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{{short description|Indian journalist and writer (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox writer 
|name = Aman Sethi
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|birth_date = 1983
|birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
|occupation = Journalist, writer
|nationality = [[India]]n
|genre = [[Literary realism|Realism]]
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|alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]
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|notableworks = ''[[A Free Man]]''
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'''Aman Sethi''' ([[Hindi]] : अमन सेठी) is an Indian journalist and writer. He was editor-in-chief of [[HuffPost]] India<ref>[[Template:cite news|{{cite news]]|last1=Team |first1=HuffPost PR |title=HuffPost Appoints Aman Sethi As India Editor-In-Chief |url=[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-india-editor-in-chief-aman-sethi_n_5a8ada4be4b004fc3194c95e https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-india-editor-in-chief-aman-sethi_n_5a8ada4be4b004fc3194c95e] |access-date=17 March 2020 |work=HuffPost |date=19 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref> until it ceased operations in November, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=‘HuffPost’ shuts down its Indian edition after six years|url=https://scroll.in/latest/979406/huffpost-shuts-down-its-indian-edition-after-six-years|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> He is known for his debut ''A Free Man'', a work of narrative reportage. Born in 1983 in [[Mumbai]], Sethi completed his schooling at [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]], Delhi. He studied chemistry at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] before moving on to study journalism at [[Asian College of Journalism, Chennai]] and business journalism in 2008 at [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] as an Inlaks Scholar.<ref name=Inlaks>{{cite web|title=Alumni|url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort=old&Type=A&SortAlpha=A|work=Alumni of foundation|publisher=Inlaksfoundation|access-date=24 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117231443/http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort=old&Type=A&SortAlpha=A|archive-date=17 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> As [[Chhattisgarh]] correspondent for ''[[The Hindu]]'' newspaper Sethi reported extensively on [[Maoist insurgency]] in the state for two years.<ref name=Caravan>{{cite news|title=The Bloody Crossroads|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=865&StoryStyle=FullStory|access-date=24 February 2012|newspaper=Caravan|date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502205554/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=865&StoryStyle=FullStory|archive-date=2012-05-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Live>{{cite news|last=Nair|first=Supriya|title=A free man-A window in the wall|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/22195307/A-Free-Man--A-window-in-the-w.html|access-date=24 February 2012|newspaper=Livemint|date=22 July 2011}}</ref> He also won the [[International Red Cross]] committee award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues in 2011.<ref name=Hindu>{{cite news|title=Aman Sethi wins ICRC award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article2552517.ece|access-date=24 February 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 October 2011}}</ref>

In August 2012, Sethi was named ''The Hindu's'' Africa correspondent, based in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|date=August 22, 2012|title=The Hindu returns to Africa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindu-returns-to-africa/article3804615.ece|access-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>

==Writing==

Sethi's first book, ''A Free Man'', was a non-fiction work about the life of an individual named Mohammed Ashraf, but also about Delhi and its transformation. It won the 2011 [[Crossword Book Award]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindus-aman-sethi-bags-award-for-a-free-man/article4010383.ece |title=The Hindu's Aman Sethi bags award for A Free Man |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=October 19, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref name="dhapola">{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/anuradha-roy-aman-sethi-win-at-economist-crossword-awards-496130.html |title=Anuradha Roy, Aman Sethi win at Economist-Crossword awards |author=Shruti Dhapola |date=October 19, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> [[Oprah Winfrey]]'s website endorsed Sethi's debut book as one of the must reads of November, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.oprah.com/book/A-Free-Man-A-True-Story-of-Life-and-Death-in-Delhi |title = A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi}}</ref>

Sethi was also awarded the [[Yuva Puraskar]] (Youth Award) by the [[Sahitya Akademi]] for the best English book written by a young author in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=YUVA PURASKAR (2011-2015)|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp|website=SAHITYA : Akademi Awards|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805114428/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, he [[List of writers who have returned the Sahitya Akademi Award|returned the award]] to express "solidarity with several eminent writers who have recently returned their awards to highlight their concern and anxiety over the shrinking space for free expression and growing intolerance towards difference of opinion".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sethi|first1=Aman|title='Your moment of reckoning has come': GN Devy, Aman Sethi return Sahitya Akademi awards|url=http://scroll.in/article/761515/your-moment-of-reckoning-has-come-gn-devy-aman-sethi-return-sahitya-akademi-awards|website=Scroll.in|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

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