Afroz Alam Sahil

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Afroz Alam Sahil
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Afroz Alam Sahil in New Delhi
Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 (age 37)
Bettiah, Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Education Jamia Millia Islamia
Alma mater A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi
Occupation(s)Journalist, Author
Website www.afrozsahil.in

Afroz Alam Sahil (born Afroz Alam; 28 February 1987) is an Indian journalist and author. He is an editor at BeyondHeadlines. [1]

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He received more than 20 awards, felicitations, and fellowships including World Health Organization's Road Safety Journalism Fellowship, Ministry of Culture (India)'s Junior Research Fellowship, and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions’s RTI Fellowship. [2]

Sahil has authored six books and translated one. [3] As a freelance journalist, his articles have been published in prominent media outlets including BBC Hindi, [4] Daily Sabah, [5] The Wire (India), [6] The Times Group, [7] Middle East Monitor, [8] Hindustan Times, [9] National Herald, [10] The Quint, [11] The Print [12] ,ABP News, [13] Navjivan (newspaper) [14] , American Kahani. [15] and Pravakta. [16]

Early life and education

Sahil [17] was born in Bettiah in West Champaran district of Bihar. He completed his schooling from Raj Inter College & Gulab Memorial College in Bettiah. Later he moved to Delhi for higher studies. He graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He completed his Postgraduate education in Mass Communication from A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. [18] [19]

Career

Sahil started his career as a reporter with Hindustan Express (Urdu daily) and Hindustan (newspaper) as a freelancer. After that, he worked with TV9 MUMBAI and UNI TV as a special correspondent and RTI desk in charge. [20] He also worked for Two Circles [21] as Roving reporter. After that, he worked for BeyondHeadlines [22] as an editor (investigation). For over ten years, he has been a regular columnist for The Inquilab and has contributed to BBC Hindi [23] as an outside contributor.

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  1. "Chapter 19 BeyondHeadlines: Being the Change".
  2. "Study report of RTI Fellowship Programme, 2014 - Report by Afroz Alam Sahil".
  3. "Sahil has written 7 books". 2 February 2021.
  4. "बीजेपी को बीफ़ से परहेज़, 'चंदे' से नहीं". 15 December 2015.
  5. "Gandhi and Atatürk: Defining modernity in India and Türkiye". 2 October 2024.
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  9. "A grave matter: Illegal land deals have made Muslim burial a costly affair". 16 November 2014.
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  11. "Eid 2023: Revisiting the Hijri Calendar and the Everlasting Moonsighting Debate". 21 April 2023.
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  17. "Alternative media's changing rules of the game, but is it enough?". 25 April 2016.
  18. "Muslims are not the only targets: Afroz Alam". 23 March 2010.
  19. "The Unstoppable RTI Maverick". 8 April 2010.
  20. "Chapter on Afroz Alam Sahil's journalism career".
  21. "Reporters".
  22. "Contributors".
  23. "अंबेडकर की निशानियां नष्ट होने की कगार पर". 3 October 2014.
  24. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Afroz Alam Sahil on his new book ‘Lockdown Diaries’ and people who launched it.
  25. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Gandhi, a Lifelong Friend of Jamia Millia Islamia.
  26. Sahil, Afroz Alam. JAMIA AUR GANDHI (Jamia and Gandhi) by Afroz Alam Sahil. Insaan International Foundation, Delhi, 2019.
  27. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Book Launch on ‘Prof Abdul Bari’: Reviving a Lost Narrative.
  28. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Book Review: Professor Abdul Bari – Azadi Ki Ladai Ka Ek Krantikari Yoddha.
  29. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Afroz Alam Sahil’s book on Sheikh Gulab, the man behind the Champaran Indigo movement, aims to set the history right.
  30. Sahil, Afroz Alam. New book on Pir Mohammad Munis launched at his hometown in Bihar.
  31. Sahil, Afroz Alam. Here's The Story Of Pir Muhammad Munis, A Hindi Journalist And Unsung Hero Of Champaran Satyagraha.
  32. Sahil, Afroz Alam. A guide to RTI: Suchana Ka Adhikar (Hindi).