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{{Infobox writer&lt;br /&gt;
| name             = Meghna Pant&lt;br /&gt;
| image            = Meghna Pant (3) (cropped).JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          = Pant at the Mumbai book launch of her novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;One &amp;amp; A Half Wife&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Shimla]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India&lt;br /&gt;
| education        = Masters in Business Administration&lt;br /&gt;
| alma_mater       = St. Xaviers College,Mumbai &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; Nanyang Business School, Singapore) &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; University of St Gallen, Switzerland&lt;br /&gt;
| language         = English&lt;br /&gt;
| genres           = [[Novels]], [[Short Story]], [[Screenplays]], [[Feminism]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation       = Author, Journalist, Screenwriter&lt;br /&gt;
| notable_works    = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Boys Don&amp;#039;t Cry&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;#039;&amp;#039;One &amp;amp; A Half Wife&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;How To Get Published in India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Happy Birthday!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Feminist Rani&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Trouble With Women&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| website          = {{URL|www.meghnapant.com}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Meghna Pant&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an Indian author, journalist, and speaker. She has won a variety of awards for her contribution to literature, gender issues, and journalism.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Quick Take: Meghna Pant |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/quick-take-meghna-pant-718592.html |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2012, she won the Muse India National Literary Awards Young Writer Award for her debut novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;One-and-a-Half Wife&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last=Pant |first=Meghna |date=2017-05-07 |title=Q&amp;amp;A with Meghna Pant {{!}} Q&amp;amp;A with Meghna Pant |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/070517/qa-with-meghna-pant.html |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her collection of short stories, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Happy Birthday and Other Stories&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was long-listed for the [[Frank O&amp;#039;Connor International Award|Frank O’Connor International Award]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/author-meghna-pant-s-new-book-deals-with-women-violence-and-feminism/story-vLA6IJOGdNlLR2PtGHysFN.html|title=Author Meghna Pant&amp;#039;s new book deals with women, violence and feminism|date=1 September 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=2016-09-01 |title=Author Meghna Pant’s new book deals with women, violence and feminism |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/author-meghna-pant-s-new-book-deals-with-women-violence-and-feminism/story-vLA6IJOGdNlLR2PtGHysFN.html |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
Pant previously worked as a business news anchor with [[Times Now]], [[NDTV]] and Bloomberg-UTV in [[Mumbai]] and New York City.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Divyamody |title=25 witty, sharp and fearless women to follow on Twitter |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/25-witty-sharp-and-fearless-women-to-follow-on-twitter/ |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=12 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Roy 2018&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; She reported from the [[New York Stock Exchange]] (NYSE) during the 2008 financial crisis.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; She quit in 2013 to pursue writing full-time,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and returned to India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Roy 2018&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Her debut novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;One &amp;amp; a Half Wife&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Westland, 2012) won the national &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Muse India Young Writer Award&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2014) and was shortlisted for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Meghna Pant |url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/meghna-pant/ |website=Penguin Random House India |accessdate=24 July 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pant&amp;#039;s debut collection of short stories &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Happy Birthday&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; (Random House, 2013) was long-listed for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Frank O&amp;#039;Connor International Award&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2014).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.openroadreview.com/2016/10/01/interview-meghna-pant/ Interview – Meghna Pant] 1 October 2016, Openroadreview.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her second short story collection &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Trouble With Women&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was published in 2016.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2015, she began curating a monthly panel discussion in Mumbai called &amp;quot;Feminist Rani&amp;quot;, featuring interviews with a wide range of Indian feminists.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Roy 2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Lachmi Deb |title=Gender Is Not In Your Genitals But In Your Mind: Meghna Pant |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/interview-writer-author-meghna-pant-says-gender-is-not-in-your-genitals-but-in-your-mind/316722 |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=Outlook |date=18 September 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/the-informer/Green-and-bear-it/articleshow/49558718.cms|title=Green and bear it|website=Mumbai Mirror}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After three years of the discussions, she published a collection of the interviews in her first non-fiction book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Feminist Rani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 2018,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Roy 2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; co-authored with Shaili Chopra.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;DC 2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/300818/penguin-releases-shaili-chopra-and-meghna-pants-feminist-rani.html|title=Penguin releases Shaili Chopra and Meghna Pant&amp;#039;s Feminist Rani|date=30 August 2018|website=Deccan Chronicle}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her second non-fiction book was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;How To Get Published in India&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 2019, based on interviews with publishing industry insiders and authors.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Dyuti |title=Authors are vying with Pokémon and Taylor Swift: Meghna Pant |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/authors-are-vying-with-pokmon-and-taylor-swift-meghna-pant/article26606836.ece |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pant has written on issues including consent, rape,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/save-yourself-from-rape/|title=Save Yourself From Rape|first=Meghna|last=Pant|date=8 June 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; domestic violence,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Pant |first1=Meghna |title=Why societal violence of women must stop |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/why-societal-violence-of-women-must-stop/ |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=13 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024103059/https://www.shethepeople.tv/why-societal-violence-of-women-must-stop/ |archive-date=24 October 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; miscarriage,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/unpregnant-1553234890426.html|title=Unpregnant|first=Meghna|last=Pant|date=23 March 2019|website=Livemint}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; surrogacy, body-shaming&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/are-mannequins-making-us-too-thin/|title=Are Mannequins Making Us Too Thin?|first=Meghna|last=Pant|date=20 August 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and public safety for women for various publications, including &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The [[Hindustan Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/domestic-violence-can-be-stopped-only-if-we-speak-out-against-it-meghna-pant/story-08u0DJBv4U13Q0bRqU7n5L.html|title=Domestic violence can be stopped only if we speak out against it: Meghna Pant|date=4 March 2017|website=Hindustan Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Huffington Post]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Art Attack: Comedians, Prepare To Be Killed For Your Art |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/meghna-pant/art-attack-comedians-prep_b_6710976.html |website=HuffPost India |language=en |date=20 February 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and was the Features Editor at &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[SheThePeople.TV]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/top-videos/driving-change-with-feminism-and-her-books-meghna-pant/|title=Driving change with feminism and her books: Meghna Pant|first=S. T. P.|last=Team|date=29 October 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2018, she was awarded the Laadli Media Award for her writing on gender equality.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Meghna-Pant-Wins-Laadli-Media-Award/18-09-2018-160258|title=Meghna Pant Wins Laadli Media Award|first=BW Online|last=Bureau|website=BW Businessworld}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As a survivor of domestic violence, she has also spoken on several platforms, including TEDx,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYIE_mE_EBI] Stop The Violence, Stop The Silence | Meghna Pant | TEDxXLRI&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on her personal experience, urging women to speak out against domestic violence.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT 2017&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=HT Correspondent |title=Five gutsy women make powerful personal statements |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/five-gutsy-women-make-powerful-personal-statements/story-ZNJ2gB7TwB3K6CXnNuFWfL.html |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 March 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has also spoken at literary festivals and conferences, including the Jaipur Literature Festival,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/meghna-pant-2/|title=Speaker – Meghna Pant|date=17 September 2013|website=[[Jaipur Literature Festival]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Tata Literature Live!,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/mid-day/20191009/281651076859371|title=Mid-Day|date=9 October 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Kala Ghoda Literature Festival,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.avidlearning.in/programmes/2016/e-103-kala-ghoda-art-festival-2016/|title=E-103 – Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2016 &amp;amp;#124; Avid Learning|website=www.avidlearning.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Pune International Literary Festival,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://thepunekar.com/2013/09/pune-literary-festival-schedule/ Pune Literary Festival Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027075124/https://thepunekar.com/2013/09/pune-literary-festival-schedule/ |date=27 October 2021 }} September 2013, ThePunekar.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Young Makers Conclave, #RiseWithTwitter, and The UN Feminist Conference. In 2018, Pant moderated panel discussions at the #MeToo Conversations event hosted by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Firstpost]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/firstposts-metoo-conversations-how-must-sexual-harassment-at-the-workplace-be-dealt-with-5404991.html|title=Firstpost&amp;#039;s #MeToo Conversations: How must sexual harassment at the workplace be dealt with? |date=18 October 2018|website=Firstpost}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pant&amp;#039;s short stories have been published in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Avatar Review&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;avatar&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.avatarreview.net/AV14/meghna-pant |title=Avatar Review |publisher=avatarreview.ne |accessdate=2013-08-05 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075057/http://www.avatarreview.net/AV14/meghna-pant |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wasafari&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eclectica&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;electica&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.eclectica.org/v15n3/pant.html |title=Eclectica |publisher=eclectica.org |accessdate=2013-08-05}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;QLRS&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;QLRS&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.qlrs.com/contributor.asp?id=Meghna%20Pant |title=QLRS |publisher=qlrs.com |accessdate=2013-08-05}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and her story &amp;quot;Boonthing&amp;quot; was published in the anthology &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |date=2019-03-27 |title=Meghna Pant shares tips on book publishing at this event |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/meghna-pant-shares-tips-on-book-publishing-at-this-event/articleshow/68592546.cms |access-date=2025-09-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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She also anchors various women-centric shows for the news portal FirstPost.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.firstpost.com/living/first-lady-paralympian-deepa-malik-is-first-guest-on-our-new-show-with-meghna-pant-3078524.html] Deepa Malik on First Lady.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/first-lady-nimrat-kaur-meghna-pant-discuss-the-joy-of-living-life-on-your-own-terms-3111810.html] Nimrat Kaur on First Lady.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2019, Pant appeared as an expert on the show Kaun Banega Crorepati with Amitabh Bachchan.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/kaun-banega-crorepati-11-day-17-written-update-amitabh-bachchan-guides-another-contestant-to-signifi-2098829|title=Kaun Banega Crorepati 11, Day 17 Written Update: Amitabh Bachchan Guides Another Contestant To Significant Victory|website=NDTV.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2020, Pant became a podcaster with a show about personal finance called SHOW ME THE MONEY, for Amazon&amp;#039;s [[Audible (store)|Audible]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-diary-tuesday-dossier/22754282|title=Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier|date=28 April 2020|website=[[Mid-Day]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Critical reception==&lt;br /&gt;
According to Michelle D&amp;#039;Souza of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Khaleej Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, her &amp;quot;works come with strong feminist leanings, and showcase multi-dimensional characters, especially women.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;D&amp;#039;Souza 2021&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=D&amp;#039;Souza |first1=Michelle |title=Scripting Success |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/supplements/20210815/scripting-success |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=15 August 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Her short story collection &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Trouble With Women&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was reviewed by Aditya Mani Jha of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Hindu Business Line|Business Line]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, who writes that in the book, Pant &amp;quot;shows us how it’s done, how a skilled writer uses journalistic base to create a convincing, sensitive fictional scenario,&amp;quot; and references her previous story collection &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Happy Birthday&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as an additional example.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/a-sociological-continuum-of-remarkable-women/article21987594.ece1|title=A sociological continuum of remarkable women|first=Aditya Mani|last=Jha|website=[[The Hindu Business Line]]|date=21 October 2016 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Feminist Rani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was praised by [[Kamla Bhasin]] as &amp;quot;A powerful, sensitive and thought-provoking book that is a must-read for anyone who thinks that women and men are equals, and for those who don’t.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;DC 2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Her story &amp;quot;Boonthing&amp;quot; was referred to as &amp;quot;sparkling&amp;quot; in a review by Abdus Salam of the anthology &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Hindu]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-himalayan-arc-journeys-east-of-south-east-review-zero-shun-game/article23853809.ece|title=&amp;#039;The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east&amp;#039; review: Zero-shun game|first=Abdus|last=Salam|date=12 May 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and she was described as one of the authors that &amp;#039;shines through&amp;#039; by Prannay Pathak of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Hindustan Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/the-himalayan-arc-takes-a-long-hard-look-at-the-uneasy-realities-of-the-region/story-AKVXvooCBE8DhRRVNU13JK.html|title=The Himalayan Arc takes a long, hard look at the uneasy realities of the region|date=23 May 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tanvi Trivedi of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039; described &amp;#039;&amp;#039;How To Get Published in India&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as &amp;quot;sure to answer many questions nestling in the minds of aspiring authors.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Trivedi 2019&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Tanvi |title=Meghna Pant shares tips on book publishing at this event |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/meghna-pant-shares-tips-on-book-publishing-at-this-event/articleshow/68592546.cms |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=27 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After Pant retold the epic poem [[The Mahabharata]] in one hundred tweets, Sian Cain of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Guardian]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; wrote, &amp;quot;Somehow, Meghna Pant has managed to contain all of the dynamics of power struggle, war, love, lust and greed in her 140 character tidbits.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/14/twitter-fiction-festival-2014|title=#Twitterfiction festival 2014: what you are and are not missing|first=Sian|last=Cain|date=14 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Awards==&lt;br /&gt;
* Shakti Award (2025) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Shakti Awards 2025 for Women Empowerment and Recognition |date=22 March 2025 |url=https://cxquest.com/shakti-awards-2025-for-women-empowerment-and-recognition/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SheThePeople Powerful Women Award (2024) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=SheThePeople 40 over 40 Awards: Meet the Winners |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-entrepreneurs/shethepeople-40-over-40-awards-winners-4479310}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Laadli Media Award (2023) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Honored to receive the UNFPA&amp;#039;s LAADLI MEDIA AWARD in Jaipur by the phenomenal Bhanwari Devi and Dolly Thakore for my article on Shraddha Walkar and the pressing issue of domestic violence. Grateful… &amp;amp;#124; Meghna P. &amp;amp;#124; 10 comments |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meghna-pant-49b9747_honored-to-receive-the-unfpas-laadli-media-activity-7123576042471968768-nqwy}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Society Achievers Award (2022) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://filmycharcha.com/entertainment/events/the-society-achievers-awards-2022-hosted-in-maharashtra-was-a-huge-success/ |title=The SOCIETY ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2022 hosted in Maharashtra was a huge success |date=23 November 2022 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize (2022) – Longlist&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/1040188/the-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-reveals-its-2023-longlist-of-21-books |title=The Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize reveals its 2023 longlist of 21 books |date=21 December 2022 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* FICCI Young Achiever&amp;#039;s Award (2019) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://ifp.world/creator/meghna-pant/ |title=Know More About Meghna Pant &amp;amp;#124; IFP |date=4 February 2021 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Laadli Media Award (2018) – Winner&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto4&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Bharat Nirman Award (2017) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://kitaab.org/2017/04/28/author-meghna-pant-wins-bharat-nirman-award/|title=Author Meghna Pant wins Bharat Nirman Award|date=28 April 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* FON (Fellows of Nature) South Asia Short Story Award (2016) – Winner&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://ruralmarketing.in/industry/social/kumaon-literary-festival-revives-nature-writing/|title=Kumaon Literary Festival revives Nature Writing|first=B. K.|last=Jha|website=ruralmarketing.in|date=26 April 2022|access-date=24 July 2020|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724091355/https://ruralmarketing.in/industry/social/kumaon-literary-festival-revives-nature-writing|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Muse India Young Writer Award (2013) – Winner&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Muse Awards&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/muse-india-awards-for-pant-sinha/article4275220.ece |title=Muse India Awards for Pant, Sinha |work=The Hindu|date=4 January 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;times&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&amp;amp;pageid=6&amp;amp;sectid=edid=&amp;amp;edlabel=TOIH&amp;amp;mydateHid=05-01-2013&amp;amp;pubname=Times+of+India+-+Hyderabad&amp;amp;edname=&amp;amp;articleid=Ar00605&amp;amp;publabel=TOI |title=Muse India awards announced |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2013-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820011127/http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&amp;amp;pageid=6&amp;amp;sectid=edid=&amp;amp;edlabel=TOIH&amp;amp;mydateHid=5 |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Commonwealth Short Story Prize]] (2018) – Longlist&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/storizen-magazine/20180620/281500751973213|title=Storizen Magazine|website=20 June 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Frank O&amp;#039;Connor International Short Story Award]] (2014) – Longlist&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net/site/?page_id=334 |title= 2014 Longlist &amp;amp;#124; the Frank O&amp;amp;#039;Connor|website=www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net |access-date=25 June 2014 |archive-date=18 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218021848/http://www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net/site/?page_id=334 |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[[Staff writer]] (10 June 2014). [http://kitaab.org/2014/06/10/singaporeans-nepalese-and-indian-writers-long-listed-for-the-frank-oconnor-short-story-award/]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;KITAAB&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Retrieved 10 June 2014&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The Cinnamon Press Novel Writing Award (2012) – Shortlist&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;vervoline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.verveonline.com/111/people/meghna.shtml |title=For debutant author Meghna Pant, inspiration comes from unearthing the stories people make up about themselves or others, and discovering the truth behind them |publisher=Verve |accessdate=2012-06-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Novels&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;One &amp;amp; A Half Wife&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2012). New Delhi: Westland. {{ISBN|978-9381626481}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2021). Penguin Random House. {{ISBN|978-0143453543}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Boys Don&amp;#039;t Cry&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2022). Penguin Random House. {{ISBN|978-0143455097}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Man Who Lost India&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2024). Simon &amp;amp; Schuster. {{ISBN|978-8194643098}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Short Stories&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Happy Birthday!&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2013). London: Random House. {{ISBN|978-8184004038}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Trouble With Women&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2016). Juggernaut. &lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Holy 100: The Little Book of Big Epics&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2019). Rupa Publications. {{ASIN|B07W43RSJF}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Non-Fiction&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Feminist Rani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2018). Penguin Random House. {{ISBN|978-0143442875}}.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;How to Get Published in India&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2019). Bloomsbury. {{ISBN|978-9388271066}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Children&amp;#039;s Books&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;JoJo &amp;amp; Moni: Happy Place&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2024). Niyogi Books. {{ISBN|8119626699}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Born in [[Shimla]], to Sujata and Deep Chandra Pant––both of whom worked in the [[Indian Revenue Service]] and retired as Chief Commissioners of Income Tax from Mumbai and Kolkata respectively in 2012,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;meghnapant&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.meghnapant.com/bio |title=Bio }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Pant is the sister of stand-up comedian [[Sorabh Pant]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnaindia&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1875922/report-sibling-speak |title=Sibling Speak|publisher=[[DNA India]] |accessdate=2013-08-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She lives in Mumbai with her two daughters.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;amazon&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://arcus-www.amazon.in/Boys-Dont-Cry-Meghna-Pant/dp/0143455095 |title=Boys Don&amp;#039;t Cry: A Novel: SOON TO BE a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE : Pant, Meghna: Amazon.in: Books }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Indian writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Official website|http://www.meghnapant.com/}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/meghna-pant/ Meghna Pant] at [[Penguin India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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