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{{short description|British-Indian journalist and writer (born 1980)}} | {{short description|British-Indian journalist and writer (born 1980)}} | ||
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| spouse = {{marriage|Ryan Davis|2016}} | | spouse = {{marriage|Ryan Davis|2016}} | ||
| image = Aatish Taseer bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 5114 August 03, 2019.jpg | | image = Aatish Taseer bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 5114 August 03, 2019.jpg | ||
| parents = [[Salmaan Taseer]]<br>[[Tavleen Singh]] | | parents = [[Salmaan Taseer]]<br />[[Tavleen Singh]] | ||
| relatives = [[M. D. Taseer]] (paternal grandfather) | | relatives = [[M. D. Taseer]] (paternal grandfather) | ||
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'''Aatish Ali Taseer''' (born 27 November 1980) is a British-American writer and journalist | '''Aatish Ali Taseer''' (born 27 November 1980) is a British-American writer and journalist. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Taseer was born in [[London]], England, to Pakistani businessman-cum-politician [[Salman Taseer]] and Indian journalist [[Tavleen Singh]]. His parents had a brief extramarital relationship and never married; he was raised by his mother and had no contact with his father until he was aged 21.<ref name="BBC081119" /><ref name="Taseer081119" /> According to Taseer, his father met his mother during a book promotion trip to India in 1980 and the affair lasted "little more than a week."<ref>{{cite web|author=A Correspondent Date: 6 January 2011 Place: Mumbai |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 |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=6 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122134700/https://archive.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/060111-Aatish-Taseer-Salman-Taseer-Tavleen-Singh-relationship.htm|archivedate=22 January 2016}}</ref> Taseer was raised in [[New Delhi]], before attending [[Kodaikanal International School]], a residential school in [[Kodaikanal]].<ref name=bs>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-aatish-taseer/354971/ Lunch with BS: Aatish Taseer: Passage through Islam] Kishore Singh/ New Delhi, [[Business Standard]], 14 April 2009.</ref> Taseer later studied at [[Amherst College]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-day-i-got-my-green-card-1467385905|title=The Day I Got My Green Card|last=Taseer|first=Aatish|date=2016-07-01|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712061838/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-day-i-got-my-green-card-1467385905|archive-date=2016-07-12|url-status = live|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> in [[Massachusetts]], earning dual [[Bachelor of Arts]] degrees in French and [[Political Science]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-articulations/quick-take-aatish-taseer-704710.html|title=Quick Take: Aatish Taseer|last=Dinesh|first=Chethana|date=25 November 2018|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> In his first book ''Stranger to History'' (2009), which received many reviews in India, he wrote about his estrangement from his father who was a governor of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province in Pakistan.<ref name="Taseer081119" /><ref name="BBC081119" /> | Taseer was born in [[London]], England, to Pakistani businessman-cum-politician [[Salman Taseer]] and Indian journalist [[Tavleen Singh]]. His parents had a brief extramarital relationship and never married; he was raised by his mother and had no contact with his father until he was aged 21.<ref name="BBC081119">{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/AatishTaseer/status/1309209682351923206|title=Aatish Taseer Twitter |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="Taseer081119">{{cite news|last=Taseer|first=Aatish|url=https://theprint.in/world/aatish-taseer-becomes-us-citizen-months-after-modi-govt-revoked-his-oci-card/469610/|title=Aatish Taseer becomes US citizen, months after Modi govt revoked his OCI card|work=The Print|date=28 July 2020|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> According to Taseer, his father met his mother during a book promotion trip to India in 1980 and the affair lasted "little more than a week."<ref>{{cite web|author=A Correspondent Date: 6 January 2011 Place: Mumbai |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 |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=6 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122134700/https://archive.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/060111-Aatish-Taseer-Salman-Taseer-Tavleen-Singh-relationship.htm|archivedate=22 January 2016}}</ref> Taseer was raised in [[New Delhi]], before attending [[Kodaikanal International School]], a residential school in [[Kodaikanal]].<ref name=bs>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-aatish-taseer/354971/ Lunch with BS: Aatish Taseer: Passage through Islam] Kishore Singh/ New Delhi, [[Business Standard]], 14 April 2009.</ref> Taseer later studied at [[Amherst College]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-day-i-got-my-green-card-1467385905|title=The Day I Got My Green Card|last=Taseer|first=Aatish|date=2016-07-01|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712061838/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-day-i-got-my-green-card-1467385905|archive-date=2016-07-12|url-status = live|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> in [[Massachusetts]], earning dual [[Bachelor of Arts]] degrees in French and [[Political Science]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-articulations/quick-take-aatish-taseer-704710.html|title=Quick Take: Aatish Taseer|last=Dinesh|first=Chethana|date=25 November 2018|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> In his first book ''Stranger to History'' (2009), which received many reviews in India, he wrote about his estrangement from his father who was a governor of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province in Pakistan.<ref name="Taseer081119" /><ref name="BBC081119" /> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Taseer divides his time between [[London]] and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="Hurst">{{cite web |title=The Twice-Born |url=https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-twice-born/ |website=Hurst |accessdate=21 August 2019 |quote=A contributor to The International New York Times, he lives in New Delhi and New York.}}</ref> In 2016, he married lawyer<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal who dumped Taseer to wed long-time love|author=Roy, Amit|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/royal-who-dumped-aatish-to-marry-king-ston/cid/1669710|website=telegraphindia.com|accessdate=21 September 2018}}</ref> Ryan Davis in New York.<ref name="marriage">{{cite web |last1=Taseer |first1=Aatish |title=A Country Road Trip, From Nashville to Asheville |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/road-trips/tennessee-road-trip |website=Travel + Leisure |accessdate=21 August 2019 |date=9 October 2016 |quote=...Ryan—the tall white man from Tennessee I had married a few weeks earlier in New York...}}</ref> Previously, he was in a relationship with [[Lady Gabriella Windsor]], daughter of the [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]],<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_aatish-taseer-lady-windsor-part-ways-report_1060807 Aatish Taseer, Lady Windsor part ways: Report] DNA India – 29 October 2006</ref> whom he had met when she was an undergraduate at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and he at [[Amherst College]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=People with Michelle Henery |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/people-with-michelle-henery-zh6n3c8dx6v |website=The Times |accessdate=21 August 2019 |date=8 December 2004}}{{paywall}}</ref> | Taseer divides his time between [[London]] and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="Hurst">{{cite web |title=The Twice-Born |url=https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-twice-born/ |website=Hurst |accessdate=21 August 2019 |quote=A contributor to The International New York Times, he lives in New Delhi and New York.}}</ref> In 2016, he married lawyer<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal who dumped Taseer to wed long-time love|author=Roy, Amit|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/royal-who-dumped-aatish-to-marry-king-ston/cid/1669710|website=telegraphindia.com|accessdate=21 September 2018}}</ref> Ryan Davis in New York.<ref name="marriage">{{cite web |last1=Taseer |first1=Aatish |title=A Country Road Trip, From Nashville to Asheville |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/road-trips/tennessee-road-trip |website=Travel + Leisure |accessdate=21 August 2019 |date=9 October 2016 |quote=...Ryan—the tall white man from Tennessee I had married a few weeks earlier in New York...}}</ref> Previously, he was in a relationship with [[Lady Gabriella Windsor]], daughter of the [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]],<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_aatish-taseer-lady-windsor-part-ways-report_1060807 Aatish Taseer, Lady Windsor part ways: Report] DNA India – 29 October 2006</ref> whom he had met when she was an undergraduate at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and he at [[Amherst College]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=People with Michelle Henery |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/people-with-michelle-henery-zh6n3c8dx6v |website=The Times |accessdate=21 August 2019 |date=8 December 2004}}{{paywall}}</ref> Taseer considers himself culturally and historically Hindu. He worships [[Shiva]] which makes him a practising Hindu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ianslife.in/culture/conversation-aatish-taseer|title=In conversation with Aatish Taseer}}</ref> | ||
=== Citizenship === | === Citizenship === | ||
On 8 November 2019, Taseer's [[Overseas Citizenship of India]] was revoked by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Indian Ministry of Home Affairs]] claiming he attempted to "conceal information that his father was of Pakistani origin".<ref name="BBC081119" /> Taseer has said this is untrue, he never concealed the identity of his father with whom he had no contact and his mother was always the only legal guardian as a minor.<ref name="Ellis-Petersen">{{cite news|last=Ellis-Petersen|first=Hannah|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/india-strips-citizenship-journalist-aatish-taseer-criticised-modi-regime|title=India strips overseas citizenship from journalist who criticised Modi regime|work=The Guardian|date=8 November 2019|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> Taseer alleged that the ministry didn't give him enough time and that it was an act of reprisal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-50340387|title=आतिश तासीर ने OCI कार्ड रद्द होने पर क्या कहा?|date=2019-11-08|access-date=2019-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aatish-taseer-journalist-time-magazine-oic-status-new-article-1616980-2019-11-08|title=I am Indian, but my govt has exiled me: Aatish Taseer responds to revocation of OIC by Centre|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09|agency=Ist}}</ref> In his May 2019 cover article for ''Time'' magazine, published during the Indian election entitled "India’s divider in chief" he was highly critical of the Indian prime minister, [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5586415/india-election-narendra-modi-2019/|title=Can the World's Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?|magazine=Time}}</ref> He claimed to ''The Guardian'' that his citizenship issue had not caused him any problems before the ''Time'' article was published.<ref name="Ellis-Petersen" /> The Home ministry had rejected the claim that the ''Time'' article had any connection to the rejection of Taseer's citizenship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/writer-aatish-taseer-stands-to-lose-oci-card-119110701824_1.html|title=Writer Aatish Taseer conceals father's Pakistani origin, to lose OCI card|agency=Press Trust of India|date=7 November 2019|work=Business Standard India|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> | On 8 November 2019, Taseer's [[Overseas Citizenship of India]] was revoked by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Indian Ministry of Home Affairs]] claiming he attempted to "conceal information that his father was of Pakistani origin".<ref name="BBC081119" /> Taseer has said this is untrue, he never concealed the identity of his father with whom he had no contact and his mother was always the only legal guardian as a minor.<ref name="Ellis-Petersen">{{cite news|last=Ellis-Petersen|first=Hannah|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/india-strips-citizenship-journalist-aatish-taseer-criticised-modi-regime|title=India strips overseas citizenship from journalist who criticised Modi regime|work=The Guardian|date=8 November 2019|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> Taseer alleged that the ministry didn't give him enough time and that it was an act of reprisal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-50340387|title=आतिश तासीर ने OCI कार्ड रद्द होने पर क्या कहा?|date=2019-11-08|access-date=2019-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aatish-taseer-journalist-time-magazine-oic-status-new-article-1616980-2019-11-08|title=I am Indian, but my govt has exiled me: Aatish Taseer responds to revocation of OIC by Centre|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09|agency=Ist}}</ref> In his May 2019 cover article for ''Time'' magazine, published during the Indian election entitled "India’s divider in chief" he was highly critical of the Indian prime minister, [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5586415/india-election-narendra-modi-2019/|title=Can the World's Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?|magazine=Time}}</ref> He claimed to ''The Guardian'' that his citizenship issue had not caused him any problems before the ''Time'' article was published.<ref name="Ellis-Petersen" /> The Home ministry had rejected the claim that the ''Time'' article had any connection to the rejection of Taseer's citizenship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/writer-aatish-taseer-stands-to-lose-oci-card-119110701824_1.html|title=Writer Aatish Taseer conceals father's Pakistani origin, to lose OCI card|agency=Press Trust of India|date=7 November 2019|work=Business Standard India|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
Taseer became a US citizen on 27 July 2020.<ref name=":1" /> | Taseer became a US citizen on 27 July 2020.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=28 July 2020|title=Aatish Taseer becomes US citizen, months after Modi govt revoked his OCI card|url=https://theprint.in/world/aatish-taseer-becomes-us-citizen-months-after-modi-govt-revoked-his-oci-card/469610/|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
* "2010 Costa First Novel Award shortlist" for ''The Temple-Goers''.<ref>[http://www.costabookawards.co.uk/awards/thisyearshortlist2008.aspx Costa Book Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003133038/http://www.costabookawards.co.uk/awards/thisyearshortlist2008.aspx |date=3 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled |title=Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies|work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2010|access-date=12 May 2019 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-judge-laments-a-weak-year-for-fiction-2136069.html|title=Costa judge laments a weak year for fiction|work=The Independent|date=17 November 2010|access-date=28 September 2011|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-18/india/28218925_1_books-meghnad-desai-shortlist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104000702/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-18/india/28218925_1_books-meghnad-desai-shortlist|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=Two books on India in UK literary award shortlist|date=18 November 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> | * "2010 Costa First Novel Award shortlist" for ''The Temple-Goers''.<ref>[http://www.costabookawards.co.uk/awards/thisyearshortlist2008.aspx Costa Book Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003133038/http://www.costabookawards.co.uk/awards/thisyearshortlist2008.aspx |date=3 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled |title=Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies|work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2010|access-date=12 May 2019 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-judge-laments-a-weak-year-for-fiction-2136069.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119012442/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-judge-laments-a-weak-year-for-fiction-2136069.html |archive-date=2010-11-19 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Costa judge laments a weak year for fiction|work=The Independent|date=17 November 2010|access-date=28 September 2011|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-18/india/28218925_1_books-meghnad-desai-shortlist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104000702/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-18/india/28218925_1_books-meghnad-desai-shortlist|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=Two books on India in UK literary award shortlist|date=18 November 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||