Rana Ayyub

Rana Ayyub

Rana Ayyub in 2016
Born (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984
Nationality Indian
Occupation Journalist, Author, Columnist

Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist. She previously worked as a journalist for Tehelka, and is now an independent columnist.[1][2][3]

Rana Ayyub resigned from Tehelka in November 2013, to protest against the organization's handling of a sexual assault charge against its editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal.[4][5] She has been critical of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.[4]

Rana Ayyub's investigation of the Gujarat fake encounters has been listed by Outlook magazine as one of the twenty greatest magazine stories of all time across the world [6]Ayyub is the author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.[7]

Awards and recognition

In October 2011, Rana Ayyub received the Sanskriti award for excellence in journalism.[8]

Actress Richa Chada claimed to have been inspired by Rana Ayyub, who is also her friend, in 2016 film Chalk n Duster, where she plays a journalist.[9]

Dispute

Tarun Tejpal and Shoma Chaudhury have disputed Ayyub's claim that her story on fake encounters in Gujarat, which was the result of an eight month long undercover investigation, was dropped by them. According to Tejpal, Ayyub's story was "incomplete". [10]According to Chaudhury, Ayyub's story "did not meet the necessary editorial standards."[10]Ayyub has responded to Tejpal and Chaudhury's assertions by noting that:

I must say I am not the only one to complain about dropped stories in Tehelka, the list is fairly big...Shoma Choudhury and Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka cited editorial decisions and gaps. The book is a bestseller and is getting rave reviews for its content. Let the reader be the judge.[10][11]

Appreciation

Ramachandra Guha has called Ayyub's Gujarat Files "a brave book."[12]Jyoti Malhotra has noted that many journalists have privately applauded Ayyub's courage in authoring Gujarat Files.[13]Priya Ramani has commented: "The abuses from the paid foot soldiers on Twitter bounce off her spiral curls smoothly."[14]Reflecting on the procedure used by Ayyub in composing Gujarat Files, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay has observed: "Going undercover and interviewing many who had been in the thick of gruesome extra-constitutional operations required bravado and this must be appreciated."[15]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/author/rana-ayyub
  2. ↑ http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tehelka-didnt-run-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-riots-story-because-it-was-incomplete-tarun-tejpal-2808414.html
  3. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/rana-ayyub
  4. 1 2 "DNA takes down article critical of Amit Shah". Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tehelka scandal: Senior editor Rana Ayyub quits in protest". Firstpost]].
  6. ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-20-greatest-magazine-stories/295660
  7. ↑ http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/lone-soldier-excerpt-rana-ayyub-gujarat-files
  8. ↑ "Sanskriti awards to Kashmiri writer, sarangi maestro". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  9. ↑
  10. 1 2 3 "We didn't run Rana Ayyub's Gujarat riots story because it was incomplete: Tarun Tejpal".
  11. ↑ "On the trail of the real culprits". Frontline. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Divide and win-The Sanjay Gandhi of this age". The Telegraph. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Mainstream media turns away from "Gujarat Files"". The Hoot. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "The self-publishing story of dust and dreams". Mint. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Gujarat Files: Rana Ayyub and stinging truths". Business Standard. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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