaper Avadhnama—the only women editor of an Urdu-language newspaper at that time.[3] In 2015, Dalvi was arrested for reprinting controversial cartoons first published by Charlie Hebdo, following complaints and threats of protests from Rashtriya Ulema Council; she was later released on bail.[4][5][6][7] Dalvi lost her job and the Mumbai edition was shut down by its publisher.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "CAB protests: Two Urdu writers to return awards in protest of Bill passage". The Indian Express. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
- 1 2 Ganapatye, Shruti (2 April 2019). "Urdu daily's former editor Shireen Dalvi speaks on why she will continue to stand up to fundamentalists". Mumbai Mirror.
- ↑ Jyoti Punwani (3 February 2015). "No one took my side of the story: Shireen Dalvi". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Mumbai: Editor arrested for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoon". Hindustan Times. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Arrest over Charlie cartoon". BBC. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ Manoj Badgeri (29 January 2015). "Editor in Mumbai arrested for reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoon". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Forced into a burqa, separated from kids: Mumbai Urdu editor pays for Charlie Hebdo cartoons". 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.