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Gulshan Ewing

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Gulshan Ewing
Born
Gulshan Mehta

1928 (1928)
Died (aged 92)
Richmond, London, United Kingdom
OccupationJournalist

Gulshan Ewing (née Mehta) (1928[1] – 18 April 2020) was an Indian journalist and socialite. She edited two of India's most popular magazines – women's journal Eve's Weekly and film magazine Star & Style – between 1966 and 1989.

Career

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Besides building a prominent reputation in the Eve's Weekly and Star & Style for some 23 years, she had earlier begun her career with the Dosu Karaka-edited Current and later moved over to Femina, which was published by The Times of India group.[2] The Eve's Weekly was owned by the Somani group.

Tributes

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Following her death in mid-2020, prominent Indian journalists who had worked with her around a generation earlier paid rich tributes to her memory. Among these was Sherna Gandhy's article in the Mid-Day.[2]

Personal life and death

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She was born in Mumbai to a Parsi family. In 1955, she married an Englishman named Guy Ewing with whom she moved to the UK in 1990. She died of COVID-19-related complications in Richmond, London, on 18 April 2020.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Sen, Shomini (May 2020). "Veteran Indian journalist Gulshan Ewing dies of coronavirus complication in London". WION. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Rembering Gulshan Ewing: The glamorous, kind hearted editor of Eve's Weekly". Mid-Day. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ^ Pandey, Geeta (1 May 2020). "Iconic editor's virus death adds to care home tragedy". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2020.