Vangmayi Parakala is an Indian journalist. She is the daughter of the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman.
Wiki/Biography
Vangmayi Parakala was born on Monday, 20 May 1991 (age 32; in 2023) in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Vangmayi Parakala’s childhood photos with Nirmala Sitharaman
After completing her schooling, she enrolled at Delhi University, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature. After completing his BA, he moved to the United States, where he enrolled at The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University and earned a master’s degree in science in journalism; he specializes in magazine writing and photojournalism.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Photo of Vangmayi Parakala with her maternal grandfather
Family & Caste
Vangmayi Parakala belongs to a Hindu Brahmin family.
Parents & Siblings
Her father, Parakala Prabhakar, is a politician, political economist, social worker and television presenter who served as a communications adviser in the Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2018. Her mother, Nirmala Sitharaman, is the Finance Minister of India. He has no siblings.
Nirmala Sitharaman with her husband and daughter
Husband & Son
Her husband, Pratik Doshi, works as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and is considered a close confidant of Narendra Modi. He married her on June 7, 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. According to sources, their marriage ceremony was only attended by close friends of the bride and groom and not famous personalities. Their marriage was also attended by seers from Udupi Adamaru Mutt who came to bless the bride and groom. The marriage followed the Vedic rituals of the Adammaru Mutt.
Nirmala Sitharaman’s daughter’s wedding photo
religion
Vangmayi Parakala follows the Hindu religion.
Career
After completing his formal education, he started working as a journalist with the national newspaper The Hindu. After working with the newspaper for some time, he joined Mint, where he worked as a senior reporter and published articles on lifestyle, art and technology. His articles have also appeared in The New Indian Express, The Voice of Fashion, Literary Hub, Hindustan Times, and Pacific Standard.
Facts/Trivia
- He also used the name Parakala Vangmayi.
- He is a hodophile (one who likes to travel) and has visited many countries.
- Vangmayi Parakala enthusiastically follows her hobby of reading.
- In 2018, Nirmala Sitharaman posed with a female officer from the Indian Army. The photo was shared on social media, claiming that the woman was Nirmala’s daughter. However, it later turned out that this information was false and the female officer in the picture was not Nirmala’s daughter.
- In November 2018, she was selected for the National Geographic Society’s Out of Eden Walk and Slow Journalism Workshop. During the workshop, he received guidance from Paul Salopek, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Arati Kumar Rao, a visual journalist.
- In December 2021, Vangmayi Parakala wrote a personal essay about the cultural trend of having cats as pets, and it was published in a book called “Cat People” by Simon & Schuster India.
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