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| alma mater = King’s College, London| birth_place = London, England| death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Radio and television presenter, journalist, and authorSimon Singh|2007}}| website = | footnotes = | children = 2}}Anita Anand ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|n|É™|n|d}} {{respell|AH|nand}};PODCAST,archive.org/details/any-questions-and-any-answers-20221105-aaimmigration, Any Answers 11th November 2022, 00:05, born 28 April 1972) is a British radio and television presenter, journalist, and author.

Early life and education

Anand was born in 1972Company incorporation documentation in London, England, to Punjabi parents who migrated to India shortly after the partition of India and then, later, to the UK. Her family, prior to the partition, originated from a village near the Northwest Frontier Province and Afghanistan.WEB,www.thebookseller.com/insight/anita-anand-interview, Anita Anand: “I started picking at the thread of her story, and with every tug, an avalanche of stuff came down”, The Bookseller, Sanderson, Caroline, 16 October 2014, 21 October 2021, Anand was privately educated at Bancroft’s School in Woodford Green in Redbridge, east London.‘Guide to Independent Schools’ – Bancroft’s School – Former pupils {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211060407www.guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/26/Bancroft-s/HMC/Bancroft-s-School-Woodford-Green-Essex-IG8-0RF |date=11 February 2012 }} Guide to Independent Schools Retrieved: 22 November 2011. Anand then entered King’s College, London, in 1990, graduating with a BA in English in 1993.

Broadcasting career

After training as a journalist, Anand became European Head of News and Current Affairs for Zee TV, and one of the youngest TV news editors in Britain at the age of 25.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/anita_anand.shtml, Biographies – Anita Anand: Presenter, Radio 5 Live and The Daily Politics, 6 November 2016,www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/anita_anand.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20101211172932www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/anita_anand.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20101211172932www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radiofivelive/anita_anand.shtml, 11 December 2010, dead, BBC Press Office, She presented the talk show The Big Debate and was political correspondent for Zee TV presenting the Raj Britannia series – 31 documentaries chronicling the political aspirations of the Asian community in the most marginal constituencies in 1997.Until October 2007, Anand presented in the 10:00 pm till 1:00 am slot on Monday to Thursdays on BBC Radio 5 Live. She went on to co-present the station’s weekday Drive (4:00–7:00 pm) slot with Peter Allen, having succeeded Jane Garvey in 2007. Aasmah Mir replaced her when she left for maternity leave.WEB,iaindale.blogspot.com/2009/09/daily-politics-who-will-cover-for-anita.html, Iain Dale’s Diary: Daily Politics: Who Will Cover For Anita Anand?, Iain, Dale, Iain Dale, 21 September 2009, 6 November 2016, Anand has presented the BBC Radio 4 show Midweek, and on television she has been a presenter on the Heaven and Earth Show. She has co-presented the Daily Politics on BBC Two with Andrew Neil from September 2008, with a break for maternity leave from January to September 2010.In July 2011 Anand left the Daily Politics to present a new show called Double Take on Radio 5 Live on Sunday mornings.NEWS,www.bbc.co.uk/news/13473851, Anita Anand leaves BBC2’s Daily Politics for 5 Live role, 12 July 2011, 6 November 2016, BBC News, In June 2012, Anand took over from Jonathan Dimbleby as the presenter of Radio 4’s Any Answers? Saturday current affairs phone-in programme between 2:00 and 2:45 pm.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/anyanswershost.html, Jonathan Dimbleby hands Any Answers? baton to Anita Anand on Radio 4, BBC Media Centre, 23 May 2012, 11 August 2012, In 2022, Anand collaborated with historian William Dalrymple to create the podcast Empire, which initially described and discussed the British East India Company and British involvement and influence on India.NEWS, Nicol, Patricia, The best podcasts on the British Empire and East India Company, The Times, London, 2022-08-22,www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-best-podcasts-on-the-british-empire-and-east-india-company-8zxtkwpn5, 2022-08-31, 0140-0460, The pair had previously worked together on the book (Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond).

Newspaper journalism

Anand has also written articles for India Today and The Asian Age newspaper, and used to write a regular column in The Guardian (“Anita Anand’s Diary”, 2004–2005NEWS, Anand, Anita, Heads or tails, 6 October 2004,www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2004/oct/06/features11.g2, The Guardian, 8 August 2021, NEWS, Anand, Anita, Small miracles,www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/03/tvandradio.television2, The Guardian, 3 August 2005, 8 August 2021, ).

Publications

• Anand, Anita. (2015) Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. Bloomsbury Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1408835456}}. It tells the story of the Indian princess Sophia Duleep Singh, granddaughter of the last Sikh Maharani and Maharaja of Lahore. She was born in exile in England, and went on to struggle for causes including Indian independence, the welfare of Indian soldiers in the First World War and women’s suffrage.BOOK, Anand, Anita, Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary, 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing, 978-1408835456, Anand also presented Sophia, Suffragette Princess, a 30-minute television documentary programme based on the book, which aired first on BBC One in late November 2015.
• Dalrymple, William; Anand, Anita (2017). (Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond). Bloomsbury Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-63557-076-2}}.
• Anand, Anita (2019). (The Patient Assassin|The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj). Simon and Schuster (UK) Scribner (US), {{ISBN|9781471174216}}. It is based on the life of Indian revolutionary Udham Singh and the Amritsar massacre of 1919.The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj; Amazon

Awards

On 18 November 2005, Anand won the Nazia Hassan Award for 2005 in the category of Upcoming Television Broadcasters.WEB, 18 November 2005, 7 August 2021,www.nriinternet.com/NRImedia/TV/UK/Anita_Anand/index.htm, NRI, Anita Anand, TV presenter won the Nazia Hassan Award for 2005, nriinternet.com, Anita Anand receives Nazia Hassan award {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423052943www.redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2005/nazia_hassan_2005.htm |date=23 April 2007 }} Her book The Patient Assassin won the 2020 Hessell-Tiltman Prize.WEB,indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/british-indian-author-anita-anands-jallianwala-bagh-story-wins-history-prize-7077074/, British Indian author Anita Anand’s Jallianwala Bagh story wins history prize, The Indian Express, 2 December 2020, 2 December 2020,

Personal life

Anand married science writer Simon Singh in 2007. The couple have two sons and live in Richmond, London.NEWS,twickenhamtribune.com/PDF/Twickenham%20Tribune%200248.pdf, New Richmond Society Patron: Anita Anand, Twickenham and Richmond Tribune, 7 August 2021, 248, 9, 8 August 2021, NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/9459673/My-perfect-weekend-Anita-Anand-radio-and-TV-presenter.html, My perfect weekend: Anita Anand, radio and TV presenter, Levin, Angela, 7 August 2012, The Daily Telegraph, London, 16 December 2018, Anand is a patron of the Richmond Society and of the Museum of Richmond.WEB,www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/events/museum-of-richmond-exhibition-celebrating-800-years-of-st-mary-magdalene-at-the-heart-of-richmond/, Museum of Richmond exhibition: Celebrating 800 years of St Mary Magdalene at the heart of Richmond, Richmond Local History Society, July 2019, 8 August 2021,

See also

• List of British Indians

References

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External links

• Official website
• Any Answers? (BBC Radio 4)
• History on the Edge (BBC Radio 4)
• WEB,www.opendemocracy.net/faith-europe_islam/article_400.jsp, Shame! Shame!, Open Democracy, Anand, Anita, 14 March 2002, 21 October 2021,
• NEWS,news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4260000/newsid_4264000/4264042.stm, BBC News, Anand, Anita, At the heart of a heated debate, 27 September 2005, 21 October 2021,
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