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| image        = Ira Trivedi, May 2012-2.jpg
| image        = Ira Trivedi, May 2012-2.jpg
| caption      = Ira Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
| caption      = Ira Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
| name        = Ira Trivedi
| name        = Ira Trivedi
| birth_date  = {{Birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_date  = {{Birth year and age| 1984}}
| birth_place  = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| birth_place  = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| occupation  = Novelist, columnist, yoga teacher
| occupation  = Author, columnist, yoga teacher
| alma_mater  = [[Wellesley College]]<br>[[Columbia Business School]]  
| alma_mater  = [[Wellesley College]]<br>[[Columbia Business School]]
| genre        = Fiction and nonfiction
| genre        = Fiction and nonfiction
| notableworks = "The 10 minute Yoga Solution" <br/> ''My Book of Yoga''<br/>''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century''<br/>''What Would You Do to Save the World?''<br />''The Great Indian Love Story''<br/> ''There's No Love on Wall Street''
| notableworks = ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century''<br/> ''What Would You Do to Save the World?''<br /> ''The Great Indian Love Story''<br/> ''There's No Love on Wall Street''
| website      = {{URL|iratrivedi.in}}
| website      = {{URL|https://www.iratrivedi.in/}}
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Madhu Mantena]]|2023}}
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'''Ira Trivedi''' (born 1984) is an Indian author, columnist, and [[yoga]] teacher. Her works include ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century'', ''What Would You Do to Save the World?'' ([[Penguin Books]]), ''The Great Indian Love Story'' (Penguin Books), and ''There's No Love on Wall Street'' (Penguin Books).
'''Ira Trivedi''' is an Indian author, columnist, and [[yoga]] teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India. Her works include ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century'', ''What Would You Do to Save the World?'', ''The Great Indian Love Story'', and ''There's No Love on Wall Street''.
 
==Early life and education==
Trivedi was born in [[Lucknow]], India.<ref name="IANS 2019" /> Her grandmother is author [[Kranti Trivedi]].<ref name="Sharma 2016">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Swati |title=Ideas strike you when you least expect it, says Ira Trivedi |url=https://www.asianage.com/books/141216/ideas-strike-you-when-you-least-expect-it.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Asian Age]] |date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>
 
Trivedi began practising yoga while she was a student at [[Wellesley College]].<ref name="IANS 2019" /> Trivedi graduated from Wellesley College in 2006 with a degree in economics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628|title=Author and Speaker Ira Trivedi Reflects on Wellesley Experience|last=|first=|date=|website=Wellesley College|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816063310/http://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628|archive-date=16 August 2017|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> She has an MBA from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trivedi Credits Wellesley with Enriching Her Professional Life |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628 |access-date=29 July 2019 |publisher=Wellesley College |date=August 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-1">{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=NilanjanaI S. |title=In India, the Tender Trap's a Vise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/world/asia/15iht-letter15.html |access-date=28 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>
 
She completed Acharya training from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.<ref>{{cite news |title=International Yoga Day: 3 poses for fitness in under 6 minutes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/fitness/international-yoga-day-3-poses-for-fitness-in-under-6-minutes/video-E65sw9v4YHq8F9K4PKzqRK.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>


==Background==
==Career==
Trivedi graduated from [[Wellesley College]] in 2006 with a degree in economics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628|title=Author and Speaker Ira Trivedi Reflects on Wellesley Experience|last=|first=|date=|website=Wellesley College|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816063310/http://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628|archive-date=16 August 2017|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> She has an MBA from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trivedi Credits Wellesley with Enriching Her Professional Life |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/news/stories/node/28628 |access-date=29 July 2019 |publisher=Wellesley College |date=August 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-1">{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=NilanjanaI S. |title=In India, the Tender Trap's a Vise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/world/asia/15iht-letter15.html |access-date=28 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>
Based on her experience with the [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] beauty pageant, Trivedi wrote her debut fiction novel, ''What Would You Do To Save the World?: Confessions of a Could-Have-Been Beauty Queen'',<ref name="Yadav 2009">{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Shivani |title=Confessions of a writer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Confessions-of-a-writer/article16889910.ece |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=November 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Hari |title=The Cat Who Missed The Cream |url=http://mcomments.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=231516 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=June 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202021025/http://mcomments.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=231516 |archive-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> at age 19,<ref name="Batish 2012">{{cite news |last1=Batish |first1=Ashima |title=On write lines |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120324/ttlife1.htm |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> which was described by a ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' book review as "An entertaining first novel which reveals the dust behind the diamonds, the tears behind the plastic smiles, and dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of a beauty pageant."<ref>{{cite news |title=BOOK RACK |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may212006/books1346522006518.asp |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=May 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205210/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may212006/books1346522006518.asp |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>


She is the founder of Namami Yoga,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://namamiyoga.com|title=Namami Yoga}}</ref> an organisation that brings yoga to adults and children in New Delhi. She writes for ''Deccan Chronicle'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/back-roots-152|title=Back to the roots|author=12 August 2011 By Ira Trivedi|date=13 August 2011|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> and ''The Telegraph''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110531/jsp/entertainment/story_14050726.jsp|title=The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) &#124; 75 years of Gone with the Wind|date=31 May 2011|work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> Trivedi speaks often on issues of gender, women and youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oouAx8r3Qu4|title=Ira's talks|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnIAt6HoYeY|title=Ira's News talks|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref>
''The Great Indian Love Story'' was published in 2009, and described in ''[[The Hindu]]'' as "set in modern-day India where materialistic pleasures rule over emotions," and "a concoction of love, sex, revenge, friendship, power and crime."<ref name="Yadav 2009" /> She later worked to develop the novel into a film.<ref name="Batish 2012"/>


==Works==
Her 2011 fiction novel, ''There’s No Love On Wall Street'', featured investment bankers,<ref name="Batish 2012"/> and Ahmed Faiyaz writes in a review for the ''Deccan Herald'', "Ira tells it like it is with this one. It’s for those who want to take off the rose-tinted glasses and see the things as they are, without the pretense and floss that comes with it."<ref name="Faiyaz 2011">{{cite news |last1=Faiyaz |first1=Ahmed |title=Dreams and delusions: There’s No Love on Wall Street |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/dreams-and-delusions-there’s-no-love-wall-street-460 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920213529/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/dreams-and-delusions-there%E2%80%99s-no-love-wall-street-460 |archive-date=September 20, 2011}}</ref> In a review for ''DNA'', Jayeeta Mazumder writes the protagonist "remains a confused 'Indian' who hates her 'Indianness', is a sucker for the high life and her final redemption through writing is almost forced. But the microscopic look at banking is severely convincing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mazumder |first1=Jayeeta |title=Book Review: 'There's No Love On Wall Street' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-book-review-there-s-no-love-on-wall-street-1537408 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=DNA |date=April 29, 2011}}</ref>
===''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century''===
 
In 2014, Trivedi wrote an essay titled "Love Me Do," published in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'',<ref name="Trivedi Outlook 2014">{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Ira |title=Love Me Do |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/love-me-do/289515 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> that according to ''[[Firstpost]]'', claimed "India is in the throes of a major sexual revolution."<ref name="Roy 2014">{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Sandip |title=The sexual revolution in India keeps coming. And coming. |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/the-sexual-revolution-in-india-keeps-coming-and-coming-1396153.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> It was part of the beginning of her nonfiction book, ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century'', for which she was traveling and conducting interviews.<ref name="Roy 2014"/> According to Gargi Gupta of ''[[Zee_News#Newspaper|DNA India]]'', Trivedi spoke "to students in schools and colleges across India, couples – married, on the verge of it, living in, or of the same sex – their parents and guardians, marriage counsellors, astrologers, divorce lawyers and moral vigilantes to give a comprehensive picture of this revolution that's lifting the veil on many centuries of repression."<ref name="Gupta 2016">{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Gargi |title=Independence Day special: 12 books that tackle the complex reality of India |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-independence-day-special-12-books-that-tackle-the-complex-reality-of-india-2244709 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Zee_News#Newspaper|DNA India]] |date=August 14, 2016}}</ref> Sumana Mukherjee wrote for ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' that after the [[2012 Delhi gang rape and murder]], the book, "the first home-grown pop-sociological take on the "sexual revolution" — was a matter of time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Sumana |title=That thing we do |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rCfOqiUOcjgIj8u3JithIM/Essay--That-thing-we-do.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=30 Jan 2017}}</ref> During her book launch in Chennai, Trivedi stated, "When I saw the outrage after the Delhi gang rape, I knew we were heading somewhere. There were hundreds of people, young women protesting on the streets, there were fathers taking their daughters to protests. The increase in the number of such cases after that is only a symptom of things coming out of the closet."<ref name="NIE 2014">{{cite news |last1=Express News Service |title=Guess What's Behind The Scenes Of The Great Indian Love Story |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/apr/21/Guess-Whats-Behind-The-Scenes-Of-The-Great-Indian-Love-Story-602622.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
 
In 2016, she published a book of short stories, titled '' Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Ira Trivedi's book launch |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/mumbai/ira-trivedis-book-launch/articleshow/50754446.cms |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Times of India |date=January 28, 2016 |quote=Ira Trivedi at the launch of her book, Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories, in Mumbai on January 27, 2016. (Pics: Viral Bhayani)}}</ref> based on the television series ''[[Gumrah: End of Innocence]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=TV series ‘Gumrah: End of Innocence’ adapted into book |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tv-series-gumrah-end-of-innocence-adapted-into-book/ |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=IANS |date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> and in 2017 published the novel ''Nikhil and Riya''.<ref name="Gupta 2017">{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Gargi |title=Love is a part of the process of coming of age, says author Ira Trivedi |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-love-is-a-part-of-the-process-of-coming-of-age-says-author-ira-trivedi-2358206 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=DNA |date=March 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sharma 2016" /> In 2017, she published ''The 10 Minute Yoga Solution'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dahiya |first1=Medha Shri |title=Yoga enthusiasts, Ira Trivedi’s book is what you have been waiting for |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/yoga-enthusiasts-ira-trivedi-s-book-is-what-you-have-been-waiting-for/story-r8XHvIJZ7d1fqBmWJufsxJ.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=July 19, 2017}}</ref> described by [[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] as "an apt manual for all those who are yet to foray in to the vedic practice" and "equally significant for practitioners".<ref>{{cite news |title=How the author saved herself with ten-minute yoga routine |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/how-the-author-saved-herself-with-ten-minute-yoga-routine-1498031072.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]}}</ref>


''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century'' is a 2014 non-fiction book about India's new social revolution in marriage and sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/the-sexual-revolution-in-india-keeps-coming-and-coming-1396153.html|title=The sexual revolution in India keeps coming. And coming.|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> Trivedi traveled to over a dozen cities and interviewed 500 people including academics, policy makers, law-enforcers, and other participants in India's sexual and marriage revolution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/india-in-love/arranged-marriage-in-a-love-struck-world/|title=Arranged marriage in a love-struck world|date=2014-01-30|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120324/ttlife1.htm On write lines ]</ref> <ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?283326 Chastity Begins At Home, And Ends In The Dorm]</ref>
She co-authored the book ''The Desi Guide to Dating'' with Sachin Bhatia, which was released in 2019.<ref name="Paul 2019">{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Amrita |title=The Desi Guide to Dating Tells Us That There Is Nothing Dirty About Dating |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/desi-guide-dating-ira-trivedi/ |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> Amrita Paul of ''[[SheThePeople.TV]]'' wrote the book "addresses the often misogynist outlook the society holds when it comes to women dating vs men and gives a balanced perspective on dating."<ref name="Paul 2019"/>


===''What Would You Do to Save the World?''===
In 2020, she released ''Om the Yoga Dog'', a book for children described by ''[[The Indian Express]]'' as "a fun and interesting way to get kids to practice yoga,"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parenting Desk |title=Want your kid to be interested in yoga? Read them these five books |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/want-your-kid-to-be-interested-in-yoga-read-them-these-five-books-6469728/ |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=June 21, 2020}}</ref> and by Soma Basu of ''[[The Hindu]]'' as "a simple stepwise guide to children on Yoga, with easy asanas and beneficial breathing techniques."<ref name="Basu 2020">{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Soma |title=Kiddie guide to yoga |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/two-picture-books-introduce-kids-to-asanas-and-techniques-with-the-help-of-a-dog-a-frog-an-elephant-and-all-time-favourite-peppa-the-pig-on-yoga-internation-day-on-june-21/article31868801.ece |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=June 20, 2020}}</ref>


This is a bare-all account of the beauty pageant process from application to the commonplace final question asked of finalists, that is the title of the book.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}
She is the founder of Namami Yoga, a non-profit organisation,<ref name="IANS 2019">{{cite news |title=How Starting Yoga at an Early Age can Change the Way You Handle Stress |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/how-starting-yoga-at-an-early-age-can-change-the-way-you-handle-stress-2306495.html |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=News18 |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> the mobile app Ira Yoga Wellness,<ref>{{cite news |last1=BI India Bureau |title=From downward dog to upward boom — influencer and teacher Ira Trivedi shares how virtual yoga took off during the lockdown |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/from-downward-dog-to-upward-boom-influencer-and-teacher-ira-trivedi-shares-how-virtual-yoga-took-off-during-the-lockdown/articleshow/79317417.cms |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> and Yog Love,<ref>{{cite news |title=Learn Yoga from Celebrated Instructors at Virtual Festival Announced By Ira Trivedi |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/celebrated-yoga-trainer-ira-trivedi-announces-virtual-yoga-festival-3865934.html |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=News18 |date=June 19, 2021}}</ref> an online yoga studio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ira Trivedi - Yoga |url=https://www.iratrivedi.in/yoga/ |website=Ira Trivedi Official Website |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> She has written  for ''The Hindu'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Ira Trivedi |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/ira-trivedi/article5368078.ece |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> ''Deccan Chronicle'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/back-roots-152|title=Back to the roots|author=12 August 2011 By Ira Trivedi|date=13 August 2011|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=22 November 2012|archive-date=23 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923183659/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/back-roots-152|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110531/jsp/entertainment/story_14050726.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205034332/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110531/jsp/entertainment/story_14050726.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2013|title=The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) &#124; 75 years of Gone with the Wind|date=31 May 2011|work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> the ''Times of India'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Ira Trivedi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/iratrivedi/ |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Times of India}}</ref> and ''Outlook''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ira Trivedi |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/author/ira-trivedi/11030 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref> Trivedi speaks often on issues of gender, women and youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oouAx8r3Qu4|title=Ira's talks|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnIAt6HoYeY|title=Ira's News talks|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref>


It has been termed as "an entertaining first novel" (''[[Deccan Herald]]'')<ref name="Deccan Herald May 2006">Deccan Herald, [http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may212006/books1346522006518.asp 'BOOK RACK'], ''Deccan Herald'', 21 May 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2015.</ref> "with a letter-perfect analysis of the social phenomenon known as South Bombay..."(''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'').<ref name="Outlook India June 2006">Outlook India, [http://mcomments.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=231516 'The Cat Who Missed The Cream'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202021025/http://mcomments.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=231516 |date=2 February 2016 }}, ''Outlook India'', 21 May 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2006.</ref>
== Personal life ==


===''There's No Love on Wall Street''===
On 11 June, 2023, Trivedi married film producer [[Madhu Mantena]] in Mumbai which was attended by close family and friends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ira Trivedi is now married to Madhu Mantena |url=https://www.hamaribaat.com/ira-trivedi-is-now-married-to-madhu-mantena-pics |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.hamaribaat.com |language=en}}</ref>


''There's no Love on Wall Street'' was released at the Jaipur Literature Festival by Pulitzer Prize winning author [[Junot Díaz]].<ref name="Deccan July2011">Ahmed Faiyaz, [http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/dreams-and-delusions-there%E2%80%99s-no-love-wall-street-460 'Dreams and delusions: There's No Love on Wall Street'], ''Deccan Chronicle'', 8 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.</ref> According to a ''DNA'' review, the book's "microscopic look at banking is severely convincing."<ref>Jayeeta Mazumder, [http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_book-review-theres-no-love-on-wall-street_1537408 'Book Review: There's No Love On Wall Street'], Daily News & Analysis (DNA), 29 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2012.</ref>
==Works==
* ''What Would You Do To Save the World'' (2006, [[Penguin Books]])
* ''The Great Indian Love Story'' (2009, Penguin Books)
* ''There's No Love On Wall Street'' (2011, Penguin Books)
* ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century'' (2014, Aleph Book Company)
* ''Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories'' (2016)
* ''Nikhil and Riya'' (2017)
* ''The 10 Minute Yoga Solution'' (2017, Harper Collins)
* ''The Desi Guide to Dating'' (2019)
* ''Om the Yoga Dog'' (2020, Puffin)


== Controversy ==
Ira Trivedi triggered controversy over her remarks on beef consumption on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-ira-trivedi-slammedfor-old-anti-hindu-and-beef-remarks-twitterati-ask-doordarshan-to-drop-her-show-2775912|title=Ira Trivedi slammed for old 'anti-Hindu' and beef remarks, Twitterati ask Doordarshan to drop her show {{!}} Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> Her show on yoga was subsequently dropped on [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/doordarshan-replace-ira-trivedi-after-outrage-over-her-anti-hindu-tweets-and-viral-video-on-beef-tmove-1-1105114.html|title=बीफ को बताया था सस्ता प्रोटीन, दूरदर्शन ने योग गुरु इरा त्रिवेदी को किया शो से बाहर|website=aajtak.intoday.in|language=hi|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> Trivedi accused [[Chetan Bhagat]] of sexual harassment in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiOctober 15|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last2=October 15|first2=2018UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2018 18:18|title=Ira Trivedi accuses Chetan Bhagat of harassment, says he tried to kiss her|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/ira-trivedi-accuses-chetan-bhagat-of-harassment-says-he-tried-to-kiss-her-1368137-2018-10-15|access-date=2021-03-17|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
==Awards==
==Awards==
In 2015, Trivedi won the Devi Award for dynamism and innovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eventxpress.com/devi2015/lucknow/|title=The Devis}}</ref> That same year, she was awarded a UK Media Award for best investigative article dealing with bride trafficking in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antislaveryday.com/awards/media-awards/media-awards-2015/|title=Media Awards}}</ref>
In 2015, Trivedi won the Devi Award for dynamism and innovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eventxpress.com/devi2015/lucknow/|title=The Devis}}</ref> That same year, she was awarded a UK Media Award for best investigative article dealing with bride trafficking in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antislaveryday.com/awards/media-awards/media-awards-2015/|title=Media Awards}}</ref>


In 2017, Trivedi was chosen as one of the "BBC's 100 most influential women in the world. “<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-41380265 BBC World News]</ref>
In 2017, Trivedi was chosen as one of the "BBC's 100 most influential women in the world. “<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-41380265 BBC World News]</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Indian writers]]


==References==
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Ira Trivedi
Ira Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
Ira Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
Born1984 (age 40–41)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationAuthor, columnist, yoga teacher
Alma materWellesley College
Columbia Business School
GenreFiction and nonfiction
Notable worksIndia in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century
What Would You Do to Save the World?
The Great Indian Love Story
There's No Love on Wall Street
Spouse
(
m. 2023)
Website
www.iratrivedi.in

Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India. Her works include India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century, What Would You Do to Save the World?, The Great Indian Love Story, and There's No Love on Wall Street.

Early life and education[edit]

Trivedi was born in Lucknow, India.[1] Her grandmother is author Kranti Trivedi.[2]

Trivedi began practising yoga while she was a student at Wellesley College.[1] Trivedi graduated from Wellesley College in 2006 with a degree in economics.[3] She has an MBA from Columbia University.[4][5]

She completed Acharya training from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.[6]

Career[edit]

Based on her experience with the Miss India beauty pageant, Trivedi wrote her debut fiction novel, What Would You Do To Save the World?: Confessions of a Could-Have-Been Beauty Queen,[7][8] at age 19,[9] which was described by a Deccan Herald book review as "An entertaining first novel which reveals the dust behind the diamonds, the tears behind the plastic smiles, and dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of a beauty pageant."[10]

The Great Indian Love Story was published in 2009, and described in The Hindu as "set in modern-day India where materialistic pleasures rule over emotions," and "a concoction of love, sex, revenge, friendship, power and crime."[7] She later worked to develop the novel into a film.[9]

Her 2011 fiction novel, There’s No Love On Wall Street, featured investment bankers,[9] and Ahmed Faiyaz writes in a review for the Deccan Herald, "Ira tells it like it is with this one. It’s for those who want to take off the rose-tinted glasses and see the things as they are, without the pretense and floss that comes with it."[11] In a review for DNA, Jayeeta Mazumder writes the protagonist "remains a confused 'Indian' who hates her 'Indianness', is a sucker for the high life and her final redemption through writing is almost forced. But the microscopic look at banking is severely convincing."[12]

In 2014, Trivedi wrote an essay titled "Love Me Do," published in Outlook,[13] that according to Firstpost, claimed "India is in the throes of a major sexual revolution."[14] It was part of the beginning of her nonfiction book, India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century, for which she was traveling and conducting interviews.[14] According to Gargi Gupta of DNA India, Trivedi spoke "to students in schools and colleges across India, couples – married, on the verge of it, living in, or of the same sex – their parents and guardians, marriage counsellors, astrologers, divorce lawyers and moral vigilantes to give a comprehensive picture of this revolution that's lifting the veil on many centuries of repression."[15] Sumana Mukherjee wrote for Mint that after the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, the book, "the first home-grown pop-sociological take on the "sexual revolution" — was a matter of time."[16] During her book launch in Chennai, Trivedi stated, "When I saw the outrage after the Delhi gang rape, I knew we were heading somewhere. There were hundreds of people, young women protesting on the streets, there were fathers taking their daughters to protests. The increase in the number of such cases after that is only a symptom of things coming out of the closet."[17]

In 2016, she published a book of short stories, titled Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories,[18] based on the television series Gumrah: End of Innocence,[19] and in 2017 published the novel Nikhil and Riya.[20][2] In 2017, she published The 10 Minute Yoga Solution,[21] described by IANS as "an apt manual for all those who are yet to foray in to the vedic practice" and "equally significant for practitioners".[22]

She co-authored the book The Desi Guide to Dating with Sachin Bhatia, which was released in 2019.[23] Amrita Paul of SheThePeople.TV wrote the book "addresses the often misogynist outlook the society holds when it comes to women dating vs men and gives a balanced perspective on dating."[23]

In 2020, she released Om the Yoga Dog, a book for children described by The Indian Express as "a fun and interesting way to get kids to practice yoga,"[24] and by Soma Basu of The Hindu as "a simple stepwise guide to children on Yoga, with easy asanas and beneficial breathing techniques."[25]

She is the founder of Namami Yoga, a non-profit organisation,[1] the mobile app Ira Yoga Wellness,[26] and Yog Love,[27] an online yoga studio.[28] She has written for The Hindu,[29] Deccan Chronicle,[30] The Telegraph,[31] the Times of India,[32] and Outlook.[33] Trivedi speaks often on issues of gender, women and youth.[34][35]

Personal life[edit]

On 11 June, 2023, Trivedi married film producer Madhu Mantena in Mumbai which was attended by close family and friends.[36]

Works[edit]

  • What Would You Do To Save the World (2006, Penguin Books)
  • The Great Indian Love Story (2009, Penguin Books)
  • There's No Love On Wall Street (2011, Penguin Books)
  • India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century (2014, Aleph Book Company)
  • Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories (2016)
  • Nikhil and Riya (2017)
  • The 10 Minute Yoga Solution (2017, Harper Collins)
  • The Desi Guide to Dating (2019)
  • Om the Yoga Dog (2020, Puffin)

Awards[edit]

In 2015, Trivedi won the Devi Award for dynamism and innovation.[37] That same year, she was awarded a UK Media Award for best investigative article dealing with bride trafficking in India.[38]

In 2017, Trivedi was chosen as one of the "BBC's 100 most influential women in the world. “[39]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "How Starting Yoga at an Early Age can Change the Way You Handle Stress". News18. IANS. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sharma, Swati (14 December 2016). "Ideas strike you when you least expect it, says Ira Trivedi". The Asian Age. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Author and Speaker Ira Trivedi Reflects on Wellesley Experience". Wellesley College. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Trivedi Credits Wellesley with Enriching Her Professional Life". Wellesley College. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Roy, NilanjanaI S. (14 August 2012). "In India, the Tender Trap's a Vise". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "International Yoga Day: 3 poses for fitness in under 6 minutes". Hindustan Times. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Yadav, Shivani (2 November 2009). "Confessions of a writer". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Menon, Hari (12 June 2006). "The Cat Who Missed The Cream". Outlook. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Batish, Ashima (24 March 2012). "On write lines". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "BOOK RACK". Deccan Herald. 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Faiyaz, Ahmed (8 July 2011). "Dreams and delusions: There's No Love on Wall Street". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Mazumder, Jayeeta (29 April 2011). "Book Review: 'There's No Love On Wall Street'". DNA. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Trivedi, Ira (24 February 2014). "Love Me Do". Outlook. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Roy, Sandip (18 February 2014). "The sexual revolution in India keeps coming. And coming". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Gupta, Gargi (14 August 2016). "Independence Day special: 12 books that tackle the complex reality of India". DNA India. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Mukherjee, Sumana (30 January 2017). "That thing we do". Mint. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  17. ↑ Express News Service (21 April 2014). "Guess What's Behind The Scenes Of The Great Indian Love Story". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Ira Trivedi's book launch". Times of India. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021. Ira Trivedi at the launch of her book, Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories, in Mumbai on January 27, 2016. (Pics: Viral Bhayani)
  19. ↑ "TV series 'Gumrah: End of Innocence' adapted into book". The Indian Express. IANS. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  20. ↑ Gupta, Gargi (19 March 2017). "Love is a part of the process of coming of age, says author Ira Trivedi". DNA. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  21. ↑ Dahiya, Medha Shri (19 July 2017). "Yoga enthusiasts, Ira Trivedi's book is what you have been waiting for". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "How the author saved herself with ten-minute yoga routine". The Statesman. IANS. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Paul, Amrita (5 April 2019). "The Desi Guide to Dating Tells Us That There Is Nothing Dirty About Dating". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  24. ↑ Parenting Desk (21 June 2020). "Want your kid to be interested in yoga? Read them these five books". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  25. ↑ Basu, Soma (20 June 2020). "Kiddie guide to yoga". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  26. ↑ BI India Bureau (24 November 2020). "From downward dog to upward boom — influencer and teacher Ira Trivedi shares how virtual yoga took off during the lockdown". Business Insider. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  27. ↑ "Learn Yoga from Celebrated Instructors at Virtual Festival Announced By Ira Trivedi". News18. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  28. ↑ "Ira Trivedi - Yoga". Ira Trivedi Official Website. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  29. ↑ "Ira Trivedi". The Hindu. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  30. ↑ 12 August 2011 By Ira Trivedi (13 August 2011). "Back to the roots". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  31. ↑ "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | 75 years of Gone with the Wind". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  32. ↑ "Ira Trivedi". Times of India. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  33. ↑ "Ira Trivedi". Outlook. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  34. ↑ "Ira's talks". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  35. ↑ "Ira's News talks". Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  36. ↑ "Ira Trivedi is now married to Madhu Mantena". www.hamaribaat.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  37. ↑ "The Devis".
  38. ↑ "Media Awards".
  39. ↑ BBC World News

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