Tuhin Sinha

Sinha was born and brought up in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=28 May 2012 |title='Writing for TV is lucrative, but very restricting' |work=Rediff |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/interview-with-tuhin-sinha/20120528.htm |access-date=2022-10-23}} He completed his schooling at Loyola School and is a commerce graduate from Hindu College, University of Delhi.{{Cite web |last=Bose |first=Antara |date=15 June 2010 |title=Loyola alumnus to release third book |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/loyola-alumnus-to-release-third-book/cid/511294 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=The Telegraph}} Sinha worked for a year in TV ad sales. He moved to Mumbai to find work in the entertainment industry. Having tried unsuccessfully to become an actor, he took a scriptwriting course and began writing for TV;{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=28 April 2005 |title=Sahara One bags RAPA award for Phir Se |work=Indian Television |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/apr/apr331.htm |access-date=2022-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023143218/https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/apr/apr331.htm |archive-date=2022-10-23}} then turned to books, debuting with That Thing Called Love in 2007.{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=6 November 2008 |title=Beyond 22 Yards |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Beyond-22-yards/article15392771.ece |access-date=2022-10-23}} This was followed by 22 yards in 2008 and Of Love and Politics in 2010. Sinha proceeded to write political thrillers and romance novels as well as Daddy, a non-fiction book on parenting (2015),{{Cite web |last=Bhardwaj |first=Meera |date=13 January 2015 |title=The New-age Father |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2015/jan/13/the-new-age-father-704601.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The New Indian Express}} and two books on politics, one with former BJP president Nitin Gadkari. In 2021, he published the historical novel The Legend of Birsa Munda (2021), a dramatized account of the life of 19th-century religious leader and tribal revolutionary Birsa Munda, co-written with Ankita Verma,{{Cite web |last=Our Bureau, PTI |date=24 March 2022 |title=Book on Birsa Munda is befitting tribute to freedom fighter |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/book-on-birsa-munda-is-befitting-tribute-to-freedom-fighter/cid/1857414 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=The Telegraph}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=20 March 2021 |title=Cover of Tuhin A. Sinha's 'The Legend of Birsa Munda' revealed |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/cover-of-tuhin-s-sinhas-the-legend-of-birsa-munda-revealed/articleshow/81605484.cms |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} followed in 2022 by the non-fiction book The Great Tribal Warriors of Bharat, co-authored with Ambalika.

On 31 January 2014, Sinha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); in December 2016, he was appointed spokesperson for Mumbai region. Sinha was subsequently included in the national media team of BJP.{{Cite web |last=TNN |date=2 February 2019 |title=Literature festival takes off with tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, V S Naipaul |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/lit-fest-takes-off-with-tributes-to-vajpayee-naipaul/articleshow/67799139.cms |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Times of India |language=}} In 2016–2017, Sinha was on the Steering Committee of the national #HaveaSafeJourney (#HASJ) awareness campaign, a road safety initiative by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.{{Cite web |last=Bose |first=Antara |date=28 December 2017 |title=Turning pages on road safety |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/turning-pages-on-road-safety/cid/1344328 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Telegraph}}{{Cite web |last=TNN |date=12 October 2017 |title=Micro Review: Have a Safe Journey is an eye-opening anthology on road safety |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/reviews/micro-review-have-a-safe-journey-is-an-eye-opening-anthology-on-road-safety/articleshow/61052308.cms |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} In 2017, Sinha filed a plea against Rahul Gandhi, then vice-president of the Congress Party, in the Delhi High Court, alleging that Gandhi had violated the Special Protection Group Act by giving his security detail the slip; the court refused to rule on the matter, saying security was a matter for the government.{{Cite news |last=Staff |others=PTI |date=22 November 2017 |title=Delhi High Court rejects plea against Rahul Gandhi |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-high-court-rejects-plea-against-rahul-gandhi/article20632663.ece |access-date=2021-12-24 |issn=0971-751X}}

In 2022 Sinha sued the Wikimedia Foundation following the deletion of the wikipedia page about him. The article was recreated by an editor, but as of 2024 the court case is ongoing regarding compensation.{{cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Sukriti |last2=Shukla |first2=Agatha |title=Delhi Court Summons Wikimedia Foundation Over Deletion Of Wikipedia Profile Of BJP Spokesperson Tuhin A. Sinha |url=https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/delhi-court-summons-wikimedia-foundation-over-deletion-wikipedia-profile-bjp |website=lawbeat.in |publisher=Lawbeat |access-date=19 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=Pete |title=Will Indian Courts Tame Wikipedia? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2024/09/will-indian-courts-tame-wikipedia/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=19 October 2024}}

Reviewing for The Hindu, Reshmi Kulkarni found Of Love and Politics to be a "more head-spinning than heady" political thriller with occasional splashes of romance.{{Cite news |last=Kulkarni |first=Reshma |date=4 December 2010 |title=Twists and turns |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Twists-and-turns/article15580362.ece |access-date=2022-10-22 |issn=0971-751X}} Reviewing The Edge of Desire, Kulkarni found the work to be a one-time-read that suffered from the intense cramming of a multitude of political affairs.{{Cite news |last=Kulkarni |first=Reshma S. |date=1 July 2012 |title=Heady cocktail |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/heady-cocktail/article3584043.ece |access-date=2022-10-22 |issn=0971-751X}} Sayoni Aiyar for News18.com deplored how Sinha's female lead character defined herself entirely by relationships with men in her life.{{Cite web |last=Aiyar |first=Sayoni |date=25 May 2012 |title='Edge of Desire' mirrors growing frenzy in politics |url=http://www.news18.com/news/books/book-review-53-477694.html |website=News18}} Reviewing for The Deccan Chronicle, Omkar Sane panned Let The Reason be Love as an epitome of mediocrity and predictability.{{Cite news |last=Sane |first=Omkar |date=10 January 2016 |title=Let The Reason Be Love |work=Deccan Chronicle |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/160110/lifestyle-booksart/article/book-review-let-reason-be-love-and-love-side-side |access-date=2022-10-23}} Sinha's non-fiction book on childcare, Daddy (2015), was described in The New Indian Express as written for "new-generation fathers."{{Cite web |last=Bhardwaj |first=Meera |date=13 January 2015 |title=The New-age Father |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2015/jan/13/the-new-age-father-704601.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The New Indian Express}}

• That Thing Called Love.
• 22 Yards;{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=6 November 2008 |title=Beyond 22 Yards |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Beyond-22-yards/article15392771.ece |access-date=2022-10-23}} republished as The Captain.
• Of Love and Politics.
• The Edge of Desire.
• The Edge of Power.{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=15 December 2013 |title=New Arrivals |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/book-reviews/2013-12-14-31387.html |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=The Pioneer |language=en}}
• Let the Reason Be Love.
• When the Chief Fell in Love.{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=16 March 2018 |title=Author Tuhin A Sinha: We are all suckers for romance |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/author-tuhin-a-sinha-we-are-all-suckers-for-romance/story-Whn0Oh1GGv75W7uuRkINOI.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
• Mission Shengzhan – India Fights The Dragon (co-authored with Clark Prasad).{{Cite web |last=Swaroop |first=Ananya |date=1 December 2021 |title=Eight Books of 2021 Recommended By Notable Authors To Fill Up Your Literary Diet |url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/culture/books/eight-books-of-2021-recommended-by-notable-authors-to-fill-up-your-literacy-diet/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Man's World |language=en-GB}}
• The Legend of Birsa Munda (co-authored with Ankita Verma).

• India Aspires: Redefining Politics of Development (co-authored with former BJP president Nitin Gadkari).{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=30 October 2013 |title=Print Pick |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/print-pick/article5290942.ece |access-date=2022-10-23}}
• Daddy.
• India Inspires: Redefining the Politics of Deliverance.{{Cite web |last=Express News Service |date=7 December 2018 |title=Will run bulldozer over contractor if roads found in bad shape: Nitin Gadkari |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/will-run-bulldozer-over-contractor-if-roads-found-in-bad-shape-nitin-gadkari-5482499/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• The Great Tribal Warriors of Bharat (co-authored with Ambalika).{{Cite web |last=Anand |first=Arun |date=6 August 2022 |title=Right Word {{!}} Remembering the great tribal warriors of Bharat who couldn't make it to our history books |url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/right-word-remembering-the-great-tribal-warriors-of-bharat-who-couldnt-make-it-to-our-history-books-11020921.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}

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• {{official|http://www.tuhin.in/home.html}}
• [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/writeindia/authors/authorstorysubmission/46355405.cms Sinha's Write India profile] on the Times of India website
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ekyIz2ExCk Sinha speaking on the role of corporates in road safety] at a 2018 FICCI event
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBD3fcE5qHo Sinha speaking on the way ahead for Kashmir] at the Orange City Literature Festival

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