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| name              = Barkha Dutt
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| credits            = [[We the People (Indian TV series)|''We the People'']]<br /> ''The Buck Stops Here''
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'''Barkha Dutt''' is an Indian [[television journalist]], author and owner of YouTube news channel MoJo Story.<ref name="bbc"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/barkha-dutt-slams-mentor-company-ndtv-over-use-of-mojo/299776|title=Barkha Dutt Slams Mentor Company NDTV Over Use of MoJo|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
'''Barkha Dutt''' is an Indian [[television journalist]] and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at [[NDTV]] and [[Tiranga TV]]. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'.<ref name="bbc"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/barkha-dutt-slams-mentor-company-ndtv-over-use-of-mojo/299776 |title=Barkha Dutt Slams Mentor Company NDTV Over Use of MoJo |website=Outlook (India) |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> She is also an opinion columnist with ''[[The Hindustan Times]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/barkha-dutt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015204416/http://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/barkha-dutt |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2015 |title=Barkha Dutt |work=Hindustan Times }}</ref> and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/barkha-dutt/ |title=Barkha Dutt |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>


She is an opinion columnist with [[The Hindustan Times]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/barkha-dutt|title=Barkha Dutt|publisher=The Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref> and [[The Washington Post]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/barkha-dutt/|title=Barkha Dutt|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Dutt was part of [[NDTV]]'s team for 21 years, until she left the channel in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/communication/ndtv-statement-on-barkha-dutt-1649025|title=NDTV Statement on Barkha Dutt|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> Barkha emerged as a prominent figure after her frontline war reporting on the [[Kargil Conflict]] between India and Pakistan in 1999.<ref name="rk" /> Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour.<ref name="medianewsline2008" /> Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the [[Radia tapes controversy]].<ref name="cnn02122010">{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/12/02/india.leaked.tapes/ | title=Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis | publisher=CNN | first=Sumnima | last=Udas | date=2 December 2010 | access-date=5 December 2010}}</ref> At NDTV, Dutt was the host of the weekly, award-winning talk-show ''We The People'' as well as the daily prime-time show ''The Buck Stops Here.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kumaonliteraryfestival.org/2015/speakers.php#sp15|title=Kumaon Literary Festival|website=kumaonliteraryfestival.org|access-date=2016-08-09}}</ref>
Dutt was part of [[NDTV]]'s team for 21 years, until she left the channel in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/communication/ndtv-statement-on-barkha-dutt-1649025 |title=NDTV Statement on Barkha Dutt |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> She emerged as a prominent figure after her frontline war reporting on the [[Kargil Conflict]] between India and Pakistan in 1999.<ref name="rk" /> Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour.<ref name="medianewsline2008" /> Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the [[Radia tapes controversy]].<ref name="cnn02122010">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/12/02/india.leaked.tapes/ |title=Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis |publisher=CNN |first=Sumnima |last=Udas |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=5 December 2010}}</ref> At NDTV, Dutt was the host of the weekly, award-winning talk-show ''We The People'' as well as the daily prime-time show ''The Buck Stops Here.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kumaonliteraryfestival.org/2015/speakers.php#sp15 |title=Kumaon Literary Festival |website=kumaonliteraryfestival.org |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
She was born in New Delhi to S. P. Dutt, an [[Air India]] official, and Prabha Dutt, who was a well-known journalist with the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/02/when-a-journalist-ordered-firing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916204357/http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/02/when-a-journalist-ordered-firing/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2009 |title=When a journalist ordered firing? : Capital Closeup |publisher=Blogs.hindustantimes.com |access-date=12 November 2012 }}</ref> Dutt credits her journalistic skills to her mother, a pioneer among women journalists in India.<ref name=prabha>{{cite web|author=Express news service |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=245028 |title=Prabha Dutt fellowship goes to Express journalist |publisher=Express India |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801174330/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=245028 |archive-date=1 August 2014 }}</ref> Her younger sister, [[Bahar Dutt]], is also a television journalist working for [[CNN IBN]].<ref name=prabha /> She describes herself as [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] who rejects religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/as-indian-as-they-come/story-yU5vB2dKfHKvdc2bQUSPWJ.html|title=As Indian as they come|date=14 March 2006|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweek.in/columns/barkha-dutt/if-i-were-muslim.html|title=If I were Muslim...}}</ref> She supports the concept of a [[Uniform Civil Code]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/shame-at-sabarimala-why-india-s-women-need-a-uniform-civil-code/story-U7FLp10SzZzfTvWnXov5aJ.html|title=Shame at Sabarimala: Why India's women need a uniform civil code}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-fight-against-triple-talaq-is-a-fight-for-basic-dignity/story-TRqHtiK8NcqeKFYKB092lM.html|title=The fight against triple talaq is a fight for basic dignity|date=3 June 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Barkha has expressed her opinion against Triple Talaq and Muslim patriarchy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/05/05/what-indias-liberals-get-wrong-about-women-and-sharia-law/|title=What India's liberals get wrong about women and sharia law}}</ref> Her father died of coronavirus in April 2021.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-failed-barkha-dutt-on-her-father-s-demise-due-to-covid19-101619493847313.html</ref>
She was born in New Delhi to S. P. Dutt, an [[Air India]] official, and [[Prabha Dutt]], who was a well-known journalist with the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/02/when-a-journalist-ordered-firing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916204357/http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2009/09/02/when-a-journalist-ordered-firing/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2009 |title=When a journalist ordered firing? : Capital Closeup |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref> Dutt credits her journalistic skills to her mother, a pioneer among women journalists in India.<ref name=prabha>{{cite web |author=Express news service |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=245028 |title=Prabha Dutt fellowship goes to Express journalist |publisher=Express India |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801174330/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyId=245028 |archive-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> Her younger sister, [[Bahar Dutt]], is also a television journalist working for [[CNN IBN]].<ref name=prabha /> She describes herself as [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] who rejects religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/as-indian-as-they-come/story-yU5vB2dKfHKvdc2bQUSPWJ.html |title=As Indian as they come |date=14 March 2006 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theweek.in/columns/barkha-dutt/if-i-were-muslim.html |title=If I were Muslim...}}</ref> She supports the concept of a [[Uniform Civil Code]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/shame-at-sabarimala-why-india-s-women-need-a-uniform-civil-code/story-U7FLp10SzZzfTvWnXov5aJ.html |title=Shame at Sabarimala: Why India's women need a uniform civil code |date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-fight-against-triple-talaq-is-a-fight-for-basic-dignity/story-TRqHtiK8NcqeKFYKB092lM.html |title=The fight against triple talaq is a fight for basic dignity |date=3 June 2016 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Barkha Dutt has expressed her opinion against Triple Talaq and Muslim patriarchy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/05/05/what-indias-liberals-get-wrong-about-women-and-sharia-law/ |title=What India's liberals get wrong about women and sharia law |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Her father died of coronavirus in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-failed-barkha-dutt-on-her-father-s-demise-due-to-covid19-101619493847313.html |title='I failed': Journalist Barkha Dutt on her father's demise due to Covid-19 |date=27 April 2021}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Dutt 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 journalism career with [[NDTV]] and later rose to head the English news wing of the organisation. She also obtained a master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]]'s [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Graduate School of Journalism]], New York assisted by an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Inlaks-Alumni-List.asp?currpage=1&sort=alph&al=B&stat=old|title=Inlaks Alumni List|publisher=Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation|access-date=5 September 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> Her reporting of the [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]] in 1999, including an interview with Captain [[Vikram Batra]], brought her to prominence in India.<ref name="rk">[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-24/news/27517760_1_mein-independence-day-hai Independence Day Thoughts], RaghuKrishnan, [[The Economic Times]], 24 August 2003, accessed on 22 January 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125044139/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html |date=25 November 2012 }}, MediaWire, 27 January 2008, accessed on 22 January 2012</ref> She has since covered conflicts in [[Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]].<ref>[http://www.bollywood.com/three-top-tv-news-anchors-get-padma-shri Three top TV news anchors get Padma Shri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526005259/http://www.bollywood.com/three-top-tv-news-anchors-get-padma-shri |date=26 May 2012 }}, bollywood.com (IANS), 2008, accessed on 22 January 2012</ref>
Dutt 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 journalism career with [[NDTV]] and later rose to head the English news wing of the organisation. She also obtained a master's degree in journalism from [[Columbia University]]'s [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Graduate School of Journalism]], New York assisted by an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Inlaks-Alumni-List.asp?currpage=1&sort=alph&al=B&stat=old |title=Inlaks Alumni List |publisher=Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation |access-date=5 September 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> Her reporting of the [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]] in 1999, including an interview with Captain [[Vikram Batra]], brought her to prominence in India.<ref name="rk">[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-24/news/27517760_1_mein-independence-day-hai Independence Day Thoughts], RaghuKrishnan, ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 August 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125044139/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html |date=25 November 2012 }}, MediaWire, 27 January 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2012</ref> She has since covered conflicts in [[Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]].<ref>[http://www.bollywood.com/three-top-tv-news-anchors-get-padma-shri Three top TV news anchors get Padma Shri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526005259/http://www.bollywood.com/three-top-tv-news-anchors-get-padma-shri |date=26 May 2012 }}, bollywood.com (IANS), 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2012</ref>


While covering the events of [[2002 Gujarat violence]], Dutt identified attackers and victims of a riot as "Hindus" and "Muslims" on television, flouting the guidelines of the [[Press Council of India]].<ref name="cole">{{cite book | last=Sonwalkar | first=Prasun | title=Conflict, Terrorism And the Media in Asia | editor-last=Cole | editor-first=Benjamin | publisher=Routledge | year=2006 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K94uDkmRlEcC&pg=PA89 | access-date=12 July 2013 | page=89 | isbn=9780415351980}}</ref> She has received negative reception for some of her work. For [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], she was blamed for sensationalising the events, putting lives at risk and causing deaths by identifying on live television where the hotel guests might be located.<ref name="kampfner">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/freedomforsalewh00kamp|url-access=registration|title=Freedom for Sale|last=Kampfner|first=John|publisher=Basic Books|year=2010|isbn=9780415351980|page=[https://archive.org/details/freedomforsalewh00kamp/page/157 157]|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> Britta Ohm wrote in 2011 that Dutt is criticised for "secular shrillness", betraying the cause of [[Kashmiri Pandit]]s, over-the-top nationalism in the reporting of [[Kargil conflict]], and for soft-pedalling [[Hindutva]].<ref name="ohm">{{cite book | editor-first=Shakuntala | editor-last=Banaji | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FuV8TAUqGwC&pg=PA124 | title=South Asian Media Cultures: Audiences, Representations, Contexts | last=Ohm | first=Britta | year=2011 | publisher=Anthem Press | access-date=15 July 2013 | location=London, UK | isbn=9781843313205}}</ref>
While covering the events of [[2002 Gujarat violence]], Dutt identified attackers and victims of a riot as "Hindus" and "Muslims" on television, flouting the guidelines of the [[Press Council of India]].<ref name="cole">{{cite book |last=Sonwalkar |first=Prasun |title=Conflict, Terrorism And the Media in Asia |editor-last=Cole |editor-first=Benjamin |publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K94uDkmRlEcC&pg=PA89 |access-date=12 July 2013 |page=89 |isbn=9780415351980}}</ref> She has received negative reception for some of her work. For [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], she was blamed for sensationalising the events, putting lives at risk and causing deaths by identifying on live television where the hotel guests might be located.<ref name="kampfner">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/freedomforsalewh00kamp |url-access=registration |title=Freedom for Sale |last=Kampfner |first=John |publisher=Basic Books |year=2010 |isbn=9780415351980 |page=[https://archive.org/details/freedomforsalewh00kamp/page/157 157] |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> Britta Ohm wrote in 2011 that Dutt is criticised for "secular shrillness", betraying the cause of [[Kashmiri Pandit]]s, over-the-top nationalism in the reporting of [[Kargil conflict]], and for soft-pedalling [[Hindutva]].<ref name="ohm">{{cite book |editor-first=Shakuntala |editor-last=Banaji |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FuV8TAUqGwC&pg=PA124 |title=South Asian Media Cultures: Audiences, Representations, Contexts |last=Ohm |first=Britta |year=2011 |publisher=Anthem Press |access-date=15 July 2013 |location=London, UK |isbn=9781843313205}}</ref>


Dutt who was group editor of NDTV moved to the role of consulting editor in February 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/barkha-dutt-moves-to-consulting-editor-ndtv-group-740019|title=Barkha Dutt Moves to Consulting Editor, NDTV Group|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> and after 21 years, she left in January, 2017.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/communication/ndtv-statement-on-barkha-dutt-1649025 NDTV Statement On Barkha Dutt], 15 Jan 2017</ref> Barkha used to write columns for many national and international newspapers, such as [[The Washington Post]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/22/inside-story-how-india-china-came-blows-himalayas/|title=The inside story of how India China came to blows}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/11/17/the-new-york-times-tried-to-explain-sari-fashion-and-became-the-laughingstock-of-india/|title=The New York Times tried to explain sari fashion – and became the laughingstock of India}}</ref>
Dutt, who was group editor of NDTV, moved to the role of consulting editor in February 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/barkha-dutt-moves-to-consulting-editor-ndtv-group-740019 |title=Barkha Dutt Moves to Consulting Editor, NDTV Group |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> and after 21 years, left in January 2017.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/communication/ndtv-statement-on-barkha-dutt-1649025 NDTV Statement On Barkha Dutt], 15 January 2017</ref> She has also written columns for international newspapers, such as ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/22/inside-story-how-india-china-came-blows-himalayas/ |title=The inside story of how India China came to blows |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/11/17/the-new-york-times-tried-to-explain-sari-fashion-and-became-the-laughingstock-of-india/ |title=The New York Times tried to explain sari fashion – and became the laughingstock of India |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>


During the [[Indian_migrant_workers_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic|COVID-19 Migration Crisis]], her extensive on-road coverage brought out and documented the difficulties faced by migrant workers all over North India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sirur|first=Simrin|date=2020-06-09|title=Only way to give back is to tell a powerful story: Inside Barkha Dutt's 84-day Covid journey|url=https://theprint.in/india/only-way-to-give-back-is-to-tell-a-powerful-story-inside-barkha-dutts-84-day-covid-journey/437847/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>
During the [[Indian migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Migration Crisis]], her extensive on-road coverage documented the difficulties faced by migrant workers all over North India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sirur |first=Simrin |date=9 June 2020 |title=Only way to give back is to tell a powerful story: Inside Barkha Dutt's 84-day Covid journey |url=https://theprint.in/india/only-way-to-give-back-is-to-tell-a-powerful-story-inside-barkha-dutts-84-day-covid-journey/437847/ |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==
=== Tiranga TV controversy ===
=== Tiranga TV controversy ===
Barkha served as an anchor and consulting editor at [[Tiranga TV]] during 26 January - 13 July 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultra.news/t-t/45029/harvest-tv-to-be-renamed-tiranga-tv-after-tdsat-order|title=Harvest TV to be renamed 'Tiranga TV' after TDSAT order|website=Ultra News}}</ref> Her show was titled ''Democracy Live''. In July 2019, reports emerged that she was sacked by the Tiranga TV owners [[Kapil Sibal]] and his wife Promila Sibal on 'disciplinary grounds'.<ref name="thewire.in">https://thewire.in/media/tiranga-tv-kapil-sibal-promila-barkha-dutt</ref> Dutt disputed this version of events by Sibals, claimed she was sacked for speaking out in internal emails against the treatment of other staffers, and vowed to sue the channel owners in court.<ref name="thewire.in"/>
Barkha Dutt served as an anchor and consulting editor at [[Tiranga TV]] during 26 January - 13 July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultra.news/t-t/45029/harvest-tv-to-be-renamed-tiranga-tv-after-tdsat-order |title=Harvest TV to be renamed 'Tiranga TV' after TDSAT order |website=Ultra News |date=15 February 2019}}</ref> Her show was titled ''Democracy Live''. In July 2019, reports emerged that she was sacked by the Tiranga TV owners [[Kapil Sibal]] and his wife Promila Sibal on 'disciplinary grounds'.<ref name="thewire.in">{{Cite web |url=https://thewire.in/media/tiranga-tv-kapil-sibal-promila-barkha-dutt |title=Kapil Sibal, Wife Deny Charges of Withholding Salaries as Tiranga TV Goes off Air}}</ref> Dutt disputed this version of events by Sibals, claimed she was sacked for speaking out in internal emails against the treatment of other staffers, and vowed to sue the channel owners in court.<ref name="thewire.in"/>


===2010 Radia tapes controversy===
===2010 Radia tapes controversy===
{{further|Radia tapes controversy}}
{{further|Radia tapes controversy}}
In November 2010, the magazines [[OPEN (Indian magazine)|OPEN]] and [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] published transcripts of some telephone conversations between [[Nira Radia]] with some senior journalists, politicians, and corporates.<ref name="hussain">{{cite book |title=Corruption Free India: Fight to Finish | last=Hussain | first=Yasir | publisher=Epitome Books | year=2012 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFps5hTlGlYC | access-date=12 July 2013 | pages=67,68,130,134 | isbn=9789380297248}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/tell-me-what-should-i-tell-them|title= Tell me what should I tell them?|publisher=Open Magazine|date=20 November 2010 }}</ref> The Central Bureau of Investigation announced that they had 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/116306/radia-tapes-scandal-media.html | title=Radia tapes: Scandal in the media|work=Deccan Herald}}</ref> Dutt's conversations with Radia were reported and Dutt became the face of the tapes scandal.<ref name="polgreen">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/world/asia/04india.html|title=A Journalist in India Ends Up in the Headlines|last=Polgreen|first=Lydia|date=3 December 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> On 30 November 2010, Dutt defended herself before a jury of her peers in a televised program on NDTV.<ref name="polgreen"/> Dutt apologised over the issue saying it was "an error of judgement" on her part, but said that she had not indulged in any wrongdoing.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11907188 | title=Journalism ethics row grips India | date=3 December 2010 | access-date=15 July 2013 | work=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> Magazine editor [[Hartosh Singh Bal]] said that "proximity of NDTV and Tehelka are concerned, their closeness to the Congress is no secret. Dutt’s role in the Radia Tapes did not seem to point to an individual act but an institutional malaise."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bal|first1=Hartosh|title=The Unreliable Source|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/the-unreliable-source#all|website=Open|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>
In November 2010, the magazines [[OPEN (Indian magazine)|OPEN]] and [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] published transcripts of some telephone conversations between [[Nira Radia]] with some senior journalists, politicians, and corporates.<ref name="hussain">{{cite book |title=Corruption Free India: Fight to Finish |last=Hussain |first=Yasir |publisher=Epitome Books |year=2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFps5hTlGlYC |access-date=12 July 2013 |pages=67,68,130,134 |isbn=9789380297248}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/tell-me-what-should-i-tell-them |title=Tell me what should I tell them? |work=Open Magazine |date=20 November 2010}}</ref> The Central Bureau of Investigation announced that they had 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/116306/radia-tapes-scandal-media.html |title=Radia tapes: Scandal in the media |work=Deccan Herald |date=27 November 2010}}</ref> Dutt's conversations with Radia were reported and Dutt became the face of the tapes scandal.<ref name="polgreen">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/world/asia/04india.html |title=A Journalist in India Ends Up in the Headlines |last=Polgreen |first=Lydia |date=3 December 2010 |work=The New York Times |access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> On 30 November 2010, Dutt defended herself before a jury of her peers in a televised program on NDTV.<ref name="polgreen"/> Dutt apologised over the issue saying it was "an error of judgement" on her part, but said that she had not indulged in any wrongdoing.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11907188 |title=Journalism ethics row grips India |date=3 December 2010 |access-date=15 July 2013 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Magazine editor [[Hartosh Singh Bal]] said that "proximity of NDTV and Tehelka are concerned, their closeness to the Congress is no secret. Dutt’s role in the Radia Tapes did not seem to point to an individual act but an institutional malaise."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bal |first1=Hartosh |title=The Unreliable Source |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/the-unreliable-source#all |website=Open |access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==
Dutt's Sunday talk show has won the most awards out of any show on Indian television, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row. In 2012, the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] awarded Dutt the title of "TV Personality of the year" with the following citation: "a reporter of considerable stretch and depth, still passionate and fearless in bringing the issues closer to her viewers."<ref>{{cite news|title=Kim Hill wins global radio broadcasting award |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=8 November 2012 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10845991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 AIBs Winners and Highly Commended |publisher=Association for International Broadcasting |year=2012 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://theaibs.tv/2012-aibs-winners-and-highly-commended/}}</ref> Dutt was the recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Burkha Dutt, Noorani given C H Mohammed Koya journalism award |newspaper=Mathrubhumi.com |date=4 November 2009 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041302/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |archive-date=8 August 2014 }}</ref> In 2008, Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/barkha-dutt-gets-most-intelligent-news-3183.html |title=Barkha Dutt Gets Most Intelligent News Show Host Award in Airtel Indian News Broadcasting Award (INB) 2008 |publisher=India-server.com |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073922/http://www.india-server.com/news/barkha-dutt-gets-most-intelligent-news-3183.html |archive-date=11 June 2010}}</ref> Dutt received the [[Commonwealth Broadcasting Association]] award for Journalist of the Year, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barkha Dutt is Commonwealth Broadcasting Assoc's 'journalist of the year' |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |access-date=18 June 2013 |date=20 February 2007 |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/feb/feb255.htm}}</ref> She was awarded "Best TV News Anchor (English) for her programme "We the people" at the first Indian News Television Awards in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/july/july252.php |title= News Room Headlines> TV18 Group & NDTV win top honours at Indian News Television Awards; Prannoy Roy gets Lifetime Achievement |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref>
Dutt's Sunday talk show has won the most awards out of any show on Indian television, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row. In 2012, the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] awarded Dutt the title of "TV Personality of the year" with the following citation: "a reporter of considerable stretch and depth, still passionate and fearless in bringing the issues closer to her viewers."<ref>{{cite news |title=Kim Hill wins global radio broadcasting award |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=8 November 2012 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10845991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2012 AIBs Winners and Highly Commended |publisher=Association for International Broadcasting |year=2012 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://theaibs.tv/2012-aibs-winners-and-highly-commended/}}</ref> Dutt was the recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burkha Dutt, Noorani given C H Mohammed Koya journalism award |newspaper=Mathrubhumi.com |date=4 November 2009 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041302/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=25665 |archive-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> In 2008, Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-server.com/news/barkha-dutt-gets-most-intelligent-news-3183.html |title=Barkha Dutt Gets Most Intelligent News Show Host Award in Airtel Indian News Broadcasting Award (INB) 2008 |publisher=India-server.com |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073922/http://www.india-server.com/news/barkha-dutt-gets-most-intelligent-news-3183.html |archive-date=11 June 2010}}</ref> Dutt received the [[Commonwealth Broadcasting Association]] award for Journalist of the Year, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barkha Dutt is Commonwealth Broadcasting Assoc's 'journalist of the year' |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |access-date=18 June 2013 |date=20 February 2007 |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/feb/feb255.htm}}</ref> She was awarded "Best TV News Anchor (English) for her programme "We the people" at the first Indian News Television Awards in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/july/july252.php |title=News Room Headlines> TV18 Group & NDTV win top honours at Indian News Television Awards; Prannoy Roy gets Lifetime Achievement |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref>


In 2008, the Indian government headed by [[Manmohan Singh]] awarded Dutt the [[Padma Shri Awards (2000–2009)|Padma Shri]], a civilian honour, for her coverage of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]].<ref name="medianewsline2008">{{cite news|title=Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri|date=27 January 2008|url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html|access-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125044139/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html|archive-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata, L.N. Mittal receive Padma Vibhushan |date=11 May 2008 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051154800800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003212816/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051154800800.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
In 2008, the Indian government headed by [[Manmohan Singh]] awarded Dutt the [[Padma Shri Awards (2000–2009)|Padma Shri]], a civilian honour, for her coverage of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]].<ref name="medianewsline2008">{{cite news |title=Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri |date=27 January 2008 |url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125044139/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/131/ARTICLE/2034/2008-01-27.html |archive-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ratan Tata, L.N. Mittal receive Padma Vibhushan |date=11 May 2008 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051154800800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003212816/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051154800800.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 October 2009}}</ref>


She has twice been named on the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176444877 |title=Lounge &#124; Barkha Dutt |publisher=Televisionpoint.com |access-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307125906/http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176444877 |archive-date=7 March 2012 }}</ref> In 2005, she was among 50 Indians who were 35 or younger and listed for their achievements and impact on society.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 50 on the fast track |newspaper=India Today |date=31 January 2005 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/young-leaders-who-represent-the-changing-face-of-india/1/194396.html}}</ref>
She has twice been named on the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176444877 |title=Lounge &#124; Barkha Dutt |publisher=Televisionpoint.com |access-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307125906/http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176444877 |archive-date=7 March 2012}}</ref> In 2005, she was among 50 Indians who were 35 or younger and listed for their achievements and impact on society.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 50 on the fast track |newspaper=India Today |date=31 January 2005 |access-date=18 June 2013 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/young-leaders-who-represent-the-changing-face-of-india/1/194396.html}}</ref>


In 2010, she was appointed as a member of India's [[National Integration Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/13/stories/2010041356461200.htm |title=National Integration Council reconstituted |date=14 April 2010 |location=Chennai, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919014003/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/13/stories/2010041356461200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=19 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/NIC-MemberLst.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027081630/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/NIC-MemberLst.pdf |date=27 October 2011 }}</ref> She was named an Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.<ref>[http://www.csmworld.org/public/asia21.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723194940/http://www.csmworld.org/public/asia21.htm |date=23 July 2008 }}</ref>
In 2010, she was appointed as a member of India's [[National Integration Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/13/stories/2010041356461200.htm |title=National Integration Council reconstituted |date=14 April 2010 |location=Chennai, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919014003/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/13/stories/2010041356461200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=19 September 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/NIC-MemberLst.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027081630/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/NIC-MemberLst.pdf |date=27 October 2011 }}</ref> She was named an Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.<ref>[http://www.csmworld.org/public/asia21.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723194940/http://www.csmworld.org/public/asia21.htm |date=23 July 2008 }}</ref>


Dutt was awarded the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/04/05/stories/0205000n.htm|title=Barkha Dutt gets award|date=4 April 2000|others=Press Trust of India|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2019-03-09}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Dutt was awarded the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/04/05/stories/0205000n.htm |title=Barkha Dutt gets award |date=4 April 2000 |others=Press Trust of India |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=9 March 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
As per movie reviewers and critics, Dutt has been a model for the portrayal of journalist characters in several [[Bollywood|Hindi movies]]. Some of these are –
As per movie reviewers and critics, Dutt has been a model for the portrayal of journalist characters in several [[Bollywood|Hindi movies]]. Some of these are –
* In the 2004 movie ''[[Lakshya (2004 film)|Lakshya]]'', [[Preity Zinta]] played a female journalist reporting on the [[1999 Kargil Conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/16preity.htm|title=Preity Zinta interview|work=Rediff.com|date=28 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/apr/08farhan.htm|title=Farhan Akhtar interview|work=Rediff.com|date=28 January 2011}}</ref>  
* In the 2004 movie ''[[Lakshya (2004 film)|Lakshya]]'', [[Preity Zinta]] played a female journalist reporting on the [[1999 Kargil Conflict]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/16preity.htm |title=Preity Zinta interview |publisher=Rediff.com |date=28 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/apr/08farhan.htm |title=Farhan Akhtar interview |publisher=Rediff.com |date=28 January 2011}}</ref>  
* In the 2006 Malayalam Movie [[Keerthi Chakra (film)|Keerthi Chakra]], one of the journalist character was based on Dutt. The protagonist [[Mohanlal]] gets angry for taking pictures in a sensitive war area. In an earlier incident because of the flash photography by the journalist one of the soldiers was killed.
* In the 2006 Malayalam Movie [[Keerthi Chakra (film)|Keerthi Chakra]], one of the journalist character was based on Dutt. The protagonist [[Mohanlal]] gets angry for taking pictures in a sensitive war area. In an earlier incident because of the flash photography by the journalist one of the soldiers was killed.
* In the 2008 movie [[Firaaq]], a TV viewer is shown responding to Dutt's commentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots as "They [English speaking news reporters] all tell lies ... where were they when the Hindus were being killed".<ref>{{cite book | last=Kurian | first=Alka | year=2012 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9781136466700 | title=South Asian Cinema – Routledge Advances in Film Studies | page=89 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QvBNDmuCGcC&pg=PA89 | access-date=13 July 2013 | location=Oxon, UK}}</ref>
* In the 2008 movie [[Firaaq]], a TV viewer is shown responding to Dutt's commentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots as "They [English speaking news reporters] all tell lies ... where were they when the Hindus were being killed".<ref>{{cite book |last=Kurian |first=Alka |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136466700 |title=South Asian Cinema – Routledge Advances in Film Studies |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QvBNDmuCGcC&pg=PA89 |access-date=13 July 2013 |location=Oxon, UK}}</ref>
* In the 2010 satire ''[[Peepli Live]]'', the character of the news anchor was modelled on [[Sagarika Ghose]] or Barkha Dutt, according to movie critic [[Raja Sen]].<ref name="bm24082010">{{cite web|title=Cliche-driven cinema |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/views/cliche-driven-cinema/articleshow/21797224.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161503/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/views/cliche-driven-cinema/articleshow/21797224.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 June 2018 |last=Sen |first=Raja |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=11 July 2013 |work=Bangalore Mirror }}</ref> Sen wrote that in the movie, the news anchor only cared about [[Target rating point|TRPs]] and "squealed inexplicably in English" even when her subject was Hindi-speaking central India.
* In the 2010 satire ''[[Peepli Live]]'', the character of the news anchor was modelled on [[Sagarika Ghose]] or Barkha Dutt, according to movie critic [[Raja Sen]].<ref name="bm24082010">{{cite web |title=Cliche-driven cinema |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/views/cliche-driven-cinema/articleshow/21797224.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161503/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/views/cliche-driven-cinema/articleshow/21797224.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 June 2018 |last=Sen |first=Raja |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=11 July 2013 |work=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> Sen wrote that in the movie, the news anchor only cared about [[Target rating point|TRPs]] and "squealed inexplicably in English" even when her subject was Hindi-speaking central India.
* In the 2011 movie ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]'', [[Rani Mukerji]] played a news reporter who is first seen in the movie reporting on the [[1999 Kargil Conflict]] is portraying Dutt's character.
* In the 2011 movie ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]'', [[Rani Mukerji]] played a news reporter who is first seen in the movie reporting on the [[1999 Kargil Conflict]] is portraying Dutt's character.
* In the 2014 movie ''[[Singham Returns]]'', [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] played a TV journalist role inspired by Dutt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/marathi-actors-rule-singham-returns/photostory/40316187.cms|title=Marathi actors rule Singham Returns|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.in/movies/movie-review--singham-returns-aata-majhi-satakli--21776|title=Movie Review- Singham Returns: AATA MAJHI SATAKLI!|last=admin|date=15 August 2014|website=abplive.in}}</ref>
* In the 2014 movie ''[[Singham Returns]]'', [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] played a TV journalist role inspired by Dutt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/marathi-actors-rule-singham-returns/photostory/40316187.cms |title=Marathi actors rule Singham Returns |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abplive.in/movies/movie-review--singham-returns-aata-majhi-satakli--21776 |title=Movie Review- Singham Returns: AATA MAJHI SATAKLI! |last=admin |date=15 August 2014 |website=abplive.in}}</ref>


Dutt was the model for the protagonist in [[Alby Anand Kurian|Anand Kurian]]'s novel, The Peddler of Soaps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1524503A/Anand_Kurian|title=The Peddler of Soaps|publisher=WLI Foundation}}</ref>
Dutt was the model for the protagonist in Anand Kurian's novel ''The Peddler of Soaps''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1524503A/Anand_Kurian |title=The Peddler of Soaps |publisher=WLI Foundation}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* Dutt has co-authored the chapter "'Nothing new?':Women as Victims" in book - {{cite book |last1=Varadarajan |first1=Siddharth |date=2002 |isbn=978-0143029014 |title=Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy}}.
* Dutt co-authored the chapter "'Nothing new?': Women as Victims" in the 2002 book ''Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy''.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Varadarajan |editor-first=Siddharth |year=2002 |isbn=978-0143029014 |location=New Delhi / London |publisher=Penguin |title=Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy}}</ref>
* {{cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Barkha |date=2015 |isbn=978-9382277163 |title=The Unquiet Land}}
* ''This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines'' (2016).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Barkha |year=2016  |isbn=978-9382277163 |title=This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines |location=New Delhi |publisher=Aleph }}</ref>
* ''To Hell and Back: Humans of Covid'' (2022)<ref>{{cite book |first=Barkha |last=Dutt |title=To Hell and Back: Humans of Covid |isbn=9391165575 |publisher=Juggernaut |year=2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Barkha |last=Dutt |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61244109 |title=India Covid-19: 'My father did not have to die' |publisher=BBC News |date=29 April 2022 }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/25/nl-interview-barkha-dutt-on-covering-migrant-crisis-the-media-economy-and-falling-out-with-promoters NL Interview: Barkha Dutt on covering migrant crisis, the media economy, and falling out with promoters]
* [https://twitter.com/BDUTT Barkha Dutt's official Twitter page]
* [https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/25/nl-interview-barkha-dutt-on-covering-migrant-crisis-the-media-economy-and-falling-out-with-promoters ''News Laundry'' Interview: Barkha Dutt on covering migrant crisis, the media economy, and falling out with promoters]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040711/spectrum/main1.htm July 11, 2004 Interview to Nirupama Dutt]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040711/spectrum/main1.htm July 11, 2004 Interview to Nirupama Dutt]
* [https://twitter.com/BDUTT Barkha Dutt's official Twitter page]
 
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/BarkhaDutt/BarkhaDutt-BarkhaDutt-VClid.aspx Collected Articles at Hindustan Times]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507180240/http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/BarkhaDutt/BarkhaDutt-BarkhaDutt-VClid.aspx Collected Articles at ''Hindustan Times'']


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Barkha Dutt
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Dutt at the World Economic Forum, 2010
Born (1971-12-18) 18 December 1971 (age 53) [1]
New Delhi, India
EducationSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Jamia Millia Islamia (MA)
Columbia University (MS)
OccupationNews Anchor
Years active1991–present
Notable credit(s)
We the People
The Buck Stops Here
AwardsPadma Shri

Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'.[2][3] She is also an opinion columnist with The Hindustan Times[4] and The Washington Post.[5]

Dutt was part of NDTV's team for 21 years, until she left the channel in January 2017.[6] She emerged as a prominent figure after her frontline war reporting on the Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999.[7] Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[8] Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the Radia tapes controversy.[9] At NDTV, Dutt was the host of the weekly, award-winning talk-show We The People as well as the daily prime-time show The Buck Stops Here.[10]

Personal life

She was born in New Delhi to S. P. Dutt, an Air India official, and Prabha Dutt, who was a well-known journalist with the Hindustan Times.[11] Dutt credits her journalistic skills to her mother, a pioneer among women journalists in India.[12] Her younger sister, Bahar Dutt, is also a television journalist working for CNN IBN.[12] She describes herself as agnostic who rejects religion.[13][14] She supports the concept of a Uniform Civil Code.[15][16] Barkha Dutt has expressed her opinion against Triple Talaq and Muslim patriarchy.[17] Her father died of coronavirus in April 2021.[18]

Career

Dutt 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 journalism career with NDTV and later rose to head the English news wing of the organisation. She also obtained a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, New York assisted by an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholarship.[19] Her reporting of the Kargil conflict in 1999, including an interview with Captain Vikram Batra, brought her to prominence in India.[7][20] She has since covered conflicts in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.[21]

While covering the events of 2002 Gujarat violence, Dutt identified attackers and victims of a riot as "Hindus" and "Muslims" on television, flouting the guidelines of the Press Council of India.[22] She has received negative reception for some of her work. For 2008 Mumbai attacks, she was blamed for sensationalising the events, putting lives at risk and causing deaths by identifying on live television where the hotel guests might be located.[23] Britta Ohm wrote in 2011 that Dutt is criticised for "secular shrillness", betraying the cause of Kashmiri Pandits, over-the-top nationalism in the reporting of Kargil conflict, and for soft-pedalling Hindutva.[24]

Dutt, who was group editor of NDTV, moved to the role of consulting editor in February 2015[25] and after 21 years, left in January 2017.[26] She has also written columns for international newspapers, such as The Washington Post.[27][28]

During the COVID-19 Migration Crisis, her extensive on-road coverage documented the difficulties faced by migrant workers all over North India.[29]

Controversy

Tiranga TV controversy

Barkha Dutt served as an anchor and consulting editor at Tiranga TV during 26 January - 13 July 2019.[30] Her show was titled Democracy Live. In July 2019, reports emerged that she was sacked by the Tiranga TV owners Kapil Sibal and his wife Promila Sibal on 'disciplinary grounds'.[31] Dutt disputed this version of events by Sibals, claimed she was sacked for speaking out in internal emails against the treatment of other staffers, and vowed to sue the channel owners in court.[31]

2010 Radia tapes controversy

Further information: Radia tapes controversy

In November 2010, the magazines OPEN and Outlook published transcripts of some telephone conversations between Nira Radia with some senior journalists, politicians, and corporates.[32][33] The Central Bureau of Investigation announced that they had 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.[34] Dutt's conversations with Radia were reported and Dutt became the face of the tapes scandal.[35] On 30 November 2010, Dutt defended herself before a jury of her peers in a televised program on NDTV.[35] Dutt apologised over the issue saying it was "an error of judgement" on her part, but said that she had not indulged in any wrongdoing.[2] Magazine editor Hartosh Singh Bal said that "proximity of NDTV and Tehelka are concerned, their closeness to the Congress is no secret. Dutt’s role in the Radia Tapes did not seem to point to an individual act but an institutional malaise."[36]

Awards and honours

Dutt's Sunday talk show has won the most awards out of any show on Indian television, winning the Indian Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a row. In 2012, the Association for International Broadcasting awarded Dutt the title of "TV Personality of the year" with the following citation: "a reporter of considerable stretch and depth, still passionate and fearless in bringing the issues closer to her viewers."[37][38] Dutt was the recipient of the C H Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award in 2009.[39] In 2008, Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host.[40] Dutt received the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association award for Journalist of the Year, 2007.[41] She was awarded "Best TV News Anchor (English) for her programme "We the people" at the first Indian News Television Awards in 2007.[42]

In 2008, the Indian government headed by Manmohan Singh awarded Dutt the Padma Shri, a civilian honour, for her coverage of the 2004 tsunami.[8][43]

She has twice been named on the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).[44] In 2005, she was among 50 Indians who were 35 or younger and listed for their achievements and impact on society.[45]

In 2010, she was appointed as a member of India's National Integration Council.[46][47] She was named an Asia Society Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the Asia Society.[48]

Dutt was awarded the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons in 2000.[49]

In popular culture

As per movie reviewers and critics, Dutt has been a model for the portrayal of journalist characters in several Hindi movies. Some of these are –

  • In the 2004 movie Lakshya, Preity Zinta played a female journalist reporting on the 1999 Kargil Conflict.[50][51]
  • In the 2006 Malayalam Movie Keerthi Chakra, one of the journalist character was based on Dutt. The protagonist Mohanlal gets angry for taking pictures in a sensitive war area. In an earlier incident because of the flash photography by the journalist one of the soldiers was killed.
  • In the 2008 movie Firaaq, a TV viewer is shown responding to Dutt's commentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots as "They [English speaking news reporters] all tell lies ... where were they when the Hindus were being killed".[52]
  • In the 2010 satire Peepli Live, the character of the news anchor was modelled on Sagarika Ghose or Barkha Dutt, according to movie critic Raja Sen.[53] Sen wrote that in the movie, the news anchor only cared about TRPs and "squealed inexplicably in English" even when her subject was Hindi-speaking central India.
  • In the 2011 movie No One Killed Jessica, Rani Mukerji played a news reporter who is first seen in the movie reporting on the 1999 Kargil Conflict is portraying Dutt's character.
  • In the 2014 movie Singham Returns, Ashwini Kalsekar played a TV journalist role inspired by Dutt.[54][55]

Dutt was the model for the protagonist in Anand Kurian's novel The Peddler of Soaps.[56]

Publications

  • Dutt co-authored the chapter "'Nothing new?': Women as Victims" in the 2002 book Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy.[57]
  • This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines (2016).[58]
  • To Hell and Back: Humans of Covid (2022)[59][60]

References

  1. ↑ Fr. Francis M Peter; Carlyle Mcfarland; M Lazer Selva; Illa Vij; Aparna Ghosh Dastidar. Grammar & More 8. Ratna Sagar. p. 143. ISBN 978-81-8332-460-1.[unreliable source?]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Journalism ethics row grips India". BBC News. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Barkha Dutt Slams Mentor Company NDTV Over Use of MoJo". Outlook (India). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Barkha Dutt". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Barkha Dutt". The Washington Post.
  6. ↑ "NDTV Statement on Barkha Dutt". NDTV.com.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Independence Day Thoughts, RaghuKrishnan, The Economic Times, 24 August 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2012
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri". 27 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  9. ↑ Udas, Sumnima (2 December 2010). "Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis". CNN. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "Kumaon Literary Festival". kumaonliteraryfestival.org. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "When a journalist ordered firing? : Capital Closeup". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Express news service (30 November 2007). "Prabha Dutt fellowship goes to Express journalist". Express India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "As Indian as they come". Hindustan Times. 14 March 2006.
  14. ↑ "If I were Muslim..."
  15. ↑ "Shame at Sabarimala: Why India's women need a uniform civil code". 19 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "The fight against triple talaq is a fight for basic dignity". Hindustan Times. 3 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "What India's liberals get wrong about women and sharia law". The Washington Post.
  18. ↑ "'I failed': Journalist Barkha Dutt on her father's demise due to Covid-19". 27 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Inlaks Alumni List". Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2010.[dead link]
  20. ↑ Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt Conferred Padma Shri Archived 25 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, MediaWire, 27 January 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2012
  21. ↑ Three top TV news anchors get Padma Shri Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, bollywood.com (IANS), 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2012
  22. ↑ Sonwalkar, Prasun (2006). Cole, Benjamin (ed.). Conflict, Terrorism And the Media in Asia. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 9780415351980. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  23. ↑ Kampfner, John (2010). Freedom for Sale. Basic Books. p. 157. ISBN 9780415351980. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  24. ↑ Ohm, Britta (2011). Banaji, Shakuntala (ed.). South Asian Media Cultures: Audiences, Representations, Contexts. London, UK: Anthem Press. ISBN 9781843313205. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "Barkha Dutt Moves to Consulting Editor, NDTV Group". NDTV.com.
  26. ↑ NDTV Statement On Barkha Dutt, 15 January 2017
  27. ↑ "The inside story of how India China came to blows". The Washington Post.
  28. ↑ "The New York Times tried to explain sari fashion – and became the laughingstock of India". The Washington Post.
  29. ↑ Sirur, Simrin (9 June 2020). "Only way to give back is to tell a powerful story: Inside Barkha Dutt's 84-day Covid journey". ThePrint. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  30. ↑ "Harvest TV to be renamed 'Tiranga TV' after TDSAT order". Ultra News. 15 February 2019.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Kapil Sibal, Wife Deny Charges of Withholding Salaries as Tiranga TV Goes off Air".
  32. ↑ Hussain, Yasir (2012). Corruption Free India: Fight to Finish. Epitome Books. pp. 67, 68, 130, 134. ISBN 9789380297248. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  33. ↑ "Tell me what should I tell them?". Open Magazine. 20 November 2010.
  34. ↑ "Radia tapes: Scandal in the media". Deccan Herald. 27 November 2010.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Polgreen, Lydia (3 December 2010). "A Journalist in India Ends Up in the Headlines". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  36. ↑ Bal, Hartosh. "The Unreliable Source". Open. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  37. ↑ "Kim Hill wins global radio broadcasting award". The New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  38. ↑ "2012 AIBs Winners and Highly Commended". Association for International Broadcasting. 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  39. ↑ "Burkha Dutt, Noorani given C H Mohammed Koya journalism award". Mathrubhumi.com. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  40. ↑ "Barkha Dutt Gets Most Intelligent News Show Host Award in Airtel Indian News Broadcasting Award (INB) 2008". India-server.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  41. ↑ "Barkha Dutt is Commonwealth Broadcasting Assoc's 'journalist of the year'". Indiantelevision.com. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  42. ↑ "News Room Headlines> TV18 Group & NDTV win top honours at Indian News Television Awards; Prannoy Roy gets Lifetime Achievement". Indiantelevision.com. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  43. ↑ "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.
  44. ↑ "Lounge | Barkha Dutt". Televisionpoint.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  45. ↑ "The 50 on the fast track". India Today. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  46. ↑ "National Integration Council reconstituted". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011.
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  49. ↑ "Barkha Dutt gets award". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[dead link]
  50. ↑ "Preity Zinta interview". Rediff.com. 28 January 2011.
  51. ↑ "Farhan Akhtar interview". Rediff.com. 28 January 2011.
  52. ↑ Kurian, Alka (2012). South Asian Cinema – Routledge Advances in Film Studies. Oxon, UK: Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 9781136466700. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  53. ↑ Sen, Raja (24 August 2010). "Cliche-driven cinema". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  54. ↑ "Marathi actors rule Singham Returns". The Times of India.
  55. ↑ admin (15 August 2014). "Movie Review- Singham Returns: AATA MAJHI SATAKLI!". abplive.in.
  56. ↑ "The Peddler of Soaps". WLI Foundation.
  57. ↑ Varadarajan, Siddharth, ed. (2002). Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy. New Delhi / London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0143029014.
  58. ↑ Dutt, Barkha (2016). This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines. New Delhi: Aleph. ISBN 978-9382277163.
  59. ↑ Dutt, Barkha (2022). To Hell and Back: Humans of Covid. Juggernaut. ISBN 9391165575.
  60. ↑ Dutt, Barkha (29 April 2022). "India Covid-19: 'My father did not have to die'". BBC News.

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