Talk:Heidi Saadiya

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The first transgender journalist from Kerala[edit]

Heidi Saadiya is the first transgender broadcast journalist from Kerala. Padmini Prakash, is the first from India.


Education[edit]

Various sources say that she had attained BA, masters, and Postgrad. Dip. by age 22 or 23. That's a bit young to get all three. Is one of the sources mistaken? ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 19:18, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, what the sources says is true. Imperfect Boy (talk) 01:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How do you know? PRAXIDICAE🌈 01:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It was widely discussed in Kerala. Many Malayalam news channels reported those news. Imperfect Boy (talk) 01:22, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, just because it's discussed doesn't mean it's true. I see no evidence that this is possibly true. PRAXIDICAE🌈 01:22, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm accustomed to Masters courses being 2 years, but a 1-year course might be possible. Saadiya commenced the journalism diploma in July 2018 [1] and whilst I don't have a firm date for completion, she started her internship in August 2019 [2] and in September is said to have completed the diploma [3]. Something that strikes me as odd is that one article says she has masters in commerce + economics, where another says her husband was a postgrad in the same discipline. But nowhere in the articles on their relationship does it mention that they both studied commerce. ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 23:12, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
She is said to have been born mid 1999. To have spent a minimum 4 years on BA+masters and completed by mid 2018 as claimed, she would have to have commenced tertiary studies mid 2014 at age 15. (It's also claimed she spent 6 months studying medicine, but the work for that could have counted toward advanced standing in the BA.) ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 23:37, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage date[edit]

The given sources also differ as to whether Heidi was married in December 2019, or on 26 January 2020. ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 21:36, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, Hindustan Times probably just mixed up between proposal and marriage. ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 21:51, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, hang on, TNIE says proposal was in December, but the publication date on the article is August 2019. Our article says December 2019 not 2018. ⁓ Pelagicmessages ) 21:56, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]