A veteran journalist and columnist, Chander Mohan was the distinguished editor of the Hindi daily Vir Pratap for forty years. Born in Lahore in pre-partition Punjab, he has been a leading voice in vernacular journalism, writing searing and uncompromising editorials. From penning his first editorial during militancy in Punjab to travelling in Rajiv Gandhi’s press entourage and later to Lahore with Prime Minister Vajpayee, he has witnessed several eras of politics and media. Chander Mohan is the co-author of Pratap, A Defiant Newspaper. The book is based on his family’s iconic Urdu newspaper launched in 1919. Pratap was more than just news – it was resistance, revolution and history in ink.
Semi-retired, he pens ‘maryadain,’ a weekly column for a national newspaper while managing several educational institutions in his hometown, Jalandhar. Journalism and education are his two passions, and he finds a way for both to complement each other.