Rasheed Kidwai

Rasheed Kidwai (born 20th July 1967) is an Indian journalist –author[1] and political analyst with News 18 ,Times Now , ABP news and NDTV . He is a visiting Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation [ORF], a leading think-tank of South Asia. Lucknow-born Kidwai tracks Indian government, political parties, community affairs and Hindi cinema. Kidwai is considered specialist on India’s grand old party, the  Indian National Congress and Gandhis -- Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi.

Rasheed Kidwai
Born20th July 1967,
Lucknow
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
Genrebiography/memoir
Notable worksSONIA - A Biography , 24 Akbar Road, Neta Abhineta: Star Power in Indian Politics, Ballot - Ten Episodes That Have Shaped India’s Democracy
SpouseFarah Kidwai

He is the author of the book, Sonia, A Biography.[2][3] He also wrote a book based on Congress Party headquarters; 24, Akbar Road.

Personal life

Education

Kidwai is a graduate from St Stephen’s College, Delhi [1989]. His school was Centennial School, Lucknow [1980], Anglo Arabic School, Delhi [1984] and Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi [1986]. Kidwai did his master’s in mass communication research from University of Leicester where had gone on a fellowship given by British and Commonwealth Office, UK.

Family

Hailing from a prominent family from Daryabad, Barabanki, Kidwai’s maternal grandfather was Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, a noted English and Urdu commentator of the Quran. Kidwai’s wife Dr Farah Kidwai is Scientist ‘G’ DRDO, ministry of Defence, Government of India.

His uncle Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kidwai was a member of parliament, Rajya Sabha [1984-1990]. Some of Kidwai’s close relatives includes Dr Abdur Rahim Kidwai, Director of Aligarh Muslim University’s Academic Staff College, Dr. Shafey Kidwai, Sahitya Academy winner and Head of the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, AMU, Dr. Abdul Haleem Kidwai, Saad Mustafa Hashmi and Dr M Saleem Kidwai, former professor of political science, JNU.

Career

Formerly Associate Editor of The Telegraph, Calcutta,[4] Kidwai is a regular political commentator on various television networks, radio programmes and newspapers. Kidwai is a columnist with The Tribune, Chandigarh, Mumbai Mirror, ThePrint, ABP News Blog, Network 18, Inquilab, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Prabhat Khabar, Rediff, The Quint  and a range of other English, Hindi and Urdu publications.

Selected Bibliography

Books

 
1: SONIA - A Biography

Kidwai is author of Sonia A Biography [Penguin India 2003]. The book has been translated into Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and revised in 2009 and 2011.

2: 24 Akbar Road

Kidwai’s 24, Akbar Road, -- A Short History of The People Behind The Fall and Rise of The Congress [Hachette 2011][5] is considered as an important source of Congress history.[6]

3: Neta Abhineta: Star Power in Indian Politics

In 2018, Kidwai wrote a book on Bollywood film stars who entered political arena. The book titled, Neta Abhineta – Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics [Hachette India 2018] tracked political journey of Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bhachan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Mithun Chakraborty, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Govinda, Shatrughan Sinha, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Jaya Prada, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Paresh Rawal and Raj Babbar.[7]

4: Ballot -  Ten Episodes That Have Shaped India’s Democracy

Kidwai has authored, Ballot: Ten Episodes that Have Shaped India’s Democracy [8] [Hachette India 2018] tracing how elections are fought in the country. The anecdotal account has also focussed on many leading players of Indian politics such as N T Ramarao, Bal Thackeray, Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee.

Writings
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References
  1. Jatin Gandhi (January 9, 2010). "From INC to Congress Inc". Open Magazine.
  2. "Exclusive: Why Rahul adds to Congress glory". Rediff News. June 18, 2010.
  3. Mark Sappenfield and Mian Ridge (April 12, 2007). "'First family' of India grooms its next politician". USA Today.
  4. Rashid K. Kidwai (December 18, 2011). "Rashid K Kidwai: Political knives that should not cut the supply chain". Business Standard.
  5. "24 Akbar Road Hardcover – December 1, 2010". Amazon.
  6. "24 Akbar Road".
  7. "Neta Abhineta".
  8. Hebbar, Nistula (2018-03-17). "Ballot: Ten Episodes That Have Shaped India's Democracy review: Poll preference". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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