“Ten contemporary Dharma Warriors: 4. Shefali Vaidya”, Hindudvesha, December 29, 2023:
“Shefali Vaidya stands out as a prominent and assertive voice advocating for dharma in contemporary times. A freelance writer, insightful newspaper columnist, and a vibrant media personality, she commands attention across diverse linguistic platforms. Her multilingual prowess spans English, Marathi, Konkani, Spanish, and more. As a consulting editor for Marathi news platform Media Vidya, Shefali’s written contributions are fixtures in publications like Swarajya Magazine, IndiaFacts, Tarun Bharat, OpIndia, FirstPost, ABP Online, Indian Express, and New Indian Express, encompassing cultural reflections, political discourse, social concerns, and current affairs.
Shefali was born into a legacy of Indian freedom struggle. Her father, Shri Prabhakar Trivikram Vaidya, led the Azad Gomantak Dal, an armed revolutionary force in Goa’s liberation from Portuguese rule. She married Ganesh Mohan and gave birth to triplets, two sons and a daughter, in 2010. Vaidya moved from the US to India in 2011, where her family supported her raising the children.
She holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communications from the University of Pune, an advanced post-graduate diploma in Spanish language, and a post-graduate diploma in Indology. Shefali merges her passion for temples, textiles, and travel into engaging vlogs on YouTube in both English and Marathi. With three authored Marathi books and an English translation of Dr. G. B. Deglurkar’s ‘All About A Temple,’ a revered Marathi book on temple architecture, her literary contributions flourish….”
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