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Nilofar Suhrawardy is an Indian freelance journalist who has written extensively for national newspapers. Before taking to freelance journalism, she worked as an Assistant Editor for various leading Indian dailies, including The Times of India, The Pioneer and The Statesman. She spent several years in the United States and specialised in communication studies and nuclear diplomacy. Her book Ayodhya Without The Communal Stamp, In the name of Indian Secularism became a bestseller.
Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, she received her education in Delhi and United States. She received schooling from Mater Dei School, Delhi, where she was also active in extra-curricular activities as a debater, volleyball player and other areas. While pursuing graduation in History (honors) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, University of Delhi, she also participated in debates. She subsequently joined the School Of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University for Masters. She also secured a M Phil from here for her dissertation on Pakistan’s Nuclear Diplomacy. Nilofar moved to the United States, where she earned a masters degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Nilofar has written for various radio services and has also been interviewed by radio as well as television services, including the AIR, BBC, Voice of America, Doordarshan News Service, Zee News, CNN-IBN news, Sahara TV, E-TV Urdu and others. She has spoken at various national and international seminars on issues linked with role of media, terrorism as well as nuclear diplomacy. Her specializations include Communications Research and Nuclear Diplomacy. She has been listed in 14th and 15th editions of International Authors and Writers’ Who’s Who, International Biographical Center, UK.
She is best known for writing pieces on controversial issues[ . She criticized the American media for having labelled the Indian Hindu community as “terrorists” for demolishing the Babari Masjid in 1992 which led to nation-wide riots in India.
Awards and commendations
§ Suhrawardy’s article “Why we are all not terrorists” published in The Indian Express (September 10, 2003) was commended by International Federation of Journalists for Excellence in Journalism Combating Racism and Discrimination in 2004
§ Her regular columns for The Milli Gazette and The Muslim Observer have been rated as the their major plus points. Regarding the Milli Gazette, it has been written: “Another hidden gem of MG is ‘Speaking Out’ column by Nilofar Suhrawardy.”
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