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Ira Trivedi

Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India. Her works include India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century, What Would You Do to Save the World?, The Great Indian Love Story, and There's No Love on Wall Street.

Ira Trivedi
Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
Trivedi at the 2012 TED@Bangalore Talent Search conference
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationAuthor, columnist, yoga teacher
Education
GenreFiction and nonfiction
Spouse
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(m. 2023)​
Website
www.iratrivedi.in

Early life and education

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Trivedi was born in Lucknow, India.[1] Her grandmother is author Kranti Trivedi.[2]

Trivedi began practising yoga while she was a student at Wellesley College.[1] Trivedi graduated from Wellesley College in 2006 with a degree in economics.[3] She has an MBA from Columbia University.[4][5]

She completed Acharya training from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.[6]

Career

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Based on her experience with the Miss India beauty pageant, Trivedi wrote her debut fiction novel, What Would You Do To Save the World?: Confessions of a Could-Have-Been Beauty Queen,[7][8] at age 19,[9] which was described by a Deccan Herald book review as "An entertaining first novel which reveals the dust behind the diamonds, the tears behind the plastic smiles, and dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of a beauty pageant."[10]

The Great Indian Love Story was published in 2009, and described in The Hindu as "set in modern-day India where materialistic pleasures rule over emotions," and "a concoction of love, sex, revenge, friendship, power and crime."[7] She later worked to develop the novel into a film.[9]

Her 2011 fiction novel, There’s No Love On Wall Street, featured investment bankers,[9] and Ahmed Faiyaz writes in a review for the Deccan Herald, "Ira tells it like it is with this one. It’s for those who want to take off the rose-tinted glasses and see the things as they are, without the pretense and floss that comes with it."[11] In a review for DNA, Jayeeta Mazumder writes the protagonist "remains a confused 'Indian' who hates her 'Indianness', is a sucker for the high life and her final redemption through writing is almost forced. But the microscopic look at banking is severely convincing."[12]

In 2014, Trivedi wrote an essay titled "Love Me Do," published in Outlook,[13] that according to Firstpost, claimed "India is in the throes of a major sexual revolution."[14] It was part of the beginning of her nonfiction book, India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st century, for which she was traveling and conducting interviews.[14] According to Gargi Gupta of DNA India, Trivedi spoke "to students in schools and colleges across India, couples – married, on the verge of it, living in, or of the same sex – their parents and guardians, marriage counsellors, astrologers, divorce lawyers and moral vigilantes to give a comprehensive picture of this revolution that's lifting the veil on many centuries of repression."[15] Sumana Mukherjee wrote for Mint that after the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, the book, "the first home-grown pop-sociological take on the "sexual revolution" — was a matter of time."[16] During her book launch in Chennai, Trivedi stated, "When I saw the outrage after the Delhi gang rape, I knew we were heading somewhere. There were hundreds of people, young women protesting on the streets, there were fathers taking their daughters to protests. The increase in the number of such cases after that is only a symptom of things coming out of the closet."[17]

In 2016, she published a book of short stories, titled Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories,[18] based on the television series Gumrah: End of Innocence,[19] and in 2017 published the novel Nikhil and Riya.[20][2] In 2017, she published The 10 Minute Yoga Solution,[21] described by IANS as "an apt manual for all those who are yet to foray in to the vedic practice" and "equally significant for practitioners".[22]

She co-authored the book The Desi Guide to Dating with Sachin Bhatia, which was released in 2019.[23] Amrita Paul of SheThePeople.TV wrote the book "addresses the often misogynist outlook the society holds when it comes to women dating vs men and gives a balanced perspective on dating."[23]

In 2020, she released Om the Yoga Dog, a book for children described by The Indian Express as "a fun and interesting way to get kids to practice yoga,"[24] and by Soma Basu of The Hindu as "a simple stepwise guide to children on Yoga, with easy asanas and beneficial breathing techniques."[25]

She is the founder of Namami Yoga, a non-profit organisation,[1] the mobile app Ira Yoga Wellness,[26] and Yog Love,[27] an online yoga studio.[28] She has written for The Hindu,[29] Deccan Chronicle,[30] The Telegraph,[31] the Times of India,[32] and Outlook.[33] Trivedi speaks often on issues of gender, women and youth.[34][35]

Personal life

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On 11 June, 2023, Trivedi married film producer Madhu Mantena in Mumbai which was attended by close family and friends.[citation needed]

Works

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  • What Would You Do To Save the World (2006, Penguin Books)
  • The Great Indian Love Story (2009, Penguin Books)
  • There's No Love On Wall Street (2011, Penguin Books)
  • India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century (2014, Aleph Book Company)
  • Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories (2016)
  • Nikhil and Riya (2017)
  • The 10 Minute Yoga Solution (2017, Harper Collins)
  • The Desi Guide to Dating (2019)
  • Om the Yoga Dog (2020, Puffin)

Awards

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In 2015, Trivedi won the Devi Award for dynamism and innovation.[36] That same year, she was awarded a UK Media Award for best investigative article dealing with bride trafficking in India.[37]

In 2017, Trivedi was chosen as one of the "BBC's 100 most influential women in the world. “[38]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "How Starting Yoga at an Early Age can Change the Way You Handle Stress". News18. IANS. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Sharma, Swati (14 December 2016). "Ideas strike you when you least expect it, says Ira Trivedi". The Asian Age. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Author and Speaker Ira Trivedi Reflects on Wellesley Experience". Wellesley College. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Trivedi Credits Wellesley with Enriching Her Professional Life". Wellesley College. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ^ Roy, NilanjanaI S. (14 August 2012). "In India, the Tender Trap's a Vise". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  6. ^ "International Yoga Day: 3 poses for fitness in under 6 minutes". Hindustan Times. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b Yadav, Shivani (2 November 2009). "Confessions of a writer". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ^ Menon, Hari (12 June 2006). "The Cat Who Missed The Cream". Outlook. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Batish, Ashima (24 March 2012). "On write lines". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  10. ^ "BOOK RACK". Deccan Herald. 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  11. ^ Faiyaz, Ahmed (8 July 2011). "Dreams and delusions: There's No Love on Wall Street". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  12. ^ Mazumder, Jayeeta (29 April 2011). "Book Review: 'There's No Love On Wall Street'". DNA. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  13. ^ Trivedi, Ira (24 February 2014). "Love Me Do". Outlook. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ a b Roy, Sandip (18 February 2014). "The sexual revolution in India keeps coming. And coming". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  15. ^ Gupta, Gargi (14 August 2016). "Independence Day special: 12 books that tackle the complex reality of India". DNA India. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  16. ^ Mukherjee, Sumana (30 January 2017). "That thing we do". Mint. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  17. ^ Express News Service (21 April 2014). "Guess What's Behind The Scenes Of The Great Indian Love Story". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Ira Trivedi's book launch". Times of India. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021. Ira Trivedi at the launch of her book, Gumrah: 11 Short Teen Crime Stories, in Mumbai on January 27, 2016. (Pics: Viral Bhayani)
  19. ^ "TV series 'Gumrah: End of Innocence' adapted into book". The Indian Express. IANS. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  20. ^ Gupta, Gargi (19 March 2017). "Love is a part of the process of coming of age, says author Ira Trivedi". DNA. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  21. ^ Dahiya, Medha Shri (19 July 2017). "Yoga enthusiasts, Ira Trivedi's book is what you have been waiting for". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  22. ^ "How the author saved herself with ten-minute yoga routine". The Statesman. IANS. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  23. ^ a b Paul, Amrita (5 April 2019). "The Desi Guide to Dating Tells Us That There Is Nothing Dirty About Dating". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  24. ^ Parenting Desk (21 June 2020). "Want your kid to be interested in yoga? Read them these five books". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  25. ^ Basu, Soma (20 June 2020). "Kiddie guide to yoga". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  26. ^ BI India Bureau (24 November 2020). "From downward dog to upward boom — influencer and teacher Ira Trivedi shares how virtual yoga took off during the lockdown". Business Insider. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Learn Yoga from Celebrated Instructors at Virtual Festival Announced By Ira Trivedi". News18. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Ira Trivedi - Yoga". Ira Trivedi Official Website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Ira Trivedi". The Hindu. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  30. ^ 12 August 2011 By Ira Trivedi (13 August 2011). "Back to the roots". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | 75 years of Gone with the Wind". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  32. ^ "Ira Trivedi". Times of India. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  33. ^ "Ira Trivedi". Outlook. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  34. ^ "Ira's talks". YouTube. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  35. ^ "Ira's News talks". YouTube. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  36. ^ "The Devis".
  37. ^ "Media Awards". Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  38. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023.
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