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Mohanjeet in front of the Herald Tribune building, New York 1958.
When she was thirteen years old, Mohanjeet stood first in philosophy honors at Mohindra College in Patiala where she was feted by the press. At fifteen, she started sending articles to the local paper.
Her passion for journalism grew in the USA, she wrote her first major pieces as UCLA Student Association’s President.
From 1956 to 1959 she worked for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Mohanjeet recalls being the first Asian woman on the staff of these leading U.S. dailies. Dressed in traditional sari, this political and cultural journalist surprised both the New York streets and its newsrooms.
She covered Jackie Kennedy’s sole trip to India for the New York Times.
In 1962, Mohanjeet returned to her country and started writing for The Times of India and still does so today.
In 1963, she moved to Paris where she was a correspondent for All India Radio and interviewed Nehru, Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv.
Her political and cultural inclinations led her to establish very close relationships with Paris intellectual life - Clémentin and Jean Claude Angeli, co-editors of Le Canard Enchaîné, Claude Bourdet, co-founder of Le Nouvel Observateur, Albert-Paul Lentin, senior reporter for Libération and cofounder of Politique Hebdo, Jean Daniel and many others. Mohanjeet also frequented Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière, who had together produced an adaptation of the famous Mahabharata - a contemporary transcript of a major Hindu text - and more recently, Emmanuel Pierrat, a specialist in intellectual property law.
Mohanjeet continues to write on a regular basis because political and cultural issues remain an essential part of her life.
When she was thirteen years old, Mohanjeet stood first in philosophy honors at Mohindra College in Patiala where she was feted by the press. At fifteen, she started sending articles to the local paper.
Her passion for journalism grew in the USA, she wrote her first major pieces as UCLA Student Association’s President.
From 1956 to 1959 she worked for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Mohanjeet recalls being the first Asian woman on the staff of these leading U.S. dailies. Dressed in traditional sari, this political and cultural journalist surprised both the New York streets and its newsrooms.
She covered Jackie Kennedy’s sole trip to India for the New York Times.
In 1962, Mohanjeet returned to her country and started writing for The Times of India and still does so today.
In 1963, she moved to Paris where she was a correspondent for All India Radio and interviewed Nehru, Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv.
Her political and cultural inclinations led her to establish very close relationships with Paris intellectual life - Clémentin and Jean Claude Angeli, co-editors of Le Canard Enchaîné, Claude Bourdet, co-founder of Le Nouvel Observateur, Albert-Paul Lentin, senior reporter for Libération and cofounder of Politique Hebdo, Jean Daniel and many others. Mohanjeet also frequented Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière, who had together produced an adaptation of the famous Mahabharata - a contemporary transcript of a major Hindu text - and more recently, Emmanuel Pierrat, a specialist in intellectual property law.
Mohanjeet continues to write on a regular basis because political and cultural issues remain an essential part of her life.
