Ayaz Memon has been a journalist for over 40 years. A graduate in Economics and Law from Mumbai University, he started off as a sports writer and went on to edit newspapers like Mid-Day, Bombay Times and DNA apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the Independent and Times of India at various stages. Currently he is a consulting editor 1Play Sports and a regular columnist for the Dainik Bhaskar Group, Hindustan Times, Mint, Deccan Chronicle/Asian Age, Lokmat Times and Times of India writing on sports, politics, cinema and social issues.