An independent lady of grit, Meeta Choudhury Dutta dons many hats. She is a well known advocate at the Gauhati High Court, a social activist, an entrepreneur, a freelance model and an actor.
Born to a Punjabi family based in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, Meeta did her schooling at multiple places due to the transferable nature of her father's job. However, for the most part of it, she studied at Birla Vidya Niketan School in New Delhi. She went on to pursue graduation in English (Honours) partly from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi and the rest from Cotton College, Guwahati. Meeta further studied law from Bongaigaon Law College, Bongaigaon.
Soon after graduating from Law College, Meeta started her career joining the Gauhati High Court. As a lawyer, she specialises in the criminal and matrimonial fields of law. She has fought and won many path-breaking cases.
"Each case is very challenging but especially challenging are the ones where I'm able to contribute to the delivery of justice to the deprived and suppressed womenfolk," said Meeta in a conversation with G Plus.
She is also associated with various NGOs like Feeding India (an organisation that fights against hunger, malnutrition and food wastage), Awareness (spreading awareness about aforestation), Together for Change (which promotes literacy) and Ujeevit Foundation (fighting against youth-centric issues). Her interviews and activities have been broadcast on local radio channels and also published in the local newspapers.
Meeta has also widely spoken about the rights of the transgender and is one of their supporters to the hilt. She believes that while a lot has been done in regard to giving the transgender community their rights, much more still needs to be done.
“No one is a transgender by choice. It is an aberration of nature that some people have unfortunately fallen prey to. But the great thing is that many among them have emerged stronger and instead of allowing their predicament to suppress them they have come out of it by excelling in their chosen fields of activity,” Meeta expressed, speaking to G Plus.
Meeta says she’s been inspired by many luminaries in life, all from different fields. But on the legal front, she’s been most inspired by Arun Jaitley and Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan of Gauhati High Court.
Expressing her thoughts on the MeToo movement, Meeta said, "Many women hitherto exploited by their ever so dominating men folk at work or play have been able to see light at the end of a very dark tunnel. They now have a chance to give vent to years of mental trauma and frustration by speaking out against and exposing such men who once thought they could do whatever they wished with impunity. This movement will revolutionise the level of circumspection and discretion and some of those men will henceforth be bound to exercise restraint in their interaction with women.”
With over 10 years of experience in writing, she has successfully generated hundreds of legal drafts, beauty blogs, letters, proposals, presentations and reviews. She has also designed and produced material for newsletters, brochures, and flyers. Meeta has never left anyone short of thrilled with her write-ups, essays and articles. Many of her articles have also been published in The Assam Tribune.
In 2018, Meeta founded ‘Styling Divas’, a makeup and styling portal with the aim to help men and women create the perfect look and store it for years to come.
A Punjabi by birth, Meeta tied the knot with Aloke Dutta, an Assamese-Bengali. With her in-laws being in the film exhibition, distribution and production business, she became a part of the industry too. Her father-in-law, Late AK Dutta, was an active film producer in both Bengal and Assam and had produced hit Assamese and Bengali movies like ‘Raja’ and ‘Raag Anuraag’ respectively. Her maternal father-in-law, Late KK Choudhury had been the president of Film Federation of India.
She is now closely associated with the fashion and film industry. She has acted in an advertisement for a sister concern of Balaji Telefilms, Mumbai and says that she has many web series and projects from Bollywood in the pipeline that she's ardently looking forward to.
The actor-model-lawyer has also attended various beauty pageants and talent shows as jury member as well as guest of honour in Guwahati and Mumbai. She had recently attended a show alongside Bollywood actress Mugdha Godse and actor-presenter Aman Verma.
“They say behind every successful man there is a woman. I say behind me is my husband,” Meeta exclaimed.
