Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Wiki, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More – WikiBio – FilmyVoice

Arfa Khanum Sherwani is an Indian journalist. She is the one Indian journalist who has coated the Afghan presidential elections (2004)

Wiki/Biography

Arfa Khanum Sherwani was born on 1 November 1980 (41 years) within the small metropolis Khurja of district Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. She accomplished her intermediate training within the metropolis itself. She then accomplished her BSc from Chaudhary Charan Singh College. Arfa did a diploma in journalism from Aligarh College and did her doctorate from Jamia Milia Islamia.

Early Life

Arfa Khanum was born in a standard, conservative surroundings but in a progressive household. She describes her family as progressive as a result of her dad and mom’ supported their daughters’ monetary independence. After she did her commencement she set out for her true ardour which was journalism. She remembers having left for Delhi method earlier than her end result got here. Upon reaching Delhi she felt as if she had all the time belonged there and that she had lastly made it house. The Delhi hustle-bustle made her really feel at house greater than ever. She had got down to Delhi with merely 500 rupees, however with goals to catch the moon. She was an anchor for a nationwide Television channel on the younger age of twenty-two, since then there was no trying again ever. Reflecting upon a reminiscence from her childhood that she paperwork as life-changing is when she talks of the fateful night time of sixth December 1992; the demolition of Barbri Masjid. Arfa’s household needed to run for his or her lives. Younger Arfa needed to run together with her barely a month previous brother to save lots of themselves. She remembers being led by just a few individuals to security together with different burkha clad girls, this left a everlasting mark in her delicate impressionable thoughts. She was confused as to why was she secure with these girls and never elsewhere. She shares her father had left his solely sister again in Pakistan to come back again to India; the land of his forefathers.

Dad and mom & Siblings

Not a lot info is out there on her dad and mom and household. She has a brother and 4 sisters, one in every of them an unbiased journalist; Bushra Khanum.

Arfa Khanum’s dad and mom

Arfa together with her siblings

Arfa together with her sisters

Husband & Kids

Arfa is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. Not a lot info is out there on her husband.

Arfa had shared an image on social media celebrating her anniversary

Arfa Khanum’s husband with their children

Arfa Khanum’s daughter

Arfa with son

Faith/Spiritual Views

Arfa is a Muslim and could be very vocal about her non secular beliefs as properly.

Profession

Arfa Khanum Sherwani is at the moment the senior editor of The Wire. Her journey started in 2000 at The Pioneer as an intern. She then labored with Asain age as a trainee sub-editor. She joined Sahara television. She additional joined NDTV as a principal correspondent and anchor. She labored at Rajya Sabha TV till 2017. She has all the time needed to speak to individuals, know their tales, she feels it’s her responsibility to talk for and symbolize the people who find themselves marginalised. She is a TEDx speaker and a contract journalist.  Talking on one such TEDx speak she speaks of her expertise throughout the Battla home encounter. She felt marginalised and that she had develop into the speak of each newsroom throughout India. Arfa remembers reporting, the now responsible Indian Mujadhedin as some males and never terrorists. She was accused of siding together with her faith. The trajectory of Arfa’s profession has been troublesome as she remembers, nonetheless it has been on the rise persistently. She has coated the Afghan presidential elections and is the one Indian to take action.

Controversies

• A clip from the speech, Arfa Khanum delivered at Aligarh College over Citizenship Modification Act, (2019) went viral and he or she was harassed. She remembers receiving innumerable rape and loss of life threats.
• She interviewed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on his views over the Ayodhya case. She was interrupted by his followers within the mid for over politicising the religious chief’s phrases. Your complete interview was later proven by the Wire because it went, they declare. She additional states that she was hurled abuses at, for preserving the surroundings constructive, by his followers.

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• She has acquired the Chameli Devi Jain Award for excellent lady journalist, collectively with Rohini Mohan (a Bengaluru based mostly journalist).

• She is the recipient of Sahitya Samman from the Hindi academy.

Arfa receiving Sahitya Samman from Hindi Academy

• She has additionally acquired the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar award for journalism.

Arfa Khanum receiving the Mohammad Ali Jauhar journalism award

Favourites

Don’t keep in mind the final time a movie had left such deep influence on me as #JaiBhimOnPrime has.
It’s so highly effective that it shakes you with feelings and leaves you with hope for a greater & extra equal India.
Jai Bhim is Mild
Jai Bhim is love
Jai Bhim is a path from darkness to mild

— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) November 4, 2021

Info/Trivia

• She is seemingly leftist. She by no means lets go of an opportunity to make digs on the right-wingers.