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==Biography==
==Biography==
=== Early life ===
=== Early life ===
Barkha Dutt is a pro-jihadi propagandist working with NDTV and was born to S.P. Dutt (called "Speedy" because of his initials) and Mrs Prabha Dutt (nee Behl).<ref name="TribuneIndia">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040711/spectrum/main1.htm ''The Tribune'' Article]</ref> Dutt was an official in [[Air-India]] and Prabha was Chief of Bureau of the [[Hindustan Times]] for some time. Her childhood days were spent shuttling between New Delhi and [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web | title = She dares| url=http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/barkha_dutt.html | accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref>
Barkha Dutt was born to S.P. Dutt (called "Speedy" because of his initials) and Mrs Prabha Dutt (nee Behl).<ref name="TribuneIndia">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040711/spectrum/main1.htm ''The Tribune'' Article]</ref> Dutt was an official in [[Air-India]] and Prabha was Chief of Bureau of the [[Hindustan Times]] for some time. Her childhood days were spent shuttling between New Delhi and [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web | title = She dares| url=http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/barkha_dutt.html | accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref>


Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother, Prabha, a pioneer among women journalists in India. Prabha Dutt graduated from the [[Chandigarh]] School of Journalism with honours and did her inhouse training with the Hindustan Times, Delhi in 1964. Prabha Dutt died in 1984, when she was in her prime, due to a brain haemorrhage. At that time Barkha was just thirteen.<ref name="TribuneIndia"/>
Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother, Prabha, a pioneer among women journalists in India. Prabha Dutt graduated from the [[Chandigarh]] School of Journalism with honours and did her inhouse training with the Hindustan Times, Delhi in 1964. Prabha Dutt died in 1984, when she was in her prime, due to a brain haemorrhage. At that time Barkha was just thirteen.<ref name="TribuneIndia"/>
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During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her channel that she was giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}
During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her channel that she was giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}

Barkha was moderate in her early life, however, her stint in Jamia Millia Islamia made her gravitate to extremist pro-Islamic views. Through her programs on NDTV, she spreads anti-Hindu and pro-Islamic propaganda. She often derides Hindus and the Hindu religion. On the issue of women's status in Hinduism, ironically, she often goes on a tirade against the religion which worships women as goddesses. However, she has never shown fairness in doing the same with Islam where the position of women is the worst amongst all religions. Her journalism is utterly biased and leaves a bad taste and instead of spreading amity and harmony, her reportage polarizes opinions even further and alienates the Hindus.

For more information see:
See http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3rhvEDfRw
See http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQnrYrdijI


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 06:17, 17 November 2008

Barkha Dutt
Born(1971-12-18)December 18, 1971
NationalityIndian India
EducationModern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Jamia Milia Islamia,Graduate School of Journalism
Alma materGraduate School of Journalism
EmployerNew Delhi Television

Barkha Dutt (born December 18, 1971) is a Indian TV journalist with New Delhi Television (NDTV).

Biography

Early life

Barkha Dutt was born to S.P. Dutt (called "Speedy" because of his initials) and Mrs Prabha Dutt (nee Behl).[1] Dutt was an official in Air-India and Prabha was Chief of Bureau of the Hindustan Times for some time. Her childhood days were spent shuttling between New Delhi and New York.[2]

Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother, Prabha, a pioneer among women journalists in India. Prabha Dutt graduated from the Chandigarh School of Journalism with honours and did her inhouse training with the Hindustan Times, Delhi in 1964. Prabha Dutt died in 1984, when she was in her prime, due to a brain haemorrhage. At that time Barkha was just thirteen.[1]

Education

Dutt was educated at the Modern School, New Delhi. She then did her Bachelor's degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi. After this, she did her Master's degree in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia's Mass Communication Research Center New Delhi.

She was a 1997 winner of the Inlaks Scholarship, which sends six Indians abroad annually for graduate work. Barkha took two years off from work and got a master's in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York.

Career

Barkha Dutt's frontline reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999 rose her to prominence in India. She had interviewed Capt. Vikram Batra during the Kargil conflict.

Since then, Dutt has reported on a large number of conflicts, covering areas ranging from Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Currently, she is the Managing Editor of NDTV 24x7, India's premiere satellite television network, and the host of We the People, a discussion show covering current events.

She also writes a weekly column for The Hindustan Times and Khaleej Times.

Awards

Her work has won her over twenty international and national awards including:

  • Global Leader of Tomorrow Award from the World Economic Forum, 2001;
  • Commonwealth Broadcasters Award, 2002;
  • Broadcast Journalist of the Year award from the Indian Express, 2005;

Criticisms

Dutt is accused of taking a liberal and communal stand on issues.[citation needed]

During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her channel that she was giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.[citation needed]

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b The Tribune Article
  2. ^ "She dares". Retrieved 2007-03-20.

External links

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