Seema Chishti Yechury Husband, Family, Biography
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Hometown: Delhi, India
Husband: Sitaram Yechury
Height: 5' 5"
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Profession(s) | • Journalist • Author |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
Personal Life | |
Birthplace | Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Delhi, India |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
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Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Marriage Date | 31 December 2000 |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | Sitaram Yechury (died on 12 September 2024; politician) |
Children | Step-Son(s)- 2 • Ashish Yechury (elder; died of COVID-19 on 22 April 2021 at the age of 35) • Danish Yechury Step-Daughter- 1 Akhila Yechury (professor) |
Parents | Father- Anees Chishti (journalist) (died on 10 October 2018) Mother- Sumitra Chishti (economist) (died on 3 March 2005) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Seema Chishti Yechury
- Her parents were from different family backgrounds. Her mother was a Hindu from Mysore, Karnataka, and her father was a Syed Muslim from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh.
- Her mother, Sumitra Chishti, was an economist at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and later became its director. After that, she moved to Jawaharlal Nehru University as a professor.
- Seema Chishti has been a multimedia journalist since 1990, working in print, radio, and television in both English and Hindi.
- Once, in a media interview, her husband, Sitaram Yechury mentioned that his wife, Seema Chishti, financially supports him.
- She worked with the HTV news channel from 1990 to 1993.
- In 1994, she joined BBC World Service in London and worked there till 1996.
- Seema Chishti served as the Editor for BBC Hindi in Delhi from 1996 to 2006.
- In 2006, she began working as a Senior Editor at The Indian Express and served in the position till 2020.
- During this period, she published stories on issues including the marginalization of minority communities, cultural change, youth, and major political events in India.
- Later, she was appointed as the Editor of the Indian newspaper The Wire.
- As a journalist, Seema Chishti often covers news on topics such as the anti-corruption movement, the Indian judicial system, electoral politics, and state surveillance.
- Apart from being a journalist, she is also an author. In 2018, she co-authored a book, ‘Note by Note: The India Story (1947-2017),’ which narrated the history of independent India from 1947 to 2017, alongside Hindi film music for each year.
- Various renowned public speaking platforms often invite her to speak on social and political issues.
- At the Frame Conclave in 2019, she presented a social and political perspective. She suggested that the Right to Information could also be seen as a Right to Space.
- In 2021, Chishti shared a screenshot of a media headline that showed a quote from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. She questioned if the term ‘Mukt’ in ‘Congress-Mukt-Bharat’ meant ‘death.’ She misinterpreted Bhagwat’s quote and used it to mock Hinduism while referencing the RSS.
- In 2022, Seema Chishti published the book ‘Sumitra and Anees: An Indian Marriage – Tales and Recipes from a Khichdi Family.’
- Some of her noted publications include India 2017 Seminar: Articles of Faith, Analysis: Gujarat’s Siege Mentality, Political History and Modernity in India, and Subverting the System: Reflections on the Fate of Democracies in the 21st Century.