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Age: 69 Years
Husband: Sitaram Yechury
Marital Status: Divorced
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Profession(s) | • Journalist • Author |
| Physical Stats | |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | Year, 1955 |
| Age (as of 2024) | 69 Years |
| Birthplace | Calcutta, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Delhi, India |
| College/University | Delhi University, Delhi |
| Educational Qualification(s) | • Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) • Master of Arts (History) |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | Sitaram Yechury |
| Marriage Date | Year, 1980 |
| Family | |
| Husband/Spouse | Sitaram Yechury (politician) |
| Children | Son(s)– 2 • Ashish Yechury (journalist) (elder; died of COVID-19 on 22 April 2021 at the age of 35)  • Danish Yechury Daughter– Akhila Yechury (professor)  |
| Parents | Father– Shankar Mazumdar (musician) Mother– Vina Mazumdar (university professor; died on 30 May 2013)  |
| Siblings | Brother– 1 (professor at Ambedkar University) Sisters– 2 • (Elder; professor at Delhi University) • (Younger; professor at JNU) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Indrani Mazumdar
- Her mother, Vina Mazumdar, was a renowned personality and served as the Member Secretary of the Committee on the Status of Women in India, which published an important report in 1977-78 that helped revive the women’s movement after the Emergency.
- Vina Mazumdar taught at Patna University for 14 years and was also on the board of the University Grants Commission. She had a degree from Oxford University.
Vina Mazumdar as a student of Asutosh College
- Her father was a musician and a disciple of Ustad Amir Khan, a renowned vocalist in Hindustani classical music. He began his music career late in life and, being nervous on stage, he was unable to establish himself as a musician.
- She and her three siblings were associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) from a young age.
- In their home, there were frequent discussions about philosophy, politics, and history, exposing her to Marxist ideas from an early age.
- After completing her postgraduate studies at Delhi University, Indrani Mazumdar enrolled at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 1972 for a five-year course.
- During the Emergency in 1975-76, she was expelled from the JNU as she was politically active as a member of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and served as a student councillor.
- After the Emergency was declared, there was unrest at JNU, and two strikes took place within the first month.
Indrani Mazumdar during her visit to JNU in 2019
- The university authorities decided that 4-5 students, including Indrani Mazumdar, should not continue their studies, leading to her registration being cancelled.
- She then went back to Delhi University but did not disclose that she had previously been a student at JNU.
- At Delhi University, Indrani Mazumdar worked to strengthen the SFI from 1976 to 1982.
- During the Emergency, when she was serving as the councillor for the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), she was given the task of distributing leaflets from the underground movement.
- Indrani Mazumdar continued to fight against the Emergency as part of a larger political movement.
- She married Sitaram Yechury soon after completing her master’s degree in 1980; they had a long relationship before getting married.
- While working as a full-time SFI member, she was paid Rs. 200.
- Later, Indrani Mazumdar joined the Janwadi Mahila Samiti (JMS) and the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), which was established in 1980.
- In 2007, she published the book Women Workers and Globalization: Emergent Contradictions in India.
The cover of the book Women Workers and Globalization Emergent Contradictions in India
- In 2020, Indrani Mazumdar retired as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi (CWDS).
