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'''Vidya Subrahmaniam''' is an Indian journalist and political commentator. After having served as the Associate Editor at ''[[The Hindu]]'', she was a Senior Fellow at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy.<ref>{{cite web |title=`Team' at The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy |url=http://www.thehinducentre.com/leadership/staff/ |accessdate=2014-10-19}}</ref> She is now a political commentator for Qatar-based [[AlJazeera]]. <ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/india-muslims-punished-indian-200306190342176.html India's Muslims are punished for asking to be Indian, Vidya Subrahmaniam, 3/7/2020]</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Vidya Subrahmaniam received an M. A. degree from the [[Delhi School of Economics]]. Her journalistic career started with the [[Indian Express]] in 1981 as a City reporter based in [[Chennai]], and later [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]]. She also acted as the State correspondent for [[Uttar Pradesh]] based in [[Lucknow]]. Subsequently, she served on the national news bureaus for The India Post, [[The Independent]] and [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]].<br />
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In 1994, she moved to ''[[The Times of India]]'', working on its editorial page and becoming its principal leader writer. She wrote commentaries on politics and international affairs.<br />
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In 2004, she joined ''[[The Hindu]]'' as a Deputy Editor in Chennai and later an Associate Editor based in Delhi. She wrote news stories, editorials and opinion pieces on a range of subjects. She specializes in the electoral politics of the Hindi belt. Her coverage include issues of communalism, civil liberties, democracy, as well as party politics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding `the middle path' is a double-edged game for BJP |url=http://indianexponent.com/finding-the-middle-path-is-a-double-edged-game-for-bjp/ |publisher=indianexponent.com |accessdate=2014-10-18}}</ref><br />
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In 2010, she won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Commentary and Interpretive Writing. The Foundation cited her "lucid and incisive opinion pieces that went beyond the headlines."<ref><br />
{{cite web |title=Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (2010) |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2010_winners.html |accessdate=2014-10-19}}<br />
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{{cite news |title=Vidya Subrahmaniam gets RNG Award for commentary |date=25 July 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/vidya-subrahmaniam-gets-rng-award-for-commentary/article4950600.ece |accessdate=2014-10-19}}<br />
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In March 2014, she was chosen as a respondent to [[Jaswant Singh]] in a Citizen-Politician Debate on the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by Lila Interactions.<ref><br />
{{cite web |title=Bharatiya Janata Party: Searching the Vital Centre? |url=http://www.lilainteractions.in/2014-3-9-jaswant-singh-vidya-subrahmaniam-bharatiya-janata-party-searching-vital-centre/ |accessdate=2014-10-19}}<br />
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In 2013, after Vidya Subrahmaniam wrote an op-ed in ''The Hindu'' about [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Patel]]'s handling of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in 1948-49,<ref><br />
{{cite news |author=Vidya Subrahmaniam |title=The forgotten promise of 1949 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=8 October 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-forgotten-promise-of-1949/article5211026.ece |accessdate=2014-10-08}}<br />
</ref> she received threatening calls and messages, causing her to file a police complaint.<ref><br />
{{cite news |title=Journalist claims RSS, VHP threats after article on Sardar Patel |newspaper=Times of India |date=1 November 2013 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Journalist-claims-RSS-VHP-threats-after-article-on-Sardar-Patel/articleshow/25033249.cms |accessdate=2014-10-19}}<br />
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{{cite news |title=Congress targets BJP, RSS over threat to journalist |newspaper=Indian Express |date=1 November 2013 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/congress-targets-bjp-rss-over-threat-to-journalist/1189784/ |accessdate=2014-10-19}}<br />
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