Meghna Pant

Meghna Pant is a multiple award-winning and bestselling author, screenwriter, journalist and speaker. Her books – BOYS DON'T CRY (Penguin Random House, 2022), THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, VERY BAD GOOD NEWS (Penguin Random House, 2021), HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN INDIA (Bloomsbury, 2019), FEMINIST RANI (Penguin Random House, 2018), THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN (Juggernaut, 2016), HAPPY BIRTHDAY (Random House India, 2013) and ONE & A HALF WIFE (Westland, 2012) have been published to commercial and critical acclaim. Pant has been felicitated with various honours and shortlists for distinguished contribution to literature, gender issues and journalism, including the Bharat Nirman Award, Laadli Media Award, FICCI ‘Young Achiever’s Award’, The Lifestyle Journalist ‘Women Achiever’s Award’, FON South Asia Short Story Award, Muse India Young Writer Award, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Frank O'Connor International Award and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Pant has been invited as a speaker for the nation’s biggest literary festivals and conferences, and appears as a panelist on prime time news and international channels to discuss gender issues. Pant has written articles for and been quoted in leading national and international media.Pant previously worked as a business news anchor for Times Now, NDTV and Bloomberg-UTV in New York and Mumbai. Pant currently lives in Mumbai with her husband and two daughters.ज़्यादा पढ़ेंकम पढ़ें