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'''Patricia Mukhim''' is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist<ref name="BBC">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6215497.stm | title=Cash boost for tribal families | first=Subir | last=Bhaumik | publisher=BBC | date=10 January 2007 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="NSAB">{{cite web | url=http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1003 | title=NSAB | publisher=Government of India | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> and the editor of ''[[Shillong Times]]'',<ref name=hindu20201118>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-shillong-times-editor-patricia-mukhim-resigns-from-editors-guild-of-india/article33122911.ece?homepage=true|title=The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim resigns from Editors Guild of India |date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|agency=PTI}}</ref> known for her social activism.<ref name="Faced with changing times">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/faced-with-changing-times/article4428449.ece | title=Faced with changing times | publisher=The Hindu | date=19 February 2013 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> A recipient of honours such as [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|Chameli Devi Jain award]],<ref name="E Pao">{{cite web | url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Attributes_of_Women_from_NE.Patricia_Mukhim | title=E Pao | publisher=E Pao | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> ONE India award,<ref name="Shillong Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2014/12/30/patricia-mukhim-receives-o-n-e-india-award/ | title=Shillong Times | publisher=Shillong Times | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] FLO award, Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity award,<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/patricia-mukhim-receives-u-n-brahma-award/article1256523.ece | title=The Hindu | publisher=The Hindu | date=12 May 2008 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> [[Siva Prasad Barooah National Award|Siva Prasad Barooah National award]] and North East Excellence award,<ref name="Indianict">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianict.com/nict12/pdf/shillong/Patricia_Mukhim.pdf | title=Indianict | publisher=Indianict | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> she was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
'''Patricia Mukhim''' is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist<ref name="BBC">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6215497.stm | title=Cash boost for tribal families | first=Subir | last=Bhaumik | publisher=BBC | date=10 January 2007 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="NSAB">{{cite web | url=http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1003 | title=NSAB | publisher=Government of India | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> and the editor of ''[[Shillong Times]]'',<ref name=hindu20201118>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-shillong-times-editor-patricia-mukhim-resigns-from-editors-guild-of-india/article33122911.ece?homepage=true|title=The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim resigns from Editors Guild of India |date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|agency=PTI}}</ref> known for her social activism.<ref name="Faced with changing times">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/faced-with-changing-times/article4428449.ece | title=Faced with changing times | work=The Hindu | date=19 February 2013 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> A recipient of honours such as [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|Chameli Devi Jain award]],<ref name="E Pao">{{cite web | url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Attributes_of_Women_from_NE.Patricia_Mukhim | title=E Pao | publisher=E Pao | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> ONE India award,<ref name="Shillong Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2014/12/30/patricia-mukhim-receives-o-n-e-india-award/ | title=Shillong Times | publisher=Shillong Times | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] FLO award, Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity award,<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/patricia-mukhim-receives-u-n-brahma-award/article1256523.ece | title=The Hindu | website=[[The Hindu]] | date=12 May 2008 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> [[Siva Prasad Barooah National Award|Siva Prasad Barooah National award]] and North East Excellence award,<ref name="Indianict">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianict.com/nict12/pdf/shillong/Patricia_Mukhim.pdf | title=Indianict | publisher=Indianict | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> she was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''It is no secret that a good chunk of development funds go to the coffers of sundry militant outfits'', says Patricia Mukhim, about the militancy in the [[Northeast India]].<ref name="Economic Consequences of Insurgency in the North East">{{cite journal | url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Apr08/das.htm | title=Economic Consequences of Insurgency in the North East | author=H. N. Das | journal=Dialogue |date=April 2008  | volume=9 | issue=4}}</ref>}}
{{quote box|align = left|width=21em|''It is no secret that a good chunk of development funds go to the coffers of sundry militant outfits'', says Patricia Mukhim, about the militancy in the [[Northeast India]].<ref name="Economic Consequences of Insurgency in the North East">{{cite journal | url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Apr08/das.htm | title=Economic Consequences of Insurgency in the North East | author=H. N. Das | journal=Dialogue |date=April 2008  | volume=9 | issue=4}}</ref>}}
Patricia Mukhim was born in [[Shillong]], the capital city of the Northeast Indian state of [[Meghalaya]]. She is known to have had a difficult childhood as her parents divorced when she was young and was brought up by her single mother.<ref name="North East Monologues">{{cite web | url=http://www.northeastmonologues.com/viewarticles/details/30/Culture | title=North East Monologues | publisher=North East Monologues | date=4 January 2012 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mode Shift">{{cite web | url=http://modeshift.org/419/shillong-times-courageous-editor-patricia-mukhim-wins-national-hearing-on-coal-mine-safety/ | title=Mode Shift | publisher=Mode Shift | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> She did her schooling and college education in Shillong and secured graduate degrees in Arts (BA) and education (BEd).<ref name="E Pao" /> She started her career as a teacher but turned to journalism in 1987 as a correspondent and, since 2008,<ref name="Mode Shift" /> is the editor of the [[Shillong Times]],<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Shillong Times" /> the first English language daily in Meghalaya.<ref name="Indianict" /><ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India">{{cite web | url=http://in.boell.org/sites/default/files/downloads/PROFILE_OF_SPEAKERS.pdf | title=Control Arms Foundation of India | publisher=Control Arms Foundation of India | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> She also contributes articles to other publications such as [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]],<ref name="Indianict" /> [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]],<ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India" /><ref name="Killing fields of Northeast">{{cite press release | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | title=Killing fields of Northeast | publisher=The Telegraph | date=22 June 2009 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="Northeast Echoes">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | title=Northeast Echoes | work=News article | date=3 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="One region, many visions">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | title=One region, many visions | work=News article | date=15 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref> [[Eastern Panorama]] and [[The North East Times]].<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Women's Regional Network">{{cite web | url=http://www.womensregionalnetwork.org/about-us/bios/ | title=Women's Regional Network | publisher=Women's Regional Network | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Journalism Mentor">{{cite web | url=http://journalismmentor.in/mentors/ | title=Journalism Mentor | publisher=Journalism Mentor | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
Patricia Mukhim was born in [[Shillong]], the capital city of the Northeast Indian state of [[Meghalaya]]. She is known to have had a difficult childhood as her parents divorced when she was young and was brought up by her single mother.<ref name="North East Monologues">{{cite web | url=http://www.northeastmonologues.com/viewarticles/details/30/Culture | title=North East Monologues | publisher=North East Monologues | date=4 January 2012 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mode Shift">{{cite web | url=http://modeshift.org/419/shillong-times-courageous-editor-patricia-mukhim-wins-national-hearing-on-coal-mine-safety/ | title=Mode Shift | publisher=Mode Shift | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> She did her schooling and college education in Shillong and secured graduate degrees in Arts (BA) and education (BEd).<ref name="E Pao" /> She started her career as a teacher but turned to journalism in 1987 as a columnist and, since 2008,<ref name="Mode Shift" /> is the editor of the [[Shillong Times]],<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Shillong Times" /> the first English-language daily in Meghalaya.<ref name="Indianict" /><ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India">{{cite web | url=http://in.boell.org/sites/default/files/downloads/PROFILE_OF_SPEAKERS.pdf | title=Control Arms Foundation of India | publisher=Control Arms Foundation of India | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> She also contributes articles to other publications such as [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]],<ref name="Indianict" /> [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]],<ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India" /><ref name="Killing fields of Northeast">{{cite press release | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041610/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 June 2011 | title=Killing fields of Northeast | publisher=The Telegraph | date=22 June 2009 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="Northeast Echoes">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101030054/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 January 2015 | title=Northeast Echoes | work=News article | date=3 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="One region, many visions">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101025901/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 January 2015 | title=One region, many visions | work=News article | date=15 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref> [[Eastern Panorama]] and [[The North East Times]].<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Women's Regional Network">{{cite web | url=http://www.womensregionalnetwork.org/about-us/bios/ | title=Women's Regional Network | publisher=Women's Regional Network | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Journalism Mentor">{{cite web | url=http://journalismmentor.in/mentors/ | title=Journalism Mentor | publisher=Journalism Mentor | date=2014 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>


Patricia Mukhim is the founder of ''Shillong, We Care'' a [[non governmental organization]] which was involved in the fight against militancy in Meghalaya.<ref name="Shillong Times" /><ref name="Indianict" /> She was a member of the [[National Security Advisory Board]] of the [[Government of India]]<ref name="NSAB" /><ref name="Indianict" /> and served as a member of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs, India]].<ref name="Indianict" /><ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India" /><ref name="Women's Regional Network" /><ref name="Journalism Mentor" /> She sits on the education board of the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]].<ref name="Shillong Times" />
Patricia Mukhim is the founder of ''Shillong, We Care'' a [[non governmental organization]] which was involved in the fight against militancy in Meghalaya.<ref name="Shillong Times" /><ref name="Indianict" /> She was a member of the [[National Security Advisory Board]] of the [[Government of India]]<ref name="NSAB" /><ref name="Indianict" /> and served as a member of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs, India]].<ref name="Indianict" /><ref name="Control Arms Foundation of India" /><ref name="Women's Regional Network" /><ref name="Journalism Mentor" /> She is a former member of the Governors of the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]].<ref name="Shillong Times" />


Mukhim is the director of ''Indigenous Women's Resource Centre'', Shillong<ref name="Faced with changing times" /><ref name="Academiepansophia">{{cite web | url=http://www.academiepansophia.nl/files/Report_Conference_St_Gallen_May_2011.pdf | title=Academiepansophia | publisher=Academiepansophia | date=13 May 2011 | access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> and was involved with the District Consumer Forum, East Khasi Hills District, as a member,<ref name="E Pao" /> the State Commission for Consumer Affairs as a member,<ref name="Academiepansophia" /> with the Centre of North East Studies and policy research (CNES) as its Trustee<ref name="NSAB" /> and with Indo Global Service Society as its vice president.<ref name="Indianict" /> She sits on the board of ''Women's Regional Network'', a cross border women's forum involving women from the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name="Women's Regional Network" /><ref name="Journalism Mentor" /> A former member of Meghalaya Planning Board,<ref name="NSAB" /> Mukhim is also an advisor to the North Eastern Institute of Development Studies (NEIDS).<ref name="Academiepansophia" />
Mukhim was former member District Consumer Protection Forum, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya. Mukhim is former member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB).


Mukhim is credited with several articles on the socio-political milieu of Meghalaya.<ref name="Hell of a development">{{cite press release | url=http://meghalayamining.wordpress.com/ | title=Hell of a development | publisher=Burning Issue | date=3 November 2010 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="Why is Meghalaya Police floundering?">{{cite news | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/06/28/why-is-meghalaya-police-floundering/ | title=Why is Meghalaya Police floundering? | work=News article | date=28 June 2013 | agency=[[Shillong Times]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref> She has contributed a chapter to book on [[matriarchy]] by [[Heide Göttner-Abendroth]]<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> under the title, ''Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century''<ref name="Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century">{{cite book | url=http://matriarchy.info/index.php | access-date=6 March 2017 | title=Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century | publisher=The Second World Congress on Matriarchal Studies | author=Patricia Mukhim | year=2005}}</ref> and is working on a book, ''When Hens Crow''.<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> She has attended many conferences and seminars<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> in places such as Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Switzerland, Palestine, Israel, North and South Korea, UK, and the African continent and has delivered keynote addresses.<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Indianict" /> She has also appeared on several television and radio programs.<ref name="E Pao" />
Mukhim is credited with several articles on the socio-political milieu of Meghalaya.<ref name="Hell of a development">{{cite press release | url=http://meghalayamining.wordpress.com/ | title=Hell of a development | publisher=Burning Issue | date=3 November 2010 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref><ref name="Why is Meghalaya Police floundering?">{{cite news | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/06/28/why-is-meghalaya-police-floundering/ | title=Why is Meghalaya Police floundering? | work=News article | date=28 June 2013 | agency=[[Shillong Times]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}</ref> She has contributed a chapter to book on [[matriarchy]] by [[Heide Göttner-Abendroth]]<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> under the title, ''Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century''<ref name="Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century">{{cite book | url=http://matriarchy.info/index.php | access-date=6 March 2017 | title=Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century | publisher=The Second World Congress on Matriarchal Studies | author=Patricia Mukhim | year=2005}}</ref> and is working on a book, ''When Hens Crow''.<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> She is the author of the book titled [https://www.amazon.in/WAITING-EQUAL-WORLD-GENDER-NORTHEAST/dp/8194073928/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QLW9TSMDFXIY&keywords=waiting+for+an+equal+world&qid=1689243827&sprefix=waiting+for+an+equa%2Caps%2C279&sr=8-1 ''Waiting for an Equal World - Gender in India's Northeast'']. She has attended many conferences and seminars<ref name="Faced with changing times" /> in places such as Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Switzerland,UK, USA, Canada. She has also appeared on several television and radio programs.


Patricia Mukhim is a divorcee and has three children, two of her children having died earlier.<ref name="Mode Shift" />
Patricia Mukhim is a divorcee and has three children, two of her children having died earlier.<ref name="Mode Shift" />
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://matriarchy.info/index.php | title=Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century | publisher=The Second World Congress on Matriarchal Studies | author=Patricia Mukhim | year=2005}}
* {{cite book | url=http://matriarchy.info/index.php | title=Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century | publisher=The Second World Congress on Matriarchal Studies | author=Patricia Mukhim | year=2005}}
* {{cite press release | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | title=Killing fields of Northeast | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | date=22 June 2009 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite press release | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041610/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/northeast/story_11135705.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 June 2011 | title=Killing fields of Northeast | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | date=22 June 2009 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite press release | url=http://meghalayamining.wordpress.com/ | title=Hell of a development | publisher=Burning Issue | date=3 November 2010 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite press release | url=http://meghalayamining.wordpress.com/ | title=Hell of a development | publisher=Burning Issue | date=3 November 2010 | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/06/28/why-is-meghalaya-police-floundering/ | title=Why is Meghalaya Police floundering? | work=News article | date=28 June 2013 | agency=[[Shillong Times]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/06/28/why-is-meghalaya-police-floundering/ | title=Why is Meghalaya Police floundering? | work=News article | date=28 June 2013 | agency=[[Shillong Times]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | title=Northeast Echoes | work=News article | date=3 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101030054/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140203/jsp/northeast/story_17860864.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 January 2015 | title=Northeast Echoes | work=News article | date=3 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | title=One region, many visions | work=News article | date=15 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
* {{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101025901/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050215/asp/northeast/story_4381226.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 January 2015 | title=One region, many visions | work=News article | date=15 February 2014 | agency=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | access-date=31 December 2014 | author=Patricia Mukhim}}
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Patricia Mukhim
Born
Shillong, Meghalaya, India
OccupationWriter, journalist, social activist
Known forSocial activism, writings
AwardsPadma Shri
Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons
ONE India Award
FICCI FLO Award
UN Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award
Siva Prasad Barooah National Award
North East Excellence Award

Patricia Mukhim is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist[1][2] and the editor of Shillong Times,[3] known for her social activism.[4] A recipient of honours such as Chameli Devi Jain award,[5] ONE India award,[6] Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FLO award, Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity award,[7] Siva Prasad Barooah National award and North East Excellence award,[8] she was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[9]

Biography[edit | edit source]

It is no secret that a good chunk of development funds go to the coffers of sundry militant outfits, says Patricia Mukhim, about the militancy in the Northeast India.[10]

Patricia Mukhim was born in Shillong, the capital city of the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya. She is known to have had a difficult childhood as her parents divorced when she was young and was brought up by her single mother.[11][12] She did her schooling and college education in Shillong and secured graduate degrees in Arts (BA) and education (BEd).[5] She started her career as a teacher but turned to journalism in 1987 as a columnist and, since 2008,[12] is the editor of the Shillong Times,[5][6] the first English-language daily in Meghalaya.[8][13] She also contributes articles to other publications such as The Statesman,[8] The Telegraph,[13][14][15][16] Eastern Panorama and The North East Times.[5][17][18]

Patricia Mukhim is the founder of Shillong, We Care a non governmental organization which was involved in the fight against militancy in Meghalaya.[6][8] She was a member of the National Security Advisory Board of the Government of India[2][8] and served as a member of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, India.[8][13][17][18] She is a former member of the Governors of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.[6]

Mukhim was former member District Consumer Protection Forum, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya. Mukhim is former member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB).

Mukhim is credited with several articles on the socio-political milieu of Meghalaya.[19][20] She has contributed a chapter to book on matriarchy by Heide Göttner-Abendroth[4] under the title, Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century[21] and is working on a book, When Hens Crow.[4] She is the author of the book titled Waiting for an Equal World - Gender in India's Northeast. She has attended many conferences and seminars[4] in places such as Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Switzerland,UK, USA, Canada. She has also appeared on several television and radio programs.

Patricia Mukhim is a divorcee and has three children, two of her children having died earlier.[12]

Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]

Patricia Mukhim received the Chameli Devi Jain Award in 1996 from the Media Foundation, New Delhi.[8][17][18] The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) conferred on her their FLO award for excellence in journalism in 2008.[8][17][18] A few months later, in 2008, she received the Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity award.[7][8] The next year, in 2009, she received the Siva Prasad Barooah National Award.[8] One year later, the Government of India included her in the Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of Padma Shri.[9][12][17][18] In 2011, she was selected for the Northeast Excellence Award.[8] She received the O.N.E. India award in 2014.[6] In 1995, she was honoured with the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson.[22]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Bhaumik, Subir (10 January 2007). "Cash boost for tribal families". BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NSAB". Government of India. 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim resigns from Editors Guild of India". The Hindu. PTI. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Faced with changing times". The Hindu. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "E Pao". E Pao. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Shillong Times". Shillong Times. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Hindu". The Hindu. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 "Indianict" (PDF). Indianict. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  10. ↑ H. N. Das (April 2008). "Economic Consequences of Insurgency in the North East". Dialogue. 9 (4).
  11. ↑ "North East Monologues". North East Monologues. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Mode Shift". Mode Shift. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Control Arms Foundation of India" (PDF). Control Arms Foundation of India. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (22 June 2009). "Killing fields of Northeast" (Press release). The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (3 February 2014). "Northeast Echoes". News article. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  16. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (15 February 2014). "One region, many visions". News article. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "Women's Regional Network". Women's Regional Network. 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 "Journalism Mentor". Journalism Mentor. 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  19. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (3 November 2010). "Hell of a development" (Press release). Burning Issue. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  20. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (28 June 2013). "Why is Meghalaya Police floundering?". News article. Shillong Times. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  21. ↑ Patricia Mukhim (2005). Khasi matrilineal society - Challenges in the 21st century. The Second World Congress on Matriarchal Studies. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  22. ↑ Oinam, G.S. "Patricia Mukhim". e-pao.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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