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	'''Tavleen Singh''' (born 1950) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[columnist]], political [[reporter]] and writer.		'''Tavleen Singh''' (born 1950) is an Indian [[columnist]], political [[reporter]] and writer.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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{{short description|Indian journalist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox writer 
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place = [[Mussoorie]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Author and Columnist
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| partner = [[Salman Taseer]] - 1980<ref name="www.mid-day.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/060111-Aatish-Taseer-Salman-Taseer-Tavleen-Singh-relationship.htm| title=A son in search of his father|date=6 January 2011|publisher=Mid Day}}</ref><br />[[Ajit Gulabchand]]<ref>{{YouTube|YloZU4rl0s8|Interview Tavleen Singh on Newslaundry - I Agree with Tavleen Singh}}.</ref>
| children = [[Aatish Taseer]]
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'''Tavleen Singh''' (born 1950) is an [[India]]n [[columnist]], political [[reporter]] and writer.

==Biography==
Singh was born in [[Mussoorie]] in 1950 in a [[Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-05/news/28425010_1_salman-taseer-muslims-aatish-taseer|title=A Son's Journey: Aatish Taseer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015558/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-05/news/28425010_1_salman-taseer-muslims-aatish-taseer|archive-date=5 March 2016|date=5 January 2011|publisher=The Economic Times}}</ref> She studied at the [[Welham Girls School]]. She did a short-term Journalism course from the New Delhi Polytechnic in 1969.
She graduated from [[St. Bede's College, Shimla]].

She completed her education in India and started her career with a reporting job at the ''Evening Mail'', [[Slough]] (England), where she worked and trained for two and a half years under the Westminster Press/Thompson training scheme.

Singh returned to India in 1974 to work with ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' as a [[reporter]]. She joined ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' as a [[Correspondent|Special Correspondent]] in 1982. In 1985 and also in 1987 she became the South Asia [[correspondent]] of the ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]'', [[London]].

Subsequently, she became a [[freelancer]] and started writing for ''[[India Today]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''.

In 1990 she began her stint with television by heading Plus Channel's Delhi bureau. Singh presented two video magazines called ''People Plus'' and ''Business Plus''. She has done ''Ek Din Ek Jeevan'', a Hindi weekly programme for [[STAR Plus]].

{{When|date=March 2015}}, she is with ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and ''[[The Hitavada]]''. She writes a weekly column for them, on Sundays.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/tavleensingh/ Tavleen Singh] ''Indian Express''.</ref> In 1988, she was honoured with the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Mass Media in India|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=24|year=1990}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singh has a son, writer [[Aatish Taseer]], with former Pakistani politician [[Salman Taseer]] in an extra-marital relationship.<ref name="www.mid-day.com" /><ref>{{cite news |title=UK author calls India citizenship loss 'sinister' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50342314 |accessdate=8 November 2019 |date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Taseer stripped of OCI card |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/taseer-stripped-of-oci-card/cid/1717736 |accessdate=8 November 2019 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors''. Viking, 1995. {{ISBN|0-14-025078-6}}.
* ''Lollipop Street: Why India Will Survive Her Politicians''. Viking, 1999. {{ISBN|0-670-88838-9}}.
* ''Fifth Column''. Viking, {{ISBN|0-670-08135-3}}.
* ''Political and Incorrect: The real India, warts and all'' . Harpercollins. 2008. {{ISBN|81-7223-712-X}}.<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/tavleen-singhs-latest-book-compiles-contemporary-history/338504/ Tavleen Singh’s latest book compiles contemporary history] [[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]], 22 July 2008.</ref>
* ''Durbar''. Hachette, 2012. {{ISBN|978-93-5009-444-0}}.
* ''India's Broken Tryst''. Harpercollins, 2016. {{ISBN|978-9351777571}}
* ''Messiah Modi: A Tale of Great Expectations'', 2020

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.tavleensingh.com/ Tavleen Singh's official website]

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