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Afshan Anjum is a popular Indian TV journalist, anchor, and blogger. She is famous for hosting the TV news show ‘Kissa Cricket Ka’ (2008) telecasted on the Indian TV news channel NDTV.
Wiki/Biography
Afshan Anjum was born on 23 September in New Delhi. She is in her late 30s (as of 2021). Her zodiac sign is Libra. She did BA Hons in Journalism from Delhi University, from 1996 to 1999. She did a course in Broadcast Journalism. She received a Chevening Scholarship during the program from Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd, Wales, the UK in 2006. After her marriage, she shifted to Jammu & Kashmir with her husband.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Her father works at Avery India Ltd. She has two elder brothers, one of her brothers’ works as a scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and her other brother is a businessman.
Afshan Anjum’s mother and aunt (on right)
Husband & Children
Her husband, Danish Aziz, is a director at DKZ associates which works for UNICEF in development programs.
Afshan Anjum on her wedding day
The couple is blessed with a son, Zizou.
Afshan Anjum with her husband and son
Career
In January 1999, she joined Aaj Tak as a sports correspondent in New Delhi and worked there for almost four years. In January 2003, she started working as a news editor (sports) at NDTV and hosted a daily sports round-up show ‘Khel India/Googly’ during this period. Afshan gained immense popularity with her sports news show ‘Kissa Cricket Ka’ (2008) which she hosted along with the former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu. Some of the popular sports events she has hosted include India’s Tour of Pakistan in 2004, ICC World Cup Cricket tournaments in 2007, 2011, and 2015. Since 2019, she has been working as a columnist, writer, and blogger at The Kashmir Monitor a newspaper in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. In September 2020, she was appointed as a C4D consultant for UNICEF India.
Awards & Honours
- Best Television Event (2007) by ITA
- Madhav Jyoti Alankar Award (2009)
- NT Award for ‘Best Sports Presenter in Hindi’ (five times i.e. in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014)
- Humanity Foundation & Aditya Birla Group Award (2018)
- International Women Achievers Award (2018)
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, she talked about becoming a mother in her late 30s. She said,
I had my child in my late thirties, at an age I believed I had already lived more than half my life. By then, everyone including my mother, neighbourhood aunties, gynaecologists and even my maids had reminded me that it was high time I had a baby. I wasn’t just constantly reminded of the biological clock but also given hints of how it may just never happen. I did truly want it too, from the bottom of my heart. But how could I have a child before 35 when I only got married at 35? I wonder how many societies around the world advise having a child post 35 years of age. This number seems to have become an unofficial cut-off age for being a mother.”
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.