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In November 2010, OPEN magazine carried a story which reported transcripts of some of the telephone conversations of Nira Radia with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, many of whom have denied the allegations. The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced that they have 5,851 recordings of phone conversations by Radia, some of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in relation to the 2G spectrum sale. The tapes appear to demonstrate how Radia attempted to use some media persons (including Barkha Dutt and [[Vir Sanghvi]]) to influence the decision to appoint A. Raja as telecom minister.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268068 The Ratan Tata, Barkha Dutt & Other Tapes]</ref>
In November 2010, OPEN magazine carried a story which reported transcripts of some of the telephone conversations of Nira Radia with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, many of whom have denied the allegations. The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced that they have 5,851 recordings of phone conversations by Radia, some of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in relation to the 2G spectrum sale. The tapes appear to demonstrate how Radia attempted to use some media persons (including Barkha Dutt and [[Vir Sanghvi]]) to influence the decision to appoint A. Raja as telecom minister.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268068 The Ratan Tata, Barkha Dutt & Other Tapes]</ref>

On 26 November 2010, Barkha Dutt released an detailed statement, addressing questions raised by the tapes, which she claims were edited. <ref name="duttstatement">{{cite web|title=Barkha Dutt on the Allegations Against Her|url=http://www.ndtv.com/page/?type=barkha-statement|date=26 November 2010}}</ref>


== Awards and accolades==
== Awards and accolades==

Revision as of 17:35, 27 November 2010

Barkha Dutt
Barkha Dutt at the World Economic Forum
Born (1971-12-18) 18 December 1971 (age 52)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
EducationSt. Stephen's College, Delhi
Jamia Millia Islamia
Columbia University
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)We the People
The Buck Stops Here
TitleGroup Editor-English News NDTV
Websitehttp://www.barkhadutt.tv/

Barkha Dutt (Punjabi: ਬਰਖਾ ਦੁੱਤ) (Hindi: बरखा दत्त) is a controversial Indian TV journalist, columnist and congress party lobbyist. She is currently the Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television.[1]

Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor by congress party headed government. She writes a column for The Hindustan Times, called "Third Eye."

Personal life

Barkha Dutt was born in New Delhi to her father, S.P.Dutt, an official in Air India and Prabha Dutt who was a well-known journalist with the Hindustan Times. Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother, Prabha, a pioneer among women journalists in India.Prabha Dutt died in 1984, when she was in her prime, due to a brain haemorrhage. Barkha's younger sister Bahar Dutt[2] is also a T.V. journalist working for CNN IBN

Career

Barkha studied in Modern School, New Delhi and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with a degree in English literature. She received a Master's in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia Mass Communication Research Center, New Delhi. She started her journalistic career with NDTV and later rose to head the English news wing of the organization. She also got a master's in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York assisted by a Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship.[3]

Many noteworthy Indian personalities and peers have eulogized her for display of immense dedication and excellence in the field of journalism as can be seen from an interview where she said, "One thing I have learnt in my journalistic life is that to be disliked is the flip side of being liked. I respect criticism but then...I have been congratulated by people like N.R. Narayana Murthy, Shashi Tharoor and Salman Rushdie, among many others, for my and my channel’s reporting ."[4] NR Narayana Murthy was an independent director of NDTV at the time he aired his view on Ms Dutt.[5]

Controversies

Kargil War and Mumbai Attacks

Her reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta insinuated that she may have compromised the security of the troops by giving away troop locations.[6] Barkha disagreed, claiming that the then Chief of Indian Army, Gen VP Malik, indicated otherwise in his personal memoirs.[7] She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.In an interview published by The Tribune in 2004,Nirupama Dutt,the interviewer described Barkha Dutt as the best-known face of NDTV,who has attained iconic status as a reporter. A role model for the young, her appeal cuts across all age groups. Barkha has pushed the limits of intrepid news reporting far beyond the conventional.[8] Newswatch, a media watchdog, observed that her style of reporting was full of theatrics and had the merit to reduce complex issues to sound bytes.[9] She responded to such studies by remarking that the medium (of Television) lent itself to such shrillness.[10] Amita Malik, a prominent film and television critic, described her to be intrusive into the private lives of people with a long list of trite questions.[11] Sevanti Ninan, a media critic, thought of her as being a representative of the popular malaise afflicting the news media.[12] Barkha, according to many publications, was the journalist who came in for the most criticism for sensationalist coverage after the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks.[9][13][14] Vanity Fair Magazine carried a report citing that her broadcasts were used by terrorist handlers in Pakistan to relay orders back to those in Mumbai,[15]

Legal notices against bloggers

Ms. Dutt served legal notices to a number of bloggers, notably Chyetanya Kunte, who allegedly had come down heavily on her for "breaking every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai mayhem." through one of his blog posts. Many Indian Bloggers have expresses their sharp dissatisfaction towards her and her employer, NDTV for attempting to censor their right to Freedom of speech by way of such legal actions.[16] Barkha's reports on Naxalite Violence in Dantewada have been found to be factually incorrect and naive by some observers.[17]

Radia tapes controversy

Main article: Radia tapes controversy

In November 2010, OPEN magazine carried a story which reported transcripts of some of the telephone conversations of Nira Radia with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, many of whom have denied the allegations. The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced that they have 5,851 recordings of phone conversations by Radia, some of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in relation to the 2G spectrum sale. The tapes appear to demonstrate how Radia attempted to use some media persons (including Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi) to influence the decision to appoint A. Raja as telecom minister.[18]

On 26 November 2010, Barkha Dutt released an detailed statement, addressing questions raised by the tapes, which she claims were edited. [19]

Awards and accolades

She was conferred the [[Padma Shri]],a civilian honor in India by Congress government in 2008, for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami [20] Barkha also received the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association award for Journalist of the Year, 2007. Her Sunday talk show has won the most awards for any show across television channels, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row.[21] In 2008, Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.[22] She has been awarded the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award twice by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).[23] She has also received Society's Young Achievers Award. [24] She is a nominated member of India's National Integration Council.[25] She was also Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.[26]

References

  1. ^ Dutt, Barkha (2008-12-04). "On the record: Mumbai and media coverage". NDTV. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/8867214982
  3. ^ "Inlaks Alumni List". Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Targeting media is not just unfair, it's incorrect - Economy and Politics". livemint.com. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  5. ^ "Narayan Murthy". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  6. ^ "Front Page : Navy chief upset with electronic media". The Hindu. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  7. ^ http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/showcolumns.aspx?id=COLEN20080075194
  8. ^ Dutt, Nirupama (Sunday, July 11, 2004). "Dutt's way to blaze a trail". The Tribune. India: The Tribune Trust. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ a b "Mumbai terror attacks coverage was extensive but theatrical, DD News was least sensational | Newswatch". Newswatch.in. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  10. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  11. ^ "The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra - Sight & Sound". Tribuneindia.com. 2005-04-16. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  12. ^ "Magazine / Columns : Assembly-line news". The Hindu. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  13. ^ "India's media blasted for sensational Mumbai coverage". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  14. ^ Pepper, Daniel. "India's press rebuked for Mumbai terror stories". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  15. ^ "November 2009: Marie Brenner on the Taj Hotel Siege | Politics". Vanity Fair. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  16. ^ "Blogspoilers ahead!, Specials - Columnists - Pune Mirror,Pune Mirror". Punemirror.in. 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  17. ^ "More Pages From Dantewada". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  18. ^ The Ratan Tata, Barkha Dutt & Other Tapes
  19. ^ "Barkha Dutt on the Allegations Against Her". 26 November 2010.
  20. ^ "Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri by congress government in 2008". {{cite news}}: Text "um/news/rngf/awards/index_05.html" ignored (help)
  21. ^ "> News Room Headlines > TV18 Group & NDTV win top honours at Indian News Television Awards; Prannoy Roy gets Lifetime Achievement". Indiantelevision.com. 2007-07-19. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  22. ^ "Barkha Dutt Gets Most Intelligent News Show Host Award in Airtel Indian News Broadcasting Award (INB) 2008". India-server.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  23. ^ "Lounge | Barkha Dutt". Televisionpoint.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  24. ^ [1][dead link]
  25. ^ http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/NIC-MemberLst.pdf
  26. ^ [2][dead link]

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