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Key Points
Madhu Kishwar isnan Indian Right Wing academician, social activist and feminist. She is also a senior fellow at the most prestigious institution in Indianfor social studies – Center for the Studies of Developing Socities (CSDS).nApart from that, she is the founding chairman of Manushi, a magazine working for women’s empowerment and emancipation in India. She had supported Narendra Modi and had written a series of articles absolving him from all charges in the communal riots of 2002.
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Profile and Wiki of Madhu Kishwar
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nMadhu Kishwar was born and brought up Delhi. Her father K. L. Kishwar was one of the prominent socialnworker of Delhi. He had worked tirelessly to raise the issue of down troddennpeople. Madhu is said to be deeply inspired by her father.
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nHer full name isnMadhu Purnima Kishwar. And, she was born in 1951.
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nShe has done hernentire education from Delhi. After completing her schools, she took admissionnin the Miranda House, Delhi University. She has shown her acumen during thisnphase and had become the president of the students’ union of this college.nLater she took admission in the JNU. At this point of time, she was little bitninclined to Left politics. However, the deeper she tried to understand thenprevailing social conditions of India, she become quite abhorrent of the Left.nShe started Manushi in 1979 and tried her best to not let Leftist hijack hernmagazine primarily focused to raise the issue of Indian women without thinkingnabout ideology.
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Husband of MadhunKishwar
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nThere is no informationnin the public domain about the relationship status of Madhu Kishwar. She isnquite popular on Twitter and other social media. However, she has never talkednabout her personal life.
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News and Controversies
- Madhu Kishwar was accused of supporting Hindutva and extreme Right Wing forces after 1995. Her open support for Modi still hurts Left ideologues of India because her articles had given an impression that Modi was completely innocent in the infamous riot of 2002.
