Salil Tripathi

Indian author and editor

Salil Tripathi
Born	Mumbai, India
Alma mater	University of Bombay, Dartmouth College
Occupation(s)	Author, editor
Notable work	Offence: The Hindu Case

Salil Tripathi is an Indian author and editor. He is Chair of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee. He is a contributing editor to The Caravan.^[1] and Mint.^[2] He is a contributing advisor to the think tank, Bridge India since June 2019. ^[3]^[4]

Biography

Tripathi was born in Mumbai. He was educated at the New Era School in Mumbai and graduated from the Sydenham College of the University of Bombay.^[5] Tripathi obtained his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Tripathi's articles have appeared in Foreign Policy,^[6] The Wall Street Journal,^[7] The Far Eastern Economic Review, and The International Herald Tribune.

Books

Offence: The Hindu Case
The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and its Unquiet Legacy
Detours: Songs of the Open Road

2020 Twitter suspension

In December 2020, Tripathi's Twitter account was suspended. Salman Rushdie was among the writers who criticized Twitter for this decision. Shashi Tharoor, Amitav Ghosh, Suketu Mehta, Prashant Bhusan,^[8] Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,^[9] Aakar Patel, and Nilanjana Roy also criticized Twitter's decision.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

PEN International also criticized Twitter's suspension of Tripathi's account and urged Twitter to have more transparent policies.^[15]

Awards

Tripathi received the Bastiat Prize (third place) in 2011.^[16]

References

^ "Salil Tripathi". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Salil Tripathi". livemint.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ India, Bridge. "About Us: Bridge India". bridgeindia.org.uk. Bridge India. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ India, Bridge. "Past Event: Brand India: The Soft Power Evolution". bridgeindia.org.uk. Bridge India. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ Sundaram, Jomo Kwame (2002). Ugly Malaysians?: South-South Investments Abused. Institute for Black Research. ISBN 978-0-620-28863-7.
^ "Salil Tripathi". foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Salil Tripathi (19 November 2012). "The Demagogue of Bombay". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Bhusan, Prashant (7 December 2020). "Prashant Bhusan on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy (7 December 2020). "ParanjoyGuhaThakurta on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (7 December 2020). "Twitter accused of censoring Indian critic of Hindu nationalism". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Taskin, Bismee (6 December 2020). "Outrageous, says Salman Rushdie as Twitter suspends journalist Salil Tripathi's account". theprint.in. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Read: The Poem For His Mother That Got Salil Tripathi Suspended From Twitter". thewire.in. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Domini, Annie (8 December 2020). "Twitter India Suspending Salil Tripathi's Account Is an Outrage". theleaflet.in. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Outrage at Twitter action". telegraphindia.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Salil Tripathi's recent suspension on Twitter raises important questions for the protection of free speech on social media". pen-international.org. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Bastiat Prize Winners". Reason Foundation. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2020.