Dia Chakravarty | |
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Native name | দিয়া সুদেষ্ণা চক্রবর্তী |
Born |
Dia Sudeshna Chakravarty 1984 (age 32–33) Sylhet Division, Bangladesh |
Residence | London, England |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Citizenship | British |
Education | Law |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation | Political activist, singer, tax consultant, barrister |
Years active | 2012–present |
Title | Political Director of the TaxPayers' Alliance |
Spouse(s) | Duncan Hall (m. 2007) |
Parent(s) | Supriyo Chakravarty (father) Sultana Kamal (mother) |
Relatives | Kamal Uddin Ahmed (maternal grandfather) Sufia Kamal (maternal grandmother) |
Musical career | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Laser Vision |
Dia Sudeshna Chakravarty (Bengali: দিয়া সুদেষ্ণা চক্রবর্তী; born 1984) is a Bangladeshi-born British political activist, Political Director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, and singer.
Chakravarty was born in Bangladesh to parents of different faiths. Her Muslim mother, Sultana Kamal, is a lawyer and human rights activist who runs a legal aid organisation in Bangladesh. Her Hindu father, Supriyo Chakravarty, is also a lawyer. Her parents decided to keep their respective religions after marriage. She is her parents' only child. Her maternal grandmother is the poet Sufia Kamal. Chakravarty attended a school in Sylhet her parents set up which taught the British Council-regulated O-level curriculum and examination syllabus. The school took students to the age of 14, after which her schooling was mostly tutorial-based. Later, she entered the mainstream education system to continue with her O-levels. She achieved seven O-levels.
She then got a partial scholarship to sixth-form college in Oxford, to board and sit her A-levels, after her parents remortgaged their family home, she left for the UK in 2001. Her mother, who had spent most of her life doing voluntary work until then, moved to Dhaka, to take up a full-time job. Chakravarty read Law at the University of Oxford and became a barrister in 2008.
Chakravarty started her career as a tax consultant in London before moving into communication and public affairs. From July 2012 to December 2013, she was the Deputy Director of the Freedom Association where she spent 16 months making the case for freedom of speech and expression, and freedom of the press. In January 2014, she was appointed Political Director of the TaxPayers' Alliance.