Noopur Tiwari
Noopur Tiwari is an Indian journalist and feminist. She has reported live on a broad range of key political, economic and social stories from Europe since 2004. Tiwari writes for Hindustan Times, Business Standard, the Caravan Magazine, TheWire.in and Scroll.in. She is the co-curator of a feminist Twitter handle called Genderlogindia. Tiwari worked as a producer with NDTV from 1996-2003.
Personal life
Tiwari went to St Anthony's School, Agra. She studied at Miranda House and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Career
As Europe correspondent and Resident Editor with NDTV, Tiwari reported major events and stories from all over the continent including:
COP21- Paris Climate Conference. Le Bourget. 2015
Paris terror attacks. November. Paris, Saint Denis. 2015
Greek Debt Crisis. Athens. 2015
Banking Secrecy, Tax Evasion and Money Laundering. New Delhi, Paris, Milan, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Liechtenstein. 2009-2016
Charlie Hebdo attacks. Paris. 2015
HSBC whistleblowers offers to assist India. Paris. 2014
Papal Enclave Vatican City. 2013
Sri Lanka Resolution. UN. Geneva. 2013
Italy India Diplomatic Row over marines. Rome, Taranto, Bari. 2013
Norway Custody Row. Stavanger. 2012
Libya talks. (Elysée, EU & NATO) Paris. Brussels 2011
UK General Elections: Special coverage. London, 2011
Exclusive interviews with LTTE leader Anton Balasingham, London 2006 and Tamilselvam, Geneva 2005.
Football World Cup: Special coverage. Berlin, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Munich, Paris. 2006
Mittal Arcelor take over. Exclusive interviews: Laxmi Mittal, Guy Dollé. Paris, Luxembourg. 2006.
Cannes Film Festival: Special coverage: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Mohammad Cartoons Controversy. Copenhagen, Paris 2005
Revolt in the suburbs in France. Paris, Clichy-sous-Bois. 2005
Clémenceau, French aircraft carrier on way to India: Exclusive breaking news story. Toulon. 2004
France Ban on religious symbols in schools. Paris. 2004
Feature on HIV/AIDS. Simultaneously aired on German DWTV. Delhi/Berlin. 2004
Interviews
Aishwarya Rai: Bollywood Actor, Amartya Sen, Nobel prize winning Economist, Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood Actor, Colin Firth, Hollywood Actor, Jean Marie Le Pen: Leader of the French right, Kamal El Helbawy: Muslim Brotherhood leader, Kiran Desai: Author, Winner of the Booker prize, Leonardo DiCaprio: Actor, Meryl Streep: Actor, Ratan Tata: Industrialist, Shahrukh Khan: Bollywood Actor, Syed Raza Gilani: Pakistani Prime Minister, Zubin Mehta: Western classical music conductor.
Documentary films produced and hosted
Indian Heroes. Europe’s War. Indian Soldiers in WW1. (2011): Europe’s war on the Burqa. (2010) Islamophobia and Europe. (2009) Sikh community in France. (2004)
TV Series
Gustakhi Maaf, Great India Tamasha: Tiwari launched, produced and directed the satire show for NDTV in 2004 developed with French marionette makers Alain Duverne and Laurent Huet.
Ji Mantriji: Tiwari was the co-scriptwriter of this adaptation of the BBC series Yes Prime Minister; co-production NDTV-BBC for STAR TV
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai: A show on the life of celebrities on Zee TV. Tiwari produced episodes on politicians and artists such as MF Husain, Former Indian PM VP Singh, politician Laloo Prasad Yadav
Your Call: a live show on women's rights
Culture & Lifestyle
Wine Country Citizen: a show on wine travel in France and South Africa
Art Beat: a series on art and travel from Europe
References
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/france-here-stay
www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/switzerland-treasure-hunt
www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/france-present-company
http://shethepeople.tv/why-am-i-a-feminist-noopur-tiwari/
https://kafila.org/2012/12/24/how-not-to-think-about-violence-against-women-noopur-tiwari/
http://thewire.in/2015/07/11/greeks-remain-proud-and-defiant-but-daily-life-is-quite-tough-6039/
http://thewire.in/2016/04/11/india-has-not-responded-to-my-offer-of-help-says-whistleblower-28655/
http://scroll.in/article/763078/ten-questions-the-modi-government-needs-to-answer-on-black-money
http://www.newslaundry.com/2014/07/01/western-medias-dangerous-obsession/
http://www.tehelka.com/2013/04/bare-breasts-and-radical-cheek/
www.tehelka.com/2013/05/our-films-their-films/