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'''Ashish Shukla''' is an Indian author on [[geopolitic]]s and [[terrorism]] who runs a news website on international relations, Newsbred.<ref name="Newsbred - what must be said">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbred.com/|title=Newsbred - what must be said|author=|date=|website=newsbred.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> Ashish also edited the English edition of the world's largest circulated Hindi cricket magazine, ''Cricket Samrat'', in 1999, and acted as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Naradonline, one of India's earliest news portals, in 2000, before the dot.com bubble went bust.

==Personal life==

Shukla was born in [[Lucknow]], the capital of India's northern state [[Uttar Pradesh]], on 16 March 1963, the youngest of two brothers and a sister who made up the family of a policeman serving in the state police department. He went to [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere]], [[St. Francis' College|St. Francis]] and Colvin Taluqdars’ College before graduating in Lucknow University, where he achieved his masters in Western History. Shukla moved to [[Delhi]] in 1989, where he married a school teacher, Radhika, in 1993. He presently lives in Noida, part of the [[National Capital Region]], and a suburb of Delhi, with his wife and two daughters.

==Career==

At the age of 16 Shukla accepted an internship at the sports desk of ''[[The Pioneer (Indian newspaper)|The Pioneer]]'', an English newspaper then operating from Lucknow. He became the sports editor in 1980 while still in his teens. Shukla joined the ''Times of India'' on the sports desk, in 1989, where he began covering national and international cricket tours and tournaments.

Shukla undertook an assignment for [[Agence France-Presse (AFP)]] to cover the [[1996 Cricket World Cup]] cricket in the Indian sub-continent and followed it up with India's epochal tour to England the same year which gave India two of its most illustrious batsmen and captains, [[Sourav Ganguly]] and [[Rahul Dravid]]. Shukla was still employed with the ''Times of India'' at this time, a position he found increasingly untenable. He left ''Times of India'' in 1996 and then began his long informal association with the [[Press Trust of India]] (PTI).

His informal association with PTI quickly took roots and he regularly began covering Indian cricket team's tours worldwide. Such an arrangement also allowed Shukla to be footloose, letting him write articles for [[Rediff]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2006/may/30amb.htm|title=Ambrose hates talking cricket|author=|date=|website=rediff.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> [[ESPNcricinfo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=89|title=Ashish Shukla - Read Articles, Quotes, Editorials, Interviews - ESPNcricinfo.com|author=|date=|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> and voicing his opinion as a cricket expert on [[BBC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lhtr4|title=BBC Asian Network - Nihal, Sachin Tendulkar: What's His Legacy?|author=|date=|website=BBC|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> and [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-30/india-ready-to-move-on-from-harbhajan-case/1027474|title=India ready to move on from Harbhajan case|author=|date=30 January 2008|website=ABC News|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> among others. The large reach of PTI gave him a presence in prominent newspapers such as ''[[Indian Express]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/|title=Live News Today, Latest India News, Breaking News, Today Headlines, Narendra Modi Swearing-in News|author=|date=|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Economic Times]]''<ref>http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-09-24/news/42801184_1_greg-chappell-senior-players-selectors</ref> ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/ashish-shukla|title=Ashish Shukla|author=|date=|website=DNA India|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030324/sports.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport|author=|date=|website=tribuneindia.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> and national magazines such as ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/people/ashish-shukla/1120|title=Ashish Shukla: Latest News on Ashish Shukla, Ashish Shukla Photos - Outlookindia|author=|date=|website=Outlook (India)|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Tehelka]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=Ne032704kumble.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083233/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=Ne032704kumble.asp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the new millennium, Shukla floated two private limited companies, Trans Cricket News Pvt Ltd, which syndicated articles worldwide under the banner of Cricket News, and Outliers Sports and Media Private Limited. Among clients for Cricket News were ''[[Gulf News]]''<ref>http://m.gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/indian-cricketers-anguished-by-attacks-1.145438</ref> and ''[[Khaleej Times]]'', both published from [[Dubai]], [[UAE]].

This was also the spell when Shukla covered cricket tours for national news TV channels, such as [[Aaj Tak]], [[Zee News]] and Star News, now known as [[ABP News]], among others. He then formally joined [[India TV]] as an executive editor in 2007 before finally quitting in 2009 and resuming his association with PTI.

In 2013, he ended his work in cricket journalism. He changed his focus to geopolitics, which has interested him since childhood and which he now deemed to be in a critical phase of its trajectory, to the growing drumbeats of World War III.{{clarify |date=June 2016 |reason= This is the sort of thing that should either be elaborated on or left out entirely.}}

==Books==

During his career as a scribe, Shukla co-authored a biography of the prominent cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]].{{better source needed|date=August 2019}} The biography, ''Sachin Tendulkar: Masterful'',<ref name="amazon1">{{Cite book|isbn=8171678068|title=Sachin Tendulkar Masterful|last1=Murray|first1=Peter|last2=Shukla|first2=Ashish|year=2002}}</ref> was published by [[Rupa & Co]]. and went into a reprint order, such was its demand when it first appeared in 2002, even though a few critics didn't have good things to say about the book.

Now as a full-time geopolitical analyst and commentator on international relations, Shukla has made an immediate impact with his book: ''How United States Shot Humanity: Muslims Ruined; Europe Next'',<ref name="amazon2">{{Cite book|isbn=978-8193163108|title=How United States Shot Humanity: Muslims Ruined; Europe Next|last1=Shukla|first1=Ashish|date=7 August 2015}}</ref> which reflects the contemporary reality of existential crisis in Europe and Asia and traces its origins to the [[Yugoslav Wars]] of the 1990s; and the United States’ support for [[Saudi Arabia]] which lost little time in exporting its [[Wahhabism]], leading to the creation of the first Muslim state in Europe, [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].{{clarify |date=June 2016 |reason= Modern Albania, founded in 1912, is a majority Muslim-state; historically, there have been a number of Muslim states in Europe; either qualify that this is Shukla's opinion or acknowledge that it's patently false.}} The book makes an assertion that this began the export of terrorism on a worldwide scale, caused [[9/11]] and several attacks on major European cities such as the [[Madrid train bombings]] in 2004 and the [[London tube bombings]] of 2005. Most of the alleged terrorists involved in these heinous crimes had one or other links with the [[Balkans]], and in particular, Bosnia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/from-brussels-to-sarajevo_b_8640296|title=From Brussels to Sarajevo: Why Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina Are Home to Islamic terrorists|first1=Maciej|last1=Olchawa|first2=ContributorAuthor of three books on Ukraine Former European Parliament policy adviser in|last2=Brussels|date=24 November 2015|website=HuffPost|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>

The book has been well received by international geopolitical luminaries and intellectuals such as [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Diana Johnstone]], Shen Dingli, Joachim Hagopian and Zlatko Pranjic, winner of Penguin's Decibel prize, who praised the book for its "uncomprising tone."<ref name="ashishshukla.net">{{cite web|url=https://www.ashishshukla.net/|title=Ashish Shukla|author=|date=|website=Ashish Shukla|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2016}} Dingli opined that such "voices are much needed these days".<ref name="ashishshukla.net"/>{{better source needed|date=June 2016}} Hagopian termed it as an "important contribution to addressing the truth about the destructive power of the US Empire, perhaps the most important history lesson of modern times."<ref name="ashishshukla.net"/>{{better source needed|date=June 2016}}

Shukla is presently writing a book on Russia and its president Vladimir Putin which, among other issues, looks at conflicts in the [[Caucasus]] in a fresh light. The book is scheduled for release in 2016. The Caucasus, like the Balkans, is a region that lies at the border of Asia and Europe and thus carries forward the narrative of civilizational conflict of East and West and the global spread of terrorism which Shukla has researched in his work: "How United States Shot Humanity…"

==Website==

Shukla presently runs a geopolitical website, Newsbred,<ref name="Newsbred - what must be said"/> a non-profit enterprise, one of its own kind, especially in the Indian context. It has drawn in some important international voices in this field, such as <nowiki>[[Sara Floundes]]</nowiki>, Shen Dingli and Joachim Hagopian, and has content arrangement with TomDispatch<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomdispatch.com/|title=TomDispatch|author=|date=|website=tomdispatch.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> and Russia-Insider.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russia-insider.com/en|title=Russia Insider: Crowdfunded citizen journalism - with a punch!|author=|date=|website=russia-insider.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> It has had a dramatic increase in its readership lately.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

Shukla also has a personal website<ref name="ashishshukla.net"/> where his columns, tweets and television appearances are housed.

==Columns==

Shukla is a regular contributor on geopolitical and terrorism issues on [[OpEdNews]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opednews.com/author/author502930.html|title=Members Page For Ashish Shukla|author=|date=|website=opednews.com|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> which has columns from the world's best-known columnists and authors. He also occasionally pens edit pieces{{clarify |date=June 2016 |reason= Is this supposed to be "op-eds"?}} in leading publications, such as ''Economic Times''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/understanding-the-concept-of-madrasas-as-a-school-of-thought/|title=Understanding the concept of madrasas as a school of thought|author=|date=11 July 2015|website=Economic Times Blog|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

*Ashish Shukla and Peter Murray: ''Sachin Tendulkar Masterful'' {{ISBN|978-8171678068}}<ref name="amazon1"/>
*Ashish Shukla: ''How United States Shot Humanity: Muslims Ruined; Europe Next;'' {{ISBN|978-8193163108}}<ref name="amazon2"/>

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