Kamla Mankekar (1928 (1928)–2018)[1] was an Indian journalist, author, and social activist.
[2][3][4] Kamla Mankekar was born in Lahore, British India (currently in Pakistan), the daughter of Lilavati and Harbans Lal.
[4] In Delhi, she studied at the refugee camp college, and took evening postgraduate classes in journalism.
[4] Mankekar started her career as writer, columnist, and sub-editor for the Indian News Chronicle,[4][6] In 1950, she started working for The Times of India, where she was a writer, sub-editor, and film critic.
[2] In the 1960s, she headed the public relations department of Rallis India Ltd.[4] She wrote about her experiences as a pioneering Indian female journalist in her 2014 memoir, Breaking News: A Woman in a Man's World.