Jul 09, 2016 amidst all the brouhaha ndtv editorinchief barkha dutt, who has had a lovehate affair with the minister, has penned an open letter to irani, accusing the former of engaging in selective sexism. She is serving in the cabinet of prime minister modi as minister of textiles and was given additional charge as minister of women and child development in the 2nd. At that time, she was working with the hindustan times. Myind interview with smriti zubin irani myindmakers. Union minister smriti irani, who has been subjected to the grossest sexist abuse on social media, called out this hypocrisy in her now famous interview with the controversial journalist barkha dutt. Barkha in her tweet revealed the fact that she and her channel call participants in their show for publicity. Barkha dutts article in hindustan times titled lets talk about trolls online abuse a weapon to silence women, is an unpleasant read, to say the least. In this book, barkha dutt recounts the ones that have left an indelible mark on her. Smriti irani has proven time and again that she has the ability to take on. Sudhir kumar watched the much talked about interview of union hrd minister smriti irani with barkha dutt. Dutt was a senior official in air india while prabha dutt was a wellknown journalist. Not willing to let the reference and the personally tagged post go, hrd minister smriti irani replied to barkha dutt with a blistering tweet in which she accused the journalist of peddling lies. Dutt has one sibling, a sister, bahar dutt, who is now employed at cnnibn as its journalist.
Nov 25, 20 barkha dutt is group editor with ndtv, indias premiere news and current affairs network. Dutt and prabha dutt, who was well known for hindustan times. Barkha dutt writes an open letter to recently demoted. These are the questions that sudhir feels should have been asked that would give us a better insight into the working of the hrd ministry. This is the first book by barkha dutt, indias best known journalist. Smriti irani is very tidy by nature, smriti irani love order and are methodical. Would you want your kids to read books written by dinanath batra. It seems dutt feels differently from the channels decision. A statement released by juggernaut books, who will publish the book in late 2018, stated that the book, titled power, will take a look at the past two decades of indian politics, tracing the changing fortunes of the congress as well as the rise of. Minister smriti irani told ndtvs barkha dutt in an exclusive interview. Soniakedarbaari barkha dutt gets what she deserves from smriti ji. All books cinema food health satire sports technology travel. No, if i did barkha, i would say arrey aapko ed ka notice mila mujhe interview nahi karna chahiye, apka radia mein naam hai, i dont sit in judgement of anybody. Barkha dutt s interview of his holiness the dalai lama for ndtv.
Barkha dutt s interview for ndtv continued 10 questions for the dalai lama time magazine interview. Of smriti irani, casual sexism and barkha dutts open. Barkha dutt is an indian television journalist, author and owner of youtube news channel mojo. Some of them go back one of the most remarkable books ever published about contemporary india, arguably the most complex society on earth, this unquiet land tells the truth about the countrys secrets and lies, its torments and triumphs. Barkha dutts interview for ndtv continued 10 questions for the dalai lama time magazine interview. Prominent journalists have been giving the hrd minister a hall pass, asking her about politics and trpgenerating issues rather than focusing on her. Hardly new, says former ndtv anchor barkha dutt after. Barkha is well known for her reporting of the kargil conflict. May 02, 2015 barkha dutt fired from ndtv over celebrity row in a shocking turn of events, barkha dutt was fired from ndtv over one of her comments on twitter to deepika bhardwaj.
There is not a single interview with indian women on what we feel. Barkha dutt fired from ndtv over celebrity row the male factor. Jan 16, 2017 barkha dutt was born on 18 december 1971 in new delhi, india to s. While barkha dutt has finally quit ndtv after 21 years and is yet to indicate her future plans, arnab goswami will be doubling up as media entrepreneur with investments in his soon to be launched. Before her death, prabha had become the most famous female journalist of india. Book reveals that army was spooked by barkha dutts reporting. The making of a tragedy, edited by siddharth varadarajan and published by penguin isbn 9780143029014. Taking a cue from rajdeep sardesai, who made any life insurance salesman look coy with his books promotion on social media, barkha dutt wrote on twitter that. A paragraph from this book is revealing, and the same was pointed out by a twitter user nikhil sharma to barkha dutt, to support his claim that barkhas tv journalism has been irresponsible.
Barkha dutt of the radia tapes notoriety wrote a book and put it up on amazon for sale. Hidden truths and priyankanalini meeting, sriharan. Barkha duttsmriti irani in a twitter battle over jnu my india. Popular tv journalist, columnist and controversial exanchor at ndtv, barkha dutt is set to write a book on the last two decades of indian politics. Amit shah interview to barkha dutt ndtv 25 april 2014. I was punished for taking a stand and speaking my mind on news censorship. Barkha dutt to write a book on two decades of indian politics. Taken together, they provide a vivid, devastating and unforgettable portrait of our unquiet land. Barkha dutt uncyclopedia, the contentfree encyclopedia. Stories from indias fault lines book online at best prices in india on. In the interview to barkha dutt, irani said, i fought the toughest. Recently she was crying day and night when indian army killed a terrorist in encounter in kashmir. Her father was an indian air force and her mother was a renowned journalist.
Her truthfulness barkha dutt or bandit dutt or italian dutt is a really bad indian version of cnns acclaimed t. Couple of years back she was crying when indian court gave death sentence to a terrorist for attacking on in. Stephens college in chennai and graduated with an english. Barkha dutt now targets amazon indiafactsindiafacts. Ten years later, in another interview to journalist barkha dutt in 2009, she said, im very clear i. Barkha later wrote a book the uniquet land which was released in. Tracing priyanka gandhis journey from reclusive politician to. Jul 29, 2016 barkha butt is an indian television journalist, columnist and news reporter. Photo of minister smriti irani in qadrinyt article. Top 10 smriti irani controversies as hrd minister smriti irani was removed as the hrd minister following a cabinet reshuffle on tuesday, with prakash javadekar being given the post. On page 249 of his book lucknow boy, vinod mehta writes about an agreement between barkha dutt and arun jaitley in connection with the radia tapes.
Barkha dutt interviewing narendra modi during the 1996. Smriti irani who is smriti irani smriti irani biography. According to unsourced sources miss dutt is also a human being who is the first empress of the united empire of endy t. From barkha to our bai how we have forgotten to treat. Taking a cue from rajdeep sardesai, who made any life insurance salesman look coy with his books promotion on social media, barkha dutt wrote on twitter that her book was in some bestseller list on amazon.
She first emerged as a household name with her frontline war reporting on the kargil conflict between indi. Barkha dutt biography know more about her personal life. Video of media kit for brand association with web series on anuj basant communications s. Six times smriti irani shut up trolls and agendadriven critics tfipost. Not very long back, smriti irani showed rashid alvi his place. That is what i felt when i watched your interview to barkha duttyour 2nd in the last six months. Indian social media is awash with rightwing trolls who incite online communal tension and abuse anyone who questions them. Barkha dutts interview of his holiness the dalai lama for ndtv.
He sent us a set of questions that we reproduce here. Barkha dutt who is known for her antibjp bias also became a victim of iranis wittiness. Smriti irani tears apart barkha dutts biased journalism on her. Oct 21, 2016 yes, she treat terrorists as her child. Barkha dutt media private limited company, directors. Union human resource development minister smriti irani in a special interview to ndtv talks about the modi governments two years in power and her experience in amethi. Or her aggressive campaigning against rahul gandhi when she almost defeated congresss crown prince. In an interview with journalist rahul kanwal, she spoke about how. He sent us a set of questions that he felt should have been asked to the minister that would have helped us understand how hrd ministry was functioning under ms. It was not long ago when she tried to create a fault line at iit roorkee that fell on its face. Amidst all the brouhaha ndtv editorinchief barkha dutt, who has had a lovehate affair with the minister, has penned an open letter to irani, accusing the former of engaging in selective sexism. Sudhir kumar watched much talked about interview of union hrd minister smriti irani with barkha dutt. Smriti irani tears apart barkha dutts biased journalism on her own show.
Jul 09, 2016 ndtvs consulting editor, barkha dutt, has written an open letter to the recentlydemoted union minister, smriti irani, highlighting her alleged doublestandard on womens rights and the issue. Barkha later wrote a book the uniquet land which was released in december 2015. Maybe there is merit in barkha dutts argument when she says that as a woman of stature, irani should have stood up against sexism in more obvious and vocal ways than she has till now. A tweet posted on 6 october promoting her interview with the former union minister still adorns her timeline. Smriti irani is a very practical person and equally capable. It is even possible that these qualities are too highly developed in smriti irani and it may be that while attending to minute details, smriti irani lose some of the larger opportunities of life. After watching the interview, he felt dismayed and disappointed. Barkha dutt is an awardwinning tv journalist and anchor with more than two decades of reporting experience.
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