Aseem Trivedi was born on 17 February 1987 in Shuklaganj at Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh State in India.

[4] After the ban on his website, Aseem Trivedi along with his friend Alok Dixit started Save Your Voice, a campaign for internet freedom.

The motive of the hunger strike was to request political parties to support the annulment motion against the Intermediary Guideline Rules of the Information Technology Act 2011 of India.

[23] He has been announced as the 2012 recipient of the "Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award" of Virginia based Cartoonists Rights Network International.

[24][25] Indian Affairs[26] founded by Satya Brahma Archived 6 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine in its 6th Annual India Leadership Conclave 2015 awarded Trivedi as "Cartoonist of the year 2015".

[27] He was also nominated for the Freedom of Expression Awards 2013 in Arts category by UK based group Index on Censorship.