Seema Chishti Yechury Husband, Family, Biography

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.
  

  A childhood picture of Seema Chishti Yechury with her parents

• 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.
  

  Seema Chishti Yechury while promoting her book ‘Note by Note The India Story (1947-2017)’

• 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.
  

  Seema Chishti Yechury while speaking at the Frame Conclave (2019)

• 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.
  

  A tweet by Seema Chisti Yechury while mocking the statement by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

• In 2022, Seema Chishti published the book ‘Sumitra and Anees: An Indian Marriage – Tales and Recipes from a Khichdi Family.’
  

  The cover of 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.