Rasheed Kidwai | |
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Born | 20 July 1967 Lucknow |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | biography/memoir |
Notable works | SONIA - A Biography , 24 Akbar Road, Neta Abhineta: Star Power in Indian Politics, Ballot - Ten Episodes That Have Shaped India’s Democracy |
Spouse | Farah Kidwai |
Rasheed Kidwai (born 20 July 1967, in Lucknow) is an Indian journalist, author [1] and political analyst. He is a visiting Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation.
Kidwai has appeared on News 18 ,Times Now , ABP news and NDTV.
Kidwai tracks Indian government, political parties, community affairs and Hindi cinema. He also reports on the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi.
Kidwai is the author of Sonia, A Biography [2] [3] and 24 Akbar Road.
Kidwai is a graduate from St Stephen’s College, Delhi [1989]. His school was Centennial School, Lucknow [1980], Anglo Arabic School, Delhi [1984] and Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi [1986].
Kidwai did his master’s in mass communication research from University of Leicester where had gone on a fellowship given by British and Commonwealth Office, UK.
Kidwai's family comes from Daryabad, Barabanki, Kidwai’s maternal grandfather was Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, a noted English and Urdu commentator of the Quran. Kidwai’s wife Dr Farah Kidwai is Scientist ‘G’ DRDO, ministry of Defence, Government of India.
Formerly Associate Editor of The Telegraph, Calcutta, [4] Kidwai is a regular political commentator on various television networks, radio programmes and newspapers. Kidwai is a columnist with The Tribune Chandigarh, Mumbai Mirror, ThePrint, ABP News Blog, Network 18, Inquilab, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Prabhat Khabar, Rediff, The Quint and a range of other English, Hindi and Urdu publications.
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