Subhashini Ali

Subhashini Ali
Subhashini Ali
	Subhashini Ali in 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1989–1991
Constituency	Kanpur
Preceded by	Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi
Succeeded by	Jagat Vir Singh Drona
President, All India Democratic Women's Association
Succeeded by	Jagmati Sangwan
Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2015
Personal details
Born	Subhashini Sehgal; 29 December 1947 (age 76); Kanpur, United Provinces, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Muzaffar Ali (separated)
Relations	Ammu Swaminathan (grandmother),Prem Sehgal (father), Lakshmi Sehgal (mother), Mrinalini Sarabhai (aunt), Mallika Sarabhai (cousin)
Children	Shaad Ali
Residence(s)	VIP Road, Civil Lines, Kanpur
Alma mater	Women's Christian College, Kanpur University
	As of 27 January, 2007

Subhasini Ali (née Sehgal; born 29 December 1947) is an Indian Marxist politician. She is a Polit Buro Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is also the former President of the All India Democratic Women's Association and former Member of Parliament from Kanpur.

Early life and education

Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sahgal and Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminadhan)^[2] who were a part of the Indian National Army. She attended Welham Girls' School in Dehradun.^[3] She did her bachelor's degree from Women's Christian College in Madras^[1] and later did her master's degree from the Kanpur University.

Career

Politics

As a trade Unionist and leader of the All India Democratic Women's Association, she was once very influential in the politics of Kanpur where the Communist Party of India (CPI) held sway over trade unions and which elected CPI-supported S.M. Banerjee to Lok Sabha four times from 1957 to 1971. This influence of CPI helped her win the General elections of 1989 to the parliament and she defeated her nearest rival BJP candidate by 56,587 votes from Kanpur. The CPI influence waned after the emergency in 1977 and she lost the General elections of 1996 by 151,090 votes. She finished at the fifth place in the General elections of 2004 polling only 4558 votes (0.74%).^[4] She fought the General elections of 2014 from Barrackpore as a CPI(M) candidate but lost.^[5]

She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was inducted to the polit bureau (PB) of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2015 thereby becoming the second women member in PB after Brinda Karat.^[6]

Ali published her translation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels into Hindi in 2019.^[7]

Films

Subhashini Ali designed period costumes for 1981 film, Umrao Jaan, directed by her then-husband Muzaffar Ali. She also dabbles in amateur acting, and her first starring role was in Asoka in 2001, followed by an English feature, The Guru, in 2002, and was seen again in 2005, with her fellow party member, Brinda Karat in the film Amu.^[8]

She inspired the film Anjuman (1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali.^[9]

Personal life

She was previously married to filmmaker Muzaffar Ali. Their son, Shaad Ali, is also a filmmaker who is known for directing many popular films.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Ali is an atheist.^[14] She is the cousin of Indian classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai, daughter of her mother's sister Mrinalini Sarabhai and scientist Vikram Sarabhai.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "Crusader for the women's cause". The Hindu. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 March 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ LAXMI SAHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON Archived 11 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine the-south-Asian, October 2001.
^ Fernandes, Vivek (21 July 2001). "The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
^ "Out with the truth on Netaji, says Subhashini Ali (Election Special)". Business Standard. IANS. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ "Barrackpore Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result, General Election 2024 Result, Vote Counting and Winner Updates". India TV News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Dinesh Trivedi from AITC won the seat and was polled 479,206 votes with a vote share of 45.53%. CPM candidate Subhashini Ali got 272,433 votes (25.88 %) and was the runner-up.
^ Savkoor, Tanya. "Meet The Three Women Petitioners Who Fought For Bilkis Bano's Justice". SheThePeople. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Communist Party of INDIA (Marxist) and author Subhashini Ali before launching her book "Hindi Translation of the Communist Manifesto", at Constitution Club in New Delhi". The Hindu. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ Subhashini Ali at IMDb
^ Gupta, Rudrani. "Women Empowerment Through Three Generations". SheThePeople. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Finally, the director at home". Hindustan Times. 29 January 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "Shaad Ali ties the knot again - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "With OK Jaanu, Shaad Ali is remaking another Mani Ratnam film: Is OK Kanmani the best choice?". Firstpost. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ Cotter, Holland (18 July 1999). "Rummana Hussain, 47, Indian Conceptual Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "The Rediff Interview/Subhasini Ali". Rediff.com. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2024. There are religions that have very rigid rules and there are others that don't. Religion is something that I, as a person, am not interested in. I have always been an atheist. My parents were atheists. It doesn't bother me if somebody is religious. My problem is when religion is used to institutionalise other things.
^ "Ali's Karat and family 'factors'". Telegraph India. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

External links

[Tiger-1] "Crusader for the women's cause". The Hindu. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 March 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[:0-2] LAXMI SAHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON Archived 11 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine the-south-Asian, October 2001.

[3] Fernandes, Vivek (21 July 2001). "The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2007.

[4] "Out with the truth on Netaji, says Subhashini Ali (Election Special)". Business Standard. IANS. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[5] "Barrackpore Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result, General Election 2024 Result, Vote Counting and Winner Updates". India TV News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Dinesh Trivedi from AITC won the seat and was polled 479,206 votes with a vote share of 45.53%. CPM candidate Subhashini Ali got 272,433 votes (25.88 %) and was the runner-up.

[6] Savkoor, Tanya. "Meet The Three Women Petitioners Who Fought For Bilkis Bano's Justice". SheThePeople. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[7] "Communist Party of INDIA (Marxist) and author Subhashini Ali before launching her book "Hindi Translation of the Communist Manifesto", at Constitution Club in New Delhi". The Hindu. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[8] Subhashini Ali at IMDb

[9] Gupta, Rudrani. "Women Empowerment Through Three Generations". SheThePeople. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[10] "Finally, the director at home". Hindustan Times. 29 January 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[11] "Shaad Ali ties the knot again - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[12] "With OK Jaanu, Shaad Ali is remaking another Mani Ratnam film: Is OK Kanmani the best choice?". Firstpost. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[13] Cotter, Holland (18 July 1999). "Rummana Hussain, 47, Indian Conceptual Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[14] "The Rediff Interview/Subhasini Ali". Rediff.com. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2024. There are religions that have very rigid rules and there are others that don't. Religion is something that I, as a person, am not interested in. I have always been an atheist. My parents were atheists. It doesn't bother me if somebody is religious. My problem is when religion is used to institutionalise other things.

[15] "Ali's Karat and family 'factors'". Telegraph India. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

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