Meghna Pant

Meghna Pant is an Indian author, journalist and speaker.[1] She has won awards for her contribution to literature, gender issues and journalism, including the Frank O’Connor International Award and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.[2]

Meghna Pant
Meghna Pant at the Mumbai book launch of her novel ' One & A Half Wife '
BornShimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
OccupationAuthor, Journalist, Speaker
LanguageEnglish
ResidenceMumbai, India
NationalityIndian
EducationMBA
Alma mater"St. Xaviers College, Mumbai", Nanyang Business School
GenresFeminism, short story
Notable worksOne & A Half Wife, Happy Birthday!, Feminist Rani, The Trouble With Women, How To Get Published In India
Website
www.meghnapant.com

Biography

Born in Shimla, Pant is the sister of stand-up comedian Sorabh Pant.[3]

Career

One & a Half Wife (Westland, 2012) – her debut novel – won the national Muse India Young Writer Award (2014) and was shortlisted for several other awards, including the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.[4]

Pant's debut collection of short stories Happy Birthday [1] (Random House, 2013) was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Award (2014).[5]

Her second short story collection The Trouble Book with Women (Juggernaut, 2016) is considered by one commentator to be a landmark in feminist writing [6] and was described as 'the best book from Juggernaut' by The Hindu Business Line.[7]

Pant published her first non-fiction book Feminist Rani (Penguin Random House, 2018) [8] that features interviews with Kalki Koechlin, Gurmehar Kaur, Tanmay Bhat, Gul Panag and Aditi Mittal, among others.[9] Her second non-fiction book How To Get Published In India (Bloomsbury, 2019) is India's first and only guide to publishing in India.[10] It was reviewed favourably by major publications like the Times of India, Hindu, Free Press Journal, Indian Express and Mumbai Mirror.[11] Pant has a forthcoming book: THE HOLY 100 (Rupa, 2018).[12]

Pant's short stories have been published in Avatar Review,[13] Wasafari, Eclectica,[14] and QLRS.,[15] as well as in several anthologies including Namita Gokhale's The Himalayan Arc, where her story Boongthing was critically praised by many publications like The Hindu and Hindustan Times.[16][17]

Feminism

Among India’s five gutsy women making powerful personal statements - The Hindustan Times[18]

25 witty, sharp and fearless women to follow on Twitter - SheThePeople[19]

An honest, intelligent, insightful and downright feminist - GirlHQ[6]

Pant curates a monthly panel discussion in Mumbai called 'Feminist Rani'[20] and anchors various women-centric shows for the news portal FirstPost.[21][22]

Pant has been a speaker and moderator at events where she interviews women who have reportedly broken glass ceilings in various walks of life. She has ostensibly taken a strong feminist stance in her writing.[23]

Pant has written on issues including consent, rape,[24] domestic violence, miscarriage,[25] surrogacy, body-shaming[26] and public safety for women for various prominent publications. A physical abuse survivor, she has spoken at several platforms, including TEDx, on her personal experience, urging women to speak out against domestic violence. She is credited for having popularised the phrase “Stop The Silence. Stop The Violence.”[27]

Pant chaired India's first #MeToo summit in 2018.[28][29]

Journalist

Pant has previously worked as a business news anchor with Times Now, NDTV and Bloomberg-UTV in Mumbai and New York. She was reporting from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the 2008 financial crisis. Her articles have been published in all major publications, including The Hindustan Times[30] and The Huffington Post.[31]

In 2020, Pant became a podcaster with a show about personal finance called SHOW ME THE MONEY, for Amazon's Audible.[32]

Speaker

Pant has spoken at literary festivals and conferences, including the Jaipur Literature Festival,[33] Tata Literature Live!,[34] Kala Ghoda Literature Festival,[35] Pune International Literary Festival,[36] Young Makers Conclave, #RiseWithTwitter, The UN Feminist Conference, as well as TEDx.[37]

In 2019, Pant appeared as an expert on the show Kaun Banega Crorepati with Amitabh Bachchan.[38]

Awards and Achievements

Pant abridged the world’s longest epic, The Mahabharata, into one hundred tweets[52] that The Guardian (UK) called "wonderfully descriptive and paced".[53][5]

Bibliography

Novels

  • One & A Half Wife (2012). New Delhi: Westland. ISBN 978-9381626481.

Short Stories

  • Happy Birthday! (2013). London: Random House. ISBN 978-8184004038.
  • The Trouble With Women (2016).

Non-fiction

  • Feminist Rani (2018). Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0143442875.
  • How to Get Published in India (2019). Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-9388271066.
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References
  1. "Author Meghna Pant's new book deals with women, violence and feminism". Hindustan Times. 1 September 2016.
  2. "Meghna Pant - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Sibling Speak". DNA India. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. "Meghna Pant". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. Interview - Meghna Pant 1 October 2016, Openroadreview.com
  6. "Author's New Book 'The Trouble With Women' A Series Of Short Stories About Feminism, Violence & Life In India". 27 September 2016.
  7. Jha, Aditya Mani. "A sociological continuum of remarkable women". The Hindu Business Line.
  8. "Penguin releases Shaili Chopra and Meghna Pant's Feminist Rani". Deccan Chronicle. 30 August 2018.
  9. "Museindia". Muse India.
  10. "Meghna Pant shares tips on book publishing at this event | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. Pant, Meghna (10 February 2019). "How to Get Published in India: Your go-to guide to write, publish and sell your book with tips and insights from industry experts". Bloomsbury India – via Amazon.
  12. Bureau, BW Online. "Meghna Pant Wins Laadli Media Award". BW Businessworld.
  13. "Avatar Review". avatarreview.ne. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  14. "Eclectica". eclectica.org. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  15. "QLRS". qlrs.com. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  16. Salam, Abdus (12 May 2018). "'The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east' review: Zero-shun game" – via The Hindu.
  17. "The Himalayan Arc takes a long, hard look at the uneasy realities of the region". Hindustan Times. 23 May 2018.
  18. Five Gutsy Women make Powerful Personal Statements.
  19. "25 witty, sharp and fearless women to follow on Twitter". 9 March 2017.
  20. "Green and bear it". Mumbai Mirror.
  21. Deepa Malik on First Lady.
  22. Nimrat Kaur on First Lady.
  23. Team, S. T. P. (29 October 2015). "Driving change with feminism and her books: Meghna Pant".
  24. Pant, Meghna (8 June 2015). "Save Yourself From Rape".
  25. Pant, Meghna (23 March 2019). "Unpregnant". Livemint.
  26. Pant, Meghna (20 August 2015). "Are Mannequins Making Us Too Thin?".
  27. Why Societal Violence of Women Must Stop
  28. "Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: How must sexual harassment at the workplace be dealt with? - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 18 October 2018.
  30. "Domestic violence can be stopped only if we speak out against it: Meghna Pant". Hindustan Times. 4 March 2017.
  31. "Art Attack: Comedians, Prepare To Be Killed For Your Art". HuffPost India. 20 February 2015.
  32. "Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier". Mid-Day. 28 April 2020.
  33. "Speaker - Meghna Pant". Jaipur Literature Festival. 17 September 2013.
  34. "Mid-Day". 9 October 2019.
  35. "E-103 - Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2016 | Avid Learning". www.avidlearning.in.
  36. Pune Literary Festival Schedule September 2013, ThePunekar.com
  37. Stop The Violence, Stop The Silence | Meghna Pant | TEDxXLRI
  38. "Kaun Banega Crorepati 11, Day 17 Written Update: Amitabh Bachchan Guides Another Contestant To Significant Victory". NDTV.com.
  39. "Bio of Meghna Pant". meghnapant.
  40. "Author Meghna Pant wins Bharat Nirman Award". 28 April 2017.
  41. Jha, B. K. "Kumaon Literary Festival revives Nature Writing". ruralmarketing.in.
  42. "Muse India awards announced". Times Of India. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  43. "Muse India Awards for Pant, Sinha". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  44. "Storizen Magazine". 20 June 2018.
  45. Staff writer (10 June 2014). . Face n Facts. Retrieved 10 June 2014
  46. . Retrieved 25 June 2014
  47. Staff writer (10 June 2014). . KITAAB. Retrieved 10 June 2014
  48. "For debutant author Meghna Pant, inspiration comes from unearthing the stories people make up about themselves or others, and discovering the truth behind them". Verve. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  49. Singh, Lavanya (17 September 2016). "These 10 Indian Achievers Have Proved That You're Never Too Young To Make It Big". ScoopWhoop.
  50. Best Female Authors in India, Polkacafe.com
  51. Roy, Shayan. "19 Badass Indian Ladies Everyone Should Look Up To". BuzzFeed.
  52. "Congress Won't do Anything Except Chant Tipu Sultan, Tipu Sultan, Tipu Sultan: Amit Shah in Karnataka". News18.
  53. Cain, Sian (14 March 2014). "#Twitterfiction festival 2014: what you are and are not missing" – via The Guardian.
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