Teesta Setalvad

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday February 9, 1962

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace India

Age 62 years old

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About

Indian civil rights activist and journalist who worked as the General Secretary of People's Union for Human Rights.

Before Fame

She has a philosophy degree and initially worked as a journalist.

Trivia

She was accused of having tutored five witnesses in their statements during the Supreme Court cases involving the Godhra riots, which was a period of inter-communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002.

Family Life

She is the daughter of Atul and Sita Setalvad and she has two children, Tamara and Jibran, with Javed Anand

Associated With

She and John Dayal were both Indian journalists.