Yana Mir is an Indian journalist, activist and content creator. She is the first female vlogger in Kashmir.
Wiki/Biography
Yana Mirchandani was born on Thursday, April 13, 1995, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India (age 29; as of 2024). Her zodiac sign is Aries.
Yana Mir childhood photos with her father
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from IEC University, New Delhi. She received her MBA from Mumbai University.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye color: hazel
family
Yana Mir belongs to an ethnically diverse family including Gujarati, Bihari and Sindhi.
Yes, this happened in Kashmir too…my parents were born here and I was born here. Live here but obviously I am a fusion of Gujarati, Bihari, South Indian Sindhi. But Mushar Murik was born, raised and lived in Islamabad, Pakistan and was a Kashmiri freedom fighter! https://t.co/TpwX9EBRvc
— Yana Mir (@MirYanaSY) September 2, 2023
Parents and siblings
Her father passed away in January 2024. She has a brother named Irfan Attari who is a journalist.
Yana Mir and her brother
husband
She is unmarried.
Religion/Religious Views
She practices Islam; however, according to some sources, she is not a Kashmiri Muslim.
Yana Mir’s post on being a Muslim in India
Profession
reporter
In March 2018, she took up the position of Marketing Executive at Noel Jansen Handbags in Mumbai. In February 2019, she joined TRK News (Real Kashmir News) as Editor-in-Chief.
Yana Mir in an interview with Real Kashmir News
In July 2021, she was appointed editor-in-chief of iTV Network. In September 2023, she started working as a senior anchor at Bharat Express in Delhi. She started working remotely as a freelance writer for Firstpost in November 2023.
activist
She is the vice-president of All JK Youth Society, a social organization dedicated to empowering youth and women in the valley. She also organized the first internationally renowned fashion show in Kashmir. In 2024, while speaking at the ‘Sankalp Divas’ event hosted by the British Parliament in London, Yana Mir urged the international media fraternity not to create divisions among the people of Jammu and Kashmir. She strongly condemned Pakistan’s propaganda campaign aimed at damaging India’s global reputation. She said she felt completely safe and free in Kashmir and stressed that Kashmir was an integral part of India. She said in her speech,
I am not Malala Yousafzai because I am free and safe in my country India. In my native Kashmir, it is a part of India. I will never have to seek asylum in your country. I will never be Malala Yousafzai, but I object to Malala defaming my country, my progressive homeland, as an oppressed nation. I object to all such toolkit members from social media and international media who never care about visiting Indian Kashmir but fabricate stories of oppression there. I urge you to stop polarizing Indians on the basis of religion. We will not allow you to undermine us. This Sankalp Diwas, all I hope is that the perpetrators living in the UK and Pakistan stop defaming our country in the international media or in international human rights forums. Stop the needless selective outrage and stop trying to polarize Indian society by reporting from British living rooms. Thousands of Kashmiri mothers have lost their sons to terrorism. Stop following us and let my Kashmiri community live in peace. Thank you and Jay Hind. ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_92zhpIGF5Q
content creator
In 2020, she created the YouTube channel “Yana Mir” where she posts vlogs about her daily life and interviews with different people. She is the first female YouTube vlogger from Kashmir, shedding light on the political situation in Kashmir from the grassroots. Her YouTube channel has over 200,000 subscribers.
Facts/Trivia
- In August 2022, she gave a Josh Talks speech.
Yana Mir in Josh Talks Aasha
- In 2024, she received the Diversity Ambassador Award.
- After returning to India from London on February 26, 2024, Yana Mir said she faced harassment at the airport. She expressed dissatisfaction with the treatment received by customs officials upon arrival at Delhi airport. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), she shared a video of her experience at the Delhi airport and wrote:
What I said about India in London: I am free and safe in India. My welcome back to India: ladies scan your bag, open your bag, why do you have a Louis Vuitton shopping bag? Did you pay them? When will the bill come out? ? ? What Londoners think of me: Indian media warrior. What Delhi Customs thinks of me: Brand Smuggler. ”
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Yana Mir’s Instagram post about non-vegetarian meals
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