Rohini Mohan is an Indian journalist and writer, currently working independently. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson.[1] Her first book, The Seasons of Trouble (2014) won the Shakti Bhatt Prize in 2015, and the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award.[2][3]
Career
editMohan is an independent journalist, who has reported for Indian and international publications, including The Economic Times, the New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Caravan, VICE News, TIME magazine, Harper's, Tehelka, The Hindu, Outlook India, The Wire, and Scroll.in. [4][5] She reports on health, human rights, and politics in South Asia.[4] Mohan has received several awards for her journalism, including the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson for "exceptional reportage from Assam on the events surrounding the controversy over the citizenship issue." in 2019.[1][6][3] She has also won the 2012 International Committee of the Red Cross and the Indian Institute of Journalism Award for reporting on conflicts in Sri Lanka, in The Caravan.[7]
In 2014, Mohan published a non-fiction account of the Sri Lankan conflict, The Seasons of Trouble (Verso Books).[8] The book received generally positive reviews, with Tishani Doshi writing in The Hindu that it was a "remarkable book — epic in scale, utterly compelling in detail." and the Economist carrying a review that described it as a "thoroughly absorbing book."[9][10][11] NPR included it on its Guide To 2014's Great Reads.[12] The book won the Shakti Bhatt Prize in India as well as the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award.[2][3][13]
Personal life
editMohan was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[14] Mohan received a Masters in Political Journalism from Columbia University, and a post-graduate diploma from the Asian College of Journalism. [1][3]
Awards and fellowships
edit| Year | Award | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson | [6] |
| 2015 | Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for the book, The Seasons of Trouble | [13] |
| 2014 | Shakti Bhatt Prize for the book, The Seasons of Trouble | [15] |
| 2014 | Society of Authors, London Award | [4] |
| 2013 | Charles Wallace India Trust Writing Fellowship | [4] |
| 2012 | International Committee of the Red Cross and the Indian Institute of Journalism Award | [7] |
Books
edit- The Seasons of Trouble (Verso Books, 2014)
- Mission Cycle (Pratham Books)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Journalists Rohini Mohan, Arfa Khanum Sherwani awarded Chameli Devi Jain award". The News Minute. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Focus On Independent Journalism As Rohini Mohan & Arfa Khanum Get 2019's Chameli Devi Jain Award". Women's Web: For Women Who Do. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rohini Mohan Awarded Chameli Devi Jain Award". The Wire. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sri Lanka: Beyond an Uncivil Season. With Leslie Jamison, Rohini Mohan, and more". Guernica. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Rohini Mohan". The Rory Peck Trust. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ a b Desk, NH Web (14 March 2020). "Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist awarded to Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Rohini Mohan". National Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "India: reporting beyond the frontline – ICRC". www.icrc.org. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "The Seasons of Trouble – Rohini Mohan". Verso Books. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Doshi, Tishani (9 March 2016). "Notes from teardrop island". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Giving voice to the voiceless". The Economist. 18 November 2014. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Hammer, Joshua. "The Terrible War for Sri Lanka". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "NPR's Book Concierge – Our Guide To 2014's Great Reads". NPR. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Rohini Mohan's The Seasons of Trouble wins prestigious First Book Award". Versobooks.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ cris (22 October 2016). "Documenting raw life". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Author, journalist Rohini Mohan wins Shakti Bhatt prize". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 November 2020.