{
  "id": 5940625,
  "title": "'Unemployed' Smriti Irani Recalls Calling People And Asking For Work After 2024 Election Defeat: 'The Experience Was Liberating'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/unemployed-smriti-irani-recalls-calling-people-and-asking-for-work",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T07:54:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/unemployed-smriti-irani-recalls-calling-people-and-asking-for-work-after-2024-election-defeat-the-experience-was-liberating"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Smriti Irani, the former Union minister and actress, reflected on her life after losing her seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In a recent interview, she expressed that the experience was liberating from various angles. Smriti explained that when she initially entered politics, she had something to prove. However, after her defeat in 2024, her focus shifted to contributing in any way she could. She described the experience as liberating because now she had something to contribute, and she had to find out who wanted to accept her contributions.\n\nFollowing her electoral loss, Smriti had to reassess her professional path. Instead of waiting for opportunities to present themselves, she took matters into her own hands and began reaching out to people in the media and entertainment industry. She recalled asking for work in media and entertainment, stating, \"I don't have a job, can you please give me some work?\" Her former JioHotstar colleague, Uday Shankar, became the reason behind her renewed career, despite initially being responsible for her dismissal. Uday Shankar is now the one offering her job again, highlighting the liberating aspect of her career shift.",
  "summary": "Former Union minister and actress-turned-politician Smriti Irani opened up about the period following her defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. During one of her recent interviews, she described the experience as a turning point in both her personal and professional life. For those unversed, Smriti, who had previously represented Amethi in the Lok Sabha, lost the constituency to Congress leader…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}