Salil Tripathi

Indian author and editor

Salil Tripathi

Born|

Mumbai, India

Alma mater| University of Bombay, Dartmouth College
Occupation| Author, editor
Notable work| Offence: The Hindu Case

Salil Tripathi is an American 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]

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Career
* 3 Books
* 4 2020 Twitter suspension
* 5 Awards
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Biography[edit]

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.[3] Tripathi obtained his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College in the United States.

## Career[edit]

Tripathi's articles have appeared in Foreign Policy,[4] The Wall Street Journal,[5] The Far Eastern Economic Review, and The International Herald Tribune.

Tripathi speaking about his book

## Books[edit]

* 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[edit]

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,[6] Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,[7] Aakar Patel, and Nilanjana Roy also criticized Twitter's decision.[8][9][10][11][12]

PEN International also criticized Twitter's suspension of Tripathi's account and urged Twitter to have more transparent policies.[13]

## Awards[edit]

Tripathi received the Bastiat Prize (third place) in 2011.[14]

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Salil Tripathi on Twitter
* Salil Tripathi website

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