Tulika Mehrotra
{{Short description|American novelist and journalist}}
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| birth_place = Lucknow, India
| occupation = Technology executive and author
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| alma_mater = University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
European Institute of Design
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| notableworks = Delhi Stopover, Crashing B-Town
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Tulika Mehrotra is an American technology executive and author.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/of-stopovers-and-destinations/article3991190.ece |title=Of stopovers and destinations |last1= |first1= |date=12 October 2012 |website=The Hindu |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-date=31 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531034246/http://www.thehindu.com/books/of-stopovers-and-destinations/article3991190.ece |url-status=live }} Her novels Delhi Stopover and Crashing B-Town, published by Penguin Books, were bestsellers in India.
Early life and education
Tulika Mehrotra is based in Chicago.{{cite news |last1=Pisharoty |first1=Sangeeta Barooah |title=Spice and substance |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/spice-and-substance/article5296988.ece |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=30 October 2013 |language=en-IN |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510081607/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/spice-and-substance/article5296988.ece |url-status=live }} She was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India and is fluent in Hindi.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DSTTagQKYk |title=Author Tulika Mehrotra on Aaj Savere, Part 1. |publisher=Doordarshan |via=YouTube |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410193743/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DSTTagQKYk |url-status=live }}
She received her bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign{{cite web |url=http://tulikam.com/home/bio/ |title=Author bio |website=Tulika Mehrotra personal website |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-date=10 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410024643/http://tulikam.com/home/bio/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.coolage.in/2013/01/31/i-would-be-cheating-readers-if-i-censored-the-raw-truth-tulika/ |title=I would be cheating readers if I censored the raw truth: Tulika Mehrotra |last1= |first1= |date=31 January 2013 |website=CoolAge.in |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602082729/http://www.coolage.in/2013/01/31/i-would-be-cheating-readers-if-i-censored-the-raw-truth-tulika |url-status=dead }} During her undergraduate studies, she studied abroad at the University of Reading at the ICMA Business School in England.
For graduate studies, she attended the European Institute of Design ({{langx|it|Istituto Europeo di Design}}) in Milan, Italy where she received her master's degree in fashion design. After completing her degree, she lived in Paris where she briefly studied French.
Career
After a corporate career that began in the fashion industry in New York and transitioned to media in Los Angeles, Tulika focused her attention on writing. Her first two novels were published by Penguin Publishers.{{cite web |url=http://www.writersside.com/2010/06/news/ |title=News |website=Writer's Side |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113083047/http://www.writersside.com/2010/06/news/ |archive-date=13 January 2013 |access-date=11 May 2013}}
Tulika has also written for various magazines including Harper's Bazaar,{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4h1Mk36rFI |title=Author Tulika Mehrotra on Aaj Savere, Part 2 |publisher=Doordarshan |via=YouTube |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=3 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503234526/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4h1Mk36rFI |url-status=live }} Elle, Vogue, Grazia, India Today{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/true-value/1/228175.html |title=True Value |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Tulika |date=8 November 2012 |website=India Today |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524090022/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/true-value/1/228175.html |url-status=live }} and Men's Health.{{cite web |url=http://menshealth.intoday.in/story/tulika-mehrotra/0/4327.html |title=Lipstick or pepper spray? You choose |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Tulika |date=February 2013 |website=Men's Health |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070744/http://menshealth.intoday.in/story/tulika-mehrotra/0/4327.html |url-status=dead }}
Her debut novel Delhi Stopover was published in 2012 by Penguin Books India.{{cite web |url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1324774.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106092342/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1324774.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2012 |title=A fashion story the desi way |last1=Shenoy |first1=Sonali |date=3 November 2012 |website=The New Indian Express |accessdate=10 May 2013}} Ridhima Sud, in Vogue India, wrote that the work contains "enough fashion in it for it to be considered chic, and plenty of satire for its literary cred."{{cite news |last1=Sud |first1=Ridhima |title=Tulika Mehrotra's debut novel |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/tulika-mehrotras-debut-novel |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=Vogue India |date=10 October 2012 |language=en-IN |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214050126/https://www.vogue.in/content/tulika-mehrotras-debut-novel |url-status=live }} The sequel, Crashing B-Town was released the following year.{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Sravasti |title=Inside story |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/inside-story/article5390046.ece |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=25 November 2013 |language=en-IN |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214041352/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/inside-story/article5390046.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/a-bestseller-always-has-the-element-of-surprise/565721.37528/page/0 |title=A Bestseller Always Has The Element Of Surprise |last1=Chaini |first1=Sanjitha Rao |date=8 October 2012 |website=Businessworld |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead}} Both titles became best sellers in India. The novels explore the cultural changes in modern India and within the youth generation using a backdrop of the fashion and film industries in Delhi and Mumbai.
Personal life
Mehotra married Mohit Chopra in a Hindu ceremony on 25 January 2015, and a ceremony later that year at Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington County, Virginia.{{cite web |last1=Coffey |first1=Jennifer |date=8 February 2015 |title=Tulika Mehrotra and Mohit Chopra |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/fashion/weddings/tulika-mehrotra-and-mohit-chopra.html |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214021733/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/fashion/weddings/tulika-mehrotra-and-mohit-chopra.html |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tulikamehrotra.com Personal website]
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