EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Atishi was born on June 8, 1981, to Delhi University professors Vijay Singh Tomar and Tripta Wahi, in a Tomar Rajput family with a Punjabi background. Her parents named her "Marlena" as a middle name, which, according to her party, combines elements of Marx and Lenin. In 2018, just before the national elections, she decided to use only "Atishi" as her name, dropping her surname to encourage focus on her work rather than her family background.
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