Rohit Sardana
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| Born | 22 September[1] Kurukshetra, Haryana, India |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist,editor, news anchor, columnist |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse | Pramila Dixit |
Rohit Sardana is an Indian journalist, editor, columnist, anchor and media personality. He had hosted Taal Thok Ke, a debate programme which discusses contemporary issues in India on Zee News. He left Zee News to join Aaj Tak in 2017, and now he hosts the debate show Dangal.[3][4] He is a recipient of the 2018 Ganesh Vidyarthi Puraskar Award.[5]
Early life and education
Sardana was born in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He did his secondary schooling from Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalaya, Kurukshetra, Haryana.[citation needed] He has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. From 2000 to 2002, Sardana completed his academic work to earn a post-graduate degree in mass communication from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology.[4]
Sardana married Pramila Dixit and is blessed with two daughters.
Career
From March 2002 to July 2003, Sardana worked as a copy-editor. As a trainee copy-editor, Sardana was exposed to the technicalities of anchoring, copywriting, editing, production and post-production work. Along with learning these skills, Sardana studied the functioning of a 24-hour news channel. Sardana worked as an assistant producer at Sahara Samay from 2003 to 2004.
Since 2004, Sardana was with Zee News in the capacity of an executive editor, anchor, news presenter and host for the network's Hindi language programmes. He is now a senior anchor at Aaj Tak. Sardana formerly worked with the ETV Network and Akashvani.[6] He hosts a show called Dangal (translation: The Riot[7]) on Aaj Tak which features debate panels.[8] The show has been compared to Radio Rwanda and he has been accused of demonising Muslims, encouraging jingoism and strengthening the Hindu-Muslim binary through his show.[9][10][11]
Sardana formerly produced Karmakshetra, among the first Hindi-language news programmes whose primary objective was reporting, for an Indian audience, the state of political accountability in India. The programme question-answer format focuses on Members of Parliament (MP) with Sardana variously challenging and questioning the MP's using a detailed report of their work. The final segment of the programme culminates with a detailed "report card" on the work of the MP's for their respective constituency in advance of the 2014 Indian general elections.[citation needed]
Awards and recognition
- In 2018, Rohit Sardana was awarded the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar by the Government of India.[5]
Threats
In November 2017, Sardana got multiple threats from several Islamic organisations against his tweet. Several people from politics, the film industry, and social media came out in his support.[12]
Rajiv Tyagi Death Case
On 12th August 2020, Sardana in his regular fierce Soap Opera debate show "Dangal" had organised a discussion on Bengluru Incendiargdism. In his show BJP's septic spokeperson Dr Sambit Patra made derogatory personal remarks on Congress party spokeksperson Rajiv Tyagi who was only talking about fraternity. Septic Patra commented Tyagi's chandan Tilak which he has on his forehead, after that he called him "Jaichand" and "Nakli Hindu". Sardana didn't stop the septic PPatra from making personal comments. Tyagi was debating from his home. When the show ended Tyagi had a massive cardiac arrest after which he died. The day after his death, his wife Sangeeta Tyagi told that his last words were "इन लोगों ने मुझे मार डाला"(These people killed me).
References
- ^ जनसत्ता ऑनलाइन (23 September 2017). "टीवी एंकर से उसके जन्मदिन पर कहा - तू जल्दी मर, देश का कल्याण हो जायेगा, मिले यह जवाब". JanSatta (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Biography of Rohit Sardana". Zee Media. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Rohit Sardana". Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ a b "A Former Zee News Producer Reveals Why He Left Over The Network's Coverage Of JNU". Caravan Magazine.
- ^ a b तिवारी, अटल (22 April 2018). "रोहित सरदाना को गणेश शंकर विद्यार्थी पुरस्कार देने वालों की बुद्धि पर तरस खाया जा सकता है". The Wire - Hindi. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Biography of Rohit Sardana". Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Collins Hindi-English". collinsdictionary.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Team, N. L. "Looking back, 2019: The highs and lows of Indian journalism". Newslaundry. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Sik, Zainab; er (13 April 2020). "Indian media is waging a holy war against Muslims. It acts like hyenas". ThePrint. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "The India-Pakistan Cricket Rivalry Is Dead. The Hype Needs to Die Too". The Wire. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Team, N. L. "Rohit Sardana aka walking-talking Radio Rwanda does it again". Newslaundry. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Ray, Sanjana (24 November 2017). "Protests, Death Threats Over Aaj Tak Journo Rohit Sardana's Tweet". The Quint. Retrieved 6 June 2019.