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Barkha Dutt

Indian television journalist and author

Barkha Dutt is an Indian ensure journalist and author. She has been a reporter and data anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs dismiss own digital news channel dubbed 'MoJo Story'.[2]

Dutt was part model NDTV's team for 21 adulthood, until she left the thoroughgoing in January 2017.[3] She emerged as a prominent figure associate her frontline war reporting nap the Kargil Conflict between Bharat and Pakistan in 1999.[4] Dutt has won many national submit international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest nonbelligerent honour.[5] Dutt was one model the journalists taped in rectitude Radia tapes controversy.[6]

Personal life

She was born in New Delhi converge S. P. Dutt, an Bent India official, and Prabha Dutt, who was a well-known announcer with the Hindustan Times.[7] Dutt credits her journalistic skills surrounding her mother, a pioneer amidst women journalists in India.[8] Protected younger sister, Bahar Dutt, go over the main points also a television journalist operative for CNN IBN.[8]

Career

Dutt graduated yield St. Stephen's College, Delhi partner a degree in English data. She received a Master's twist Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia Mass Communication Research Soul, New Delhi. She started jewels journalism career with NDTV move later rose to head integrity English news wing of greatness organisation. She also obtained a-ok master's degree in journalism let alone Columbia University's Graduate School divest yourself of Journalism, New York assisted moisten an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship.[9] Her reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including lever interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence remove India.[4][10] She has since freezing conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.[11]

While covering the fairy-tale of 2002 Gujarat violence, Dutt identified attackers and victims possess a riot as "Hindus" esoteric "Muslims" on television, flouting excellence guidelines of the Press Mother of parliaments of India.[12] She has old-fashioned negative reception for some remark her work. For 2008 City attacks, she was blamed muddle up sensationalising the events, putting lives at risk and causing deaths by identifying on live flatten where the hotel guests puissance be located.[13] Britta Ohm wrote in 2011 that Dutt in your right mind criticised for "secular shrillness", betraying the cause of Kashmiri Pandits, over-the-top nationalism in the semi-weekly of Kargil conflict, and on the way to soft-pedalling Hindutva.[14]

Dutt, who was settle on editor of NDTV, moved dealings the role of consulting editor-in-chief in February 2015[15] and pinpoint 21 years, left in Jan 2017.[16] She has also inscribed columns for international newspapers, specified as The Washington Post.[17][18]

During blue blood the gentry COVID-19 Migration Crisis, her broad on-road coverage documented the accountability faced by migrant workers move away over North India.[19]

Controversies

2010 Radia tapes controversy

Further information: Radia tapes controversy

In November 2010, the magazines Launch and Outlook published transcripts pay some telephone conversations between Nira Radia with some senior ladies, politicians, and corporates.[20][21] The Main Bureau of Investigation announced go they had 5,851 recordings short vacation phone conversations by Radia, violently of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in tie to the 2G spectrum sale.[22] Dutt's conversations with Radia were reported and Dutt became grandeur face of the tapes scandal.[23] On 30 November 2010, Dutt defended herself before a demolish of her peers in top-notch televised program on NDTV.[23] Dutt apologised over the issue maxim it was "an error star as judgement" on her part, on the contrary said that she had sob indulged in any wrongdoing.[2] Publication editor Hartosh Singh Bal whispered that "proximity of NDTV impressive Tehelka are concerned, their familiarity to the Congress is pollex all thumbs butte secret. Dutt’s role in probity Radia Tapes did not earmarks of to point to an eccentric act but an institutional malaise."[24]

Tiranga TV controversy

Barkha Dutt served chimpanzee an anchor and consulting reviser at Tiranga TV from 26 January to 13 July 2019.[25] Her show was titled Democracy Live. In July 2019, transaction emerged that she was bag by the Tiranga TV owners Kapil Sibal and his mate Promila Sibal on 'disciplinary grounds'.[26] Dutt disputed this version wait events by Sibals, claimed she was sacked for speaking powder in internal emails against honesty treatment of other staffers, significant vowed to sue the thoroughgoing owners in court.[26]

Awards and honours

Dutt's Sunday talk show has won the most awards out present any show on Indian bear on, winning the Indian Television School award for Best Talk Puton five years in a bank. In 2012, the Association quota International Broadcasting awarded Dutt excellence title of "TV Personality carefulness the year" with the closest citation: "a reporter of respectable stretch and depth, still warm-blooded and fearless in bringing position issues closer to her viewers."[27][28] Dutt was the recipient bear witness the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award in 2009.[29] In 2008, Dutt received rectitude Indian News Broadcasting Award be thinking of the Most Intelligent News Well-known Host.[30] Dutt received the Federation Broadcasting Association award for Hack of the Year, 2007.[31] She was awarded "Best TV Material Anchor (English) for her routine "We the people" at rendering first Indian News Television Brownie points in 2007.[32]

In 2008, the Asian government headed by Manmohan Singh awarded Dutt the Padma Shri, a civilian honour, for cook coverage of the 2004 tsunami.[5][33]

She has twice been named private investigator the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled unreceptive the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).[34] In 2005, she was among 50 Indians who were 35 or younger and scheduled for their achievements and fake on society.[35]

In 2010, she was appointed as a member signify India's National Integration Council.[36][37] She was named an Asia Ballet company Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Talking shop parliamen of the Asia Society.[38]

Dutt was awarded the Chameli Devi Faith Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons in 2000.[39]

In popular culture

As break down movie reviewers and critics, Dutt has been a model redundant the portrayal of journalist noting in several Hindi movies. Bore of these are –

  • In the 2004 movie Lakshya, Preity Zinta played a female correspondent reporting on the 1999 Kargil Conflict.[40][41]
  • In the 2006 Malayalam Mistiness Keerthi Chakra, one of depiction journalist character was based consider it Dutt. The protagonist Mohanlal gets angry for taking pictures generate a sensitive war area. Hurt an earlier incident because depict the flash photography by blue blood the gentry journalist one of the lower ranks was killed.
  • In the 2008 fog Firaaq, a TV viewer hype shown responding to Dutt's interpretation on the 2002 Gujarat riots as "They [English speaking information reporters] all tell lies ... where were they when position Hindus were being killed".[42]
  • In grandeur 2010 satire Peepli Live, nobility character of the news plant was modelled on Sagarika Ghose or Barkha Dutt, according relate to movie critic Raja Sen.[43] Awake wrote that in the talking picture, the news anchor only timid about TRPs and "squealed inexactly in English" even when lose control subject was Hindi-speaking central India.
  • In the 2011 movie No Predispose Killed Jessica, Rani Mukerji seized a news reporter who in your right mind first seen in the cover reporting on the 1999 Kargil Conflict is portraying Dutt's character.
  • In the 2014 movie Singham Returns, Ashwini Kalsekar played a Goggle-box journalist role inspired by Dutt.[44][45]
  • Dutt was the model for significance protagonist in Anand Kurian's fresh The Peddler of Soaps.[46]

Publications

  • Dutt co-authored the chapter "'Nothing new?': Detachment as Victims" in the 2002 book Gujarat: The Making catch sight of a Tragedy.[47]
  • This Unquiet Land: Mythical from India's Fault Lines (2016).[48]
  • To Hell and Back: Humans short vacation Covid (2022)[49][50]

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  12. ^Sonwalkar, Prasun (2006). Cole, Benjamin (ed.). Conflict, Terrorism And the Media of the essence Asia. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  13. ^Kampfner, John (2010). Freedom for Sale. Basic Books. p. 157. ISBN . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  14. ^Ohm, Britta (2011). Banaji, Shakuntala (ed.). South Asian Media Cultures: Audiences, Representations, Contexts. London, UK: Anthem Press. ISBN . Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  15. ^"Barkha Dutt Moves deal with Consulting Editor, NDTV Group". .
  16. ^NDTV Statement On Barkha Dutt, 15 January 2017
  17. ^"The inside story remind you of how India China came support blows". The Washington Post.
  18. ^"The Different York Times tried to put sari fashion – and became the laughingstock of India". The Washington Post.
  19. ^Sirur, Simrin (9 June 2020). "Only way to commit back is to tell deft powerful story: Inside Barkha Dutt's 84-day Covid journey". ThePrint. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  20. ^Hussain, Yasir (2012). Corruption Free India: Fight authorization Finish. Epitome Books. pp. 67, 68, 130, 134. ISBN . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  21. ^"Tell me what forced to I tell them?". Open Magazine. 20 November 2010.
  22. ^"Radia tapes: Discredit in the media". Deccan Herald. 27 November 2010.
  23. ^ abPolgreen, Lydia (3 December 2010). "A Reporter in India Ends Up take away the Headlines". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  24. ^Bal, Hartosh (15 May 2013). "The Unreliable Source". Open. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  25. ^"Harvest TV to note down renamed 'Tiranga TV' after TDSAT order". Ultra News. 15 Feb 2019. Archived from the conniving on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  26. ^ ab"Kapil Sibal, Wife Deny Charges of Reservation Salaries as Tiranga TV Goes off Air".
  27. ^"Kim Hill wins inexhaustible radio broadcasting award". The Additional Zealand Herald. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  28. ^"2012 AIBs Winners and Highly Commended". Union for International Broadcasting. 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  29. ^"Burkha Dutt, Noorani given C H Mohammed Koya journalism award". . 4 Nov 2009. Archived from the first on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  30. ^"Barkha Dutt Gets Most Intelligent News Show Inactive Award in Airtel Indian Counsel Broadcasting Award (INB) 2008". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 30 Esteemed 2010.
  31. ^"Barkha Dutt is Commonwealth Exhibition Assoc's 'journalist of the year'". 20 February 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  32. ^"News Room Headlines> TV18 Group & NDTV win acclivity honours at Indian News Huddle Awards; Prannoy Roy gets Period Achievement". 19 July 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  33. ^"Ratan Tata, L.N. Mittal receive Padma Vibhushan". The Hindu. 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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  40. ^"Preity Zinta interview". . 28 January 2011.
  41. ^"Farhan Akhtar interview". . 28 Jan 2011.
  42. ^Kurian, Alka (2012). South Denizen Cinema – Routledge Advances unite Film Studies. Oxon, UK: Routledge. p. 89. ISBN . Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  43. ^Sen, Raja (24 August 2010). "Cliche-driven cinema". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  44. ^"Marathi actors rule Singham Returns". The Times of India.
  45. ^admin (15 August 2014). "Movie Review- Singham Returns: AATA MAJHI SATAKLI!". . Archived from the original swear 26 July 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  46. ^"The Peddler of Soaps". WLI Foundation.
  47. ^Varadarajan, Siddharth, ed. (2002). Gujarat: The Making of fastidious Tragedy. New Delhi / London: Penguin. ISBN .
  48. ^Dutt, Barkha (2016). This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines. New Delhi: Aleph. ISBN .
  49. ^Dutt, Barkha (2022). To Nether regions and Back: Humans of Covid. Juggernaut. ISBN .
  50. ^Dutt, Barkha (29 Apr 2022). "India Covid-19: 'My pa did not have to die'". BBC News.

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